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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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  • Director
    • Richard Fleischer
  • Writers
    • Walter Reisch
    • Charles Brackett
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Joan Collins
    • Farley Granger
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  • Director
    • Richard Fleischer
  • Writers
    • Walter Reisch
    • Charles Brackett
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Joan Collins
    • Farley Granger
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    • 11Critic reviews
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    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Stanford Whiteas Stanford White
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Evelyn Nesbitas Evelyn Nesbit
    Farley Granger
    Farley Granger
    • Harry K. Thawas Harry K. Thaw
    Luther Adler
    Luther Adler
    • Delphin Delmasas Delphin Delmas
    Cornelia Otis Skinner
    Cornelia Otis Skinner
    • Mrs. Thawas Mrs. Thaw
    Glenda Farrell
    Glenda Farrell
    • Mrs. Nesbitas Mrs. Nesbit
    Frances Fuller
    Frances Fuller
    • Elizabeth Whiteas Elizabeth White
    Phillip Reed
    Phillip Reed
    • Robert Collieras Robert Collier
    • (as Philip Reed)
    Gale Robbins
    Gale Robbins
    • Gwen Ardenas Gwen Arden
    James Lorimer
    • McCalebas McCaleb
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    • William Jeromeas William Jerome
    Robert F. Simon
    Robert F. Simon
    • Stage Manageras Stage Manager
    • (as Robert Simon)
    Harvey Stephens
    Harvey Stephens
    • Dr. Hollingsheadas Dr. Hollingshead
    Emile Meyer
    Emile Meyer
    • Hunchbacheras Hunchbacher
    Rosemarie Ace
    • Florence Clemensas Florence Clemens
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Driveras Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Aladdin
    • Violinistas Violinist
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Man in Audienceas Man in Audience
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Fleischer
    • Writers
      • Walter Reisch
      • Charles Brackett
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    It's the early twentieth century New York City. There exists a high level of animosity by Harry K. Thaw (Farley Granger), a wealthy Pittsburgh businessman, toward renowned architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) for Harry feeling those dealing with the New York City and social set giving Stanford many of the perks that should rightfully have gone to him. While Stanford is mature and refined, Harry is brash, impetuous, and volatile. That animosity is ratcheted up a notch when they both meet Evelyn Nesbit (Dame Joan Collins), a beautiful but poor model with whom they are both infatuated, she appearing in the chorus of her first Broadway musical revue. After getting to know Evelyn, married Stanford, who still loves his wife and thus will not divorce her, wants nonetheless to provide Evelyn with the comforts and breeding of those within his social circle. His infatuation with her is also despite he being old enough to be her father. Harry, who is more age appropriate, takes a more direct approach in his pursuit of Evelyn, he doing whatever to convince her that Stanford is taking advantage of her. Regardless of what the two men do for her, Evelyn admits that she is in love with Stanford, although she is not sure if she can assume the role of the hidden other woman. What happens within this triangle is affected more not by what the two men will do to win Evelyn, but rather the stronger feeling the two men have in not wanting to see Evelyn with the other. —Huggo
    • seduction
    • period drama
    • champagne
    • cigar
    • hot buttered rum
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      • THE RISE - THE FALL of the most beautiful Floradora chorine from penniless model to mistress of $40,000,000
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      • Romance
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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. 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
      Referenced in What's My Line?: Herman Wouk & Van Heflin (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Stéphanie - Gavotte, Op. 312
      (uncredited)

      Music by Alphons Czibulka

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

    User reviews29

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    7/10
    Life and Times of a early Super Model
    I first saw this movie years ago. The older I got the more I got it. Collins played Gibson Girl Evelyn Nesbitt Todays version of the Super models. So it is not surprising that is exactly the way she acts. She hangs out in nightclubs. Goes out with rich and famous men, some married some not. One day she double dates with one of her co workers and she meets Sanford White the very famous, very married, very rich architect, whose apartment the date takes place. She is smitten at once, he just seems like a lecherous old man. Evelyn lives with her mother, but for some reason her mother disappears and moves back down to Pittsburgh.

    So Evelyn is living on her own. In the meantime she catches the eye of a younger man. The very rich and very spoiled Harry Thaw. We know he is smitten with her but she doesn't really notice it because she is so taken with Sanford White. We know that they are sleeping with each other because of a very metaphoric scene which involves this velvet swing White has in his apartment. The swing is definitely used as some sort of seduction tool. And when Evelyn's mother returns home she remarks that Evelyn has not picked up her messages in days. So we know they are past the kissing and hugging stage. She is obsessed with him and she admits that she will do anything to see him. After a while Sanford admits to Evelyn that he loves his wife as he does her, but he can't see her anymore. So he sends her away to a finishing school. Where because she is separated from Sanford has a nervous breakdown.

    Now to me this movies veers off to Splendor in the Grass meets Back street. In Splendor young Natalie Woods has a nervous break down because of her break up with boyfriend Bud. Back street because Rae the main character will do anything and go anywhere to be with her rich married boyfriend. Instead of Sanford saving her we see Thaw coming to get her out of the Finishing school. She decides to take a trip with him overseas. This is racy stuff for a 50's movie. Now all am going to say is that the story picks up until the climax of the movie.

    This incident was touched upon in the movie Ragtime. Norman Mailer played the Sanford White role and Elizabeth McGovern played Evelyn. We learn more about Evelyns fate from the movie Ragtime. Farley Granger IMO was very good in this movie. He usually plays namby pamby types, but in this movie because of his boyish looks he plays a psychopath to the hilt. He was truly scary. Ray Milland is one of the great actors. According to reports Sanford White was a ladies man. I think Mr Milland played him very well. He looked like the lecherous old man he was. I hear complaints about Ray Milland in this movie, but his part was not the showy part. Milland was the type of actor that wanted to act and because of this he made many movies that did not help, but this was not one of them. Joan Collins was playing Joan Collins. She was good enough, even though she looked a little too old for the part of the teenage Ms Nesbit I think Elizabeth McGovern played her more true to the character. This a very entertaining movie. If you can get past the innuendo's you will see this is a very racy movie too. All in all a good movie. BTW watch Ragtime to see more of the trial and what happened to Evelyn.
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    • marbleann
    • Sep 24, 2005

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    • Release date
      • October 1, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Das Mädchen auf der Samtschaukel
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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