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New Faces (1954)
Directed by John Beal, Harry Horner
“A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.”
Music, Comedy · 1h 38m
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
Eartha Kitt
Ronny Graham
Ronny Graham
Robert Clary
Robert Clary
Alice Ghostley
Alice Ghostley
Paul Lynde
Paul Lynde
Bill Mullikin
Bill Mullikin
Crew
- Director
- John Beal, Harry Horner
- Writer
- Luther Davis, Ronny Graham, John P. Cleveland, Paul Lynde, Mel Brooks
- Director of Photography
- Lucien Ballard
- Original Music Composer
- Raoul Kraushaar
- Editor
- Ace Herman
- Producer
- Berman Swarttz, Edward L. Alperson
Details
- Release date
- 1954-02-19
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Edward L. Alperson Productions