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New Faces (1954)
Directed by Harry Horner, John Beal
Most recently watched by sleestakk
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.
Rated NR | Length 98 minutes
Actors
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