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 · 1h 49m · APPROVED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Overview
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 and cast
- Richard Fleischer Director
- Ray Milland as Stanford White
- Joan Collins as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
- 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 Mrs. Elizabeth White
- Phillip Reed as Robert Collier
- Gale Robbins as Gwen Arden
- James Lorimer Cast
More films
Changing Lanes (2002)
Drama · Thriller · R
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but thei...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Roger Michell
- Cast
- Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette
23 (1998)
Drama · Thriller · N/A
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soo...
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Director
- Hans-Christian Schmid
- Cast
- August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris
I Stand Alone (1999)
Drama · Thriller · Not Rated
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, the Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, the Butcher returns to Paris to find his da...
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Director
- Gaspar Noé
- Cast
- Philippe Nahon, Blandine Lenoir
Raging Bull (1980)
Drama · History · R
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Cast
- Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Land of Plenty (2004)
Drama · Not Rated
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Director
- Wim Wenders, Edward McGurn
- Cast
- Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members