DramaRomance
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.
Directed by Richard Fleischer
61
User score
30 votes
Stream on
Status
Released
Released
October 1, 1955
Runtime
1h 49m
Language
English
Top 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)
Richard Travis
Charles Dana Gibson (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Sales Clerk at Lord & Taylor (uncredited)
Suzanne Alexander
Floradora Girl (uncredited)
Helen Van Tuyl
Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
Juror (uncredited)
