New Faces

United States of America

• NR
• 1954-02-19(US)
• ▪

  Music,

  Comedy
• ▪ 1h-38m

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.

• Luther DavisWriter

  Edward L. AlpersonProducer

  Eugene Anderson JrAssistant Director

  Ronny GrahamWriter

  Ace HermanEditor

  Leonard SillmanAssociate Producer