Movie

New Faces (1954)

• NR
• 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.

Directors

Harry Horner, John Beal

Writers

Ronny Graham, Mel Brooks, Paul Lynde, Luther Davis

Starring

Eartha Kitt, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary