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1955 Drama Romance 1h 49m

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"

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.

6.0 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Ray Milland

Stanford White

Joan Collins

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw

Farley Granger

Harry Kendall Thaw

Luther Adler

Delphin Delmas

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Thaw

Glenda Farrell

Mrs. Nesbit

Frances Fuller

Mrs. Elizabeth White

Phillip Reed

Robert Collier

Gale Robbins

Gwen Arden

James Lorimer

McCaleb

John Hoyt

William Travers Jerome

Robert F. Simon

Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)

Harvey Stephens

Dr. Hollingshead DDS

Emile Meyer

Hunchbacher

Henry Kulky

Prisoner (uncredited)

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