The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 1, 1955

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.

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 1, 1955

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Directors Richard Fleischer
Writers Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett

Cast

Ray Milland

as Stanford White

Joan Collins

as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw

Farley Granger

as Harry Kendall Thaw

Luther Adler

as Delphin Delmas

Cornelia Otis Skinner

as Mrs. Thaw

Glenda Farrell

as Mrs. Nesbit

Frances Fuller

as Mrs. Elizabeth White

Phillip Reed

as Robert Collier

Gale Robbins

as Gwen Arden

James Lorimer

as McCaleb

John Hoyt

as William Travers Jerome

Robert F. Simon

as Stage Manager (as Robert Simon)

Harvey Stephens

as Dr. Hollingshead DDS

Emile Meyer

as Hunchbacher

Henry Kulky

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Richard Travis

as Charles Dana Gibson (uncredited)

Edna Holland

as Sales Clerk at Lord & Taylor (uncredited)

Suzanne Alexander

as Floradora Girl (uncredited)

Helen Van Tuyl

as Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)

Gordon Carveth

as Juror (uncredited)

Edith Evanson

as Josie (uncredited)

William Forrest

as Simpson (uncredited)

Kit Guard

as Backstage Policeman (uncredited)

Ruta Lee

as Tennis Girl (uncredited)

Ainslie Pryor

as Sport Donnelly (uncredited)

Ivan Triesault

as Ludwig (uncredited)

Art Felix

as Waiter (uncredited)

Diane DuBois

as Floradora Girl (uncredited)

Raymond Bailey

as Judge Fitzgerald (uncredited)

Robert Adler

as Driver (uncredited)

Carol Kelly

as Margaret (uncredited)