The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)

  • NR
  • 10/01/1955 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 49m

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

Overview

Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.

Charles Brackett

Screenplay

Walter Reisch

Screenplay

Richard Fleischer

Director

Cast

Ray Milland's headshot

Ray Milland

Stanford White
Joan Collins's headshot

Joan Collins

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Farley Granger's headshot

Farley Granger

Harry Kendall Thaw
Luther Adler's headshot

Luther Adler

Delphin Delmas
Cornelia Otis Skinner's headshot

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Mrs. Thaw
Glenda Farrell's headshot

Glenda Farrell

Mrs. Nesbit
Frances Fuller's headshot

Frances Fuller

Mrs. Elizabeth White
Phillip Reed's headshot

Phillip Reed

Robert Collier

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