The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
THE RISE - THE FALL of the most beautiful Floradora chorine from penniless model to mistress of $40,000,000
109 min
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
- October 1, 1955
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Leigh Harline
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Red Velvet Swing · Leigh Harline6:52
- Guessing Games · Leigh Harline8:29
- The Stage · Leigh Harline3:20
- Forsaken · Leigh Harline4:53
- Proposal With Strauss · Leigh Harline4:23
- I Challenge You · Ken Darby & Lionel Newman4:25
- Double Escape · Leigh Harline2:16
- Ragtime · Leigh Harline0:41
- Main Title · Fred Steiner2:03
- "Smarty" · Lee Hale & Lionel Newman2:20
- "What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry" · Abe Lyman & Walter Donaldson1:54
- "My Blue Heaven" · George A. Whiting & Walter Donaldson3:17
Cast
- Ray Milland as Stanford White
- Joan Collins as Evelyn Nesbit
- Farley Granger as Harry K. Thaw
- Luther Adler as Delphin Delmas
- Cornelia Otis Skinner as Mrs. Thaw
- Glenda Farrell as Mrs. Nesbit
- Frances Fuller as 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)
- 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)
- Raymond Bailey as Judge Fitzgerald (uncredited)
- Robert Adler as Driver (uncredited)
Crew
- Richard Fleischer · Director
- Walter Reisch · Writer
- Charles Brackett · Writer
- Charles Brackett · Producer
- Leigh Harline · Composer
- Milton R. Krasner · Cinematographer
- William Mace · Editor