The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

THE RISE - THE FALL of the most beautiful Floradora chorine from penniless model to mistress of $40,000,000

1955•1h 49m•6.0/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(28)

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White and the wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw. Nesbit marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. A fictionalized account of true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.

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Production

20th Century Fox

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

Stanford White

Joan Collins

Joan Collins

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Harry Kendall Thaw

Luther Adler

Luther Adler

Delphin Delmas

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Thaw

Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell

Mrs. Nesbit

Frances Fuller

Frances Fuller

Mrs. Elizabeth White

Phillip Reed

Phillip Reed

Robert Collier

Gale Robbins

Gale Robbins

Gwen Arden

James Lorimer

McCaleb

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

William Travers Jerome

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Dr. Hollingshead DDS

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Hunchbacher

Henry Kulky

Henry Kulky

Prisoner (uncredited)

Richard Travis

Richard Travis

Charles Dana Gibson (uncredited)

Edna Holland

Edna Holland

Sales Clerk at Lord & Taylor (uncredited)

Suzanne Alexander

Suzanne Alexander

Floradora Girl (uncredited)

Helen Van Tuyl

Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

Juror (uncredited)

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