 Farber noted the strong female characters of the 1930s and 1940s , and laments their replacing by all @-@ male relationships from the 1950s onwards . For the earlier pattern Farber cited Rossen 's 1946 script The Strange Love of Martha Ivers , which was over melodramatic but portrayed a woman consumed by power , money and success . Lilith created one of the few strong women in the 1960s . Rossen generally destroyed the main character . 
