New Faces

Name: New Faces
Director: John Beal
Genre: Music, Comedy
Released: 1954-02-19
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, June Carroll

Directed by John Beal

Music

Comedy

19541h 38m5.5

Overview

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.