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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett
In Theaters:10/1/1955
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Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:20th Century Fox
Cast
Richard Fleischer
Director
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
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