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
1955 | 109m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
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| Writer: | Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett, Evelyn Nesbit |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1955 |
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| Director: | Richard Fleischer |
| Writer: | Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett, Evelyn Nesbit |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | love triangle, new york city, architect, woman between two men, based on true story, public murder, broadway, showgirl, madison square garden, revenge killing, business tycoon, 1900s, social scandal |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Edith Evanson | Josie (uncredited) |
| William Forrest | Simpson (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Backstage Policeman (uncredited) |
| Ruta Lee | Tennis Girl (uncredited) |
| Ainslie Pryor | Sport Donnelly (uncredited) |
| Ivan Triesault | Ludwig (uncredited) |
| Art Felix | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Diane DuBois | Floradora Girl (uncredited) |
| Raymond Bailey | Judge Fitzgerald (uncredited) |
| Robert Adler | Driver (uncredited) |
| Carol Kelly | Margaret (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Fleischer | Director |
| Charles LeMaire | Costume Design |
| Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| David Robel | Choreographer |
| William Mace | Editor |
| Edward B. Powell | Original Music Composer |
| Lionel Newman | Music Editor |
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Walter Reisch | Screenplay |
| Charles Brackett | Screenplay |
| Evelyn Nesbit | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Charles Brackett | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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