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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
6.2(32)19551h 49m
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.
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
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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)

Edith Evanson
Josie (uncredited)

William Forrest
Simpson (uncredited)

Kit Guard
Backstage Policeman (uncredited)

Ruta Lee
Tennis Girl (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Richard FleischerDirector
Writing
- Walter ReischScreenplay
- Charles BrackettScreenplay
- Evelyn NesbitStory
Production
- Charles BrackettProducer
Editing
- William MaceEditor
Sound
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
- Edward B. PowellOriginal Music Composer
- Lionel NewmanMusic Editor
Art
- Maurice RansfordArt Direction
- Lyle R. WheelerArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Charles LeMaireCostume Design
Crew
- David RobelChoreographer
- Evelyn NesbitTechnical Advisor