The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

Oct 1, 1955

1h 49m

★ 6.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Stanford White

Ray Milland

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw

Joan Collins

Harry Kendall Thaw

Farley Granger

Delphin Delmas

Luther Adler

Mrs. Thaw

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Nesbit

Glenda Farrell

Mrs. Elizabeth White

Frances Fuller

Robert Collier

Phillip Reed

Gwen Arden

Gale Robbins

McCaleb

James Lorimer

William Travers Jerome

John Hoyt

Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)

Robert F. Simon

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