New Faces

Name: New Faces
Director: John Beal
Released: 1954-02-19
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Eartha Kitt, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, June Carroll

5.5

February 19, 1954

1h 38m

Music Comedy

"A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND."

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.