New Faces (1954)
A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.
99 min
New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer and performer (Ronny Graham) in financial trouble and is trying to stave off an angry creditor long enough to open his show. A wealthy Texan offers to help out, on the condition that his daughter be in the show.
- Release date
- February 19, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ronny Graham as Self
- Eartha Kitt as Self
- Robert Clary as Self
- Alice Ghostley as Self
- June Carroll as Self
- Virginia Wilson as Self
- Paul Lynde as Self
- Bill Mullikin as Self
- Rosemary O'Reilly as Self
- Allen Conroy as Self
Crew
- Harry Horner · Director
- John Beal · Director
- Ronny Graham · Writer
- Mel Brooks · Writer
- Paul Lynde · Writer
- Luther Davis · Writer
- Edward L. Alperson · Producer
- Lucien Ballard · Cinematographer