Later in 1946, 37-year-old Barbara Stanwyck, in a letter, objected to Scott's top billing in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" (1946): "I will not be co-starred with any other person other than a recognized male or female star." Lawyers for Wallis and Stanwyck got to work, and eventually, the final billing ran Stanwyck, Van Heflin, and Scott at the top, with newcomer Kirk Douglas in second place, but Wallis' interest in promoting Scott was obsessive. The AFI page on "Martha Ivers" comments: