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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

  • 19551955
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  • 1h 49m
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Joan Collins, Ray Milland, and Farley Granger in The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit, a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw.
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) an... Read allThe Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger).The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing is the true story of Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and eccentric young millionaire Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger).
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    • Richard Fleischer
    • Walter Reisch
    • Charles Brackett
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Joan Collins
    • Farley Granger
    • Richard Fleischer
    • Walter Reisch
    • Charles Brackett
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Joan Collins
    • Farley Granger
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    • 33User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Stanford White
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Evelyn Nesbit
    Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    • Harry K. Thaw
    Luther Adler
    Luther Adler
    • Delphin Delmas
    Cornelia Otis Skinner
    Cornelia Otis Skinner
    • Mrs. Thaw
    Glenda Farrell
    Glenda Farrell
    • Mrs. Nesbit
    Frances Fuller
    Frances Fuller
    • Elizabeth White
    Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed
    • Robert Collier
    • (as Philip Reed)
    Gale Robbins
    Gale Robbins
    • Gwen Arden
    James Lorimer
    • McCaleb
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • William Jerome
    Robert F. Simon
    Robert F. Simon
    • Stage Manager
    • (as Robert Simon)
    Harvey Stephens
    Harvey Stephens
    • Dr. Hollingshead
    Emile Meyer
    Emile Meyer
    • Hunchbacher
    Rosemarie Ace
    • Florence Clemens
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Aladdin
    • Violinist
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Man in Audience
    • (uncredited)
      • Richard Fleischer
      • Walter Reisch
      • Charles Brackett
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    • Trivia
      Marilyn Monroe was Twentieth Century Fox's original choice for the role of Evelyn Nesbit. She turned down this movie, as well as a planned remake of Wabash Avenue (1950) titled "The Girl in Pink Tights" (which was to co-star Dan Dailey and Mitzi Gaynor). As a result, she was put on suspension. The studio also ordered screen tests for Terry Moore and Debra Paget. Sheree North was then announced as her replacement for both movies until Dame Joan Collins was eventually cast as Nesbit. "The Girl in Pink Tights" project was eventually abandoned.
    • Goofs
      In a restaurant scene near the beginning of the film, architect Stanford White castigates a magazine editor for not including in an article about him the Boston Public Library, which he calls "the best thing I ever did." White's partner, Charles Follen McKim designed the Boston Public Library, not White.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Nesbit: I've seen more tears run down the pretty faces than the plain ones.

    • Connections
      Featured in This Is Joan Collins (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Stéphanie - Gavotte, Op. 312
      (uncredited)

      Music by Alphons Czibulka

      First tune played by the chamber orchestra at Louis Sherry's restaurant

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    7/10
    The trial of the century
    Joan Collins is Evelyn Nesbit, the beautiful "Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" in this 1955 film also starring Ray Milland, Farley Granger, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Frances Fuller, and Glenda Farrell. The film purports to tell the story of the White-Nesbitt-Thaw triangle that ended with the murder of White, the arrest of Thaw, and the testimony of Nesbit.

    The facts are there, but as others have pointed out, the personalities are not. White (Milland) in fact was a notorious womanizer, and Evelyn was but another conquest. And while it may surprise people that beautiful, sexy "Dynasty" star Joan Collins could play demure and innocent, Evelyn probably wasn't. The unbalanced Thaw (Granger) was also a drug addict, not mentioned in the movie.

    This film, which initially was to star Marilyn Monroe and later Sheree North, should have been much more exciting, given a) the story and b) the money spent on it. Unfortunately, the lack of character development holds it up. The White character remains elusive; Milland never loosens up. Granger does an excellent job as Thaw. Collins is absolutely beautiful and does a good job with the character, but the character as written doesn't give the film much of an edge.

    The scene on the swing between Evelyn and White is dizzying and dazzling; and the end of the film is one of the best things about it.

    Evelyn Nesbit overcame the trial, rejection by Thaw's family, suicide attempts, alcoholism, and addiction to morphine, living until the age of 82 in 1967. She served as an adviser on this film.
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      • October 1, 1955 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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