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New Faces

Original title: New Faces

Year

1954

Rating

★ 5.9/10

Runtime

98 min

Genres

Music, Comedy

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, Ronny Graham, Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, June Carroll, Virginia Wilson, Paul Lynde, Bill Mullikin