The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

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.

5.982

109 min

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)

Director

Richard Fleischer