New Faces
- Released on
- Runtime
- 98 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Eartha Kitt
- Ronny Graham
- Robert Clary
- Alice Ghostley
- June Carroll
- Virginia Wilson
- Paul Lynde
- Bill Mullikin
- Rosemary O'Reilly
- Allen Conroy
- Jimmy Russell
- George Smiley
- Polly Ward
- Carol Lawrence
- Johnny Laverty
- Elizabeth Logue
- Faith Burwell
- Clark Ranger
- Patricia Hammerlee
- Henry Kulky
- Charles Watts
Director
- John Beal
- Harry Horner
Producers
- Edward L. Alperson
- Berman Swarttz
