New Faces

A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.

New Faces — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 19, 1954
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Music, Comedy
• Director
• John Beal

New Faces — Cast

Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt Ronny Graham Ronny Graham Robert Clary Robert Clary Alice Ghostley Alice Ghostley

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June Carroll June Carroll

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Virginia Wilson Virginia de Luce Clayborn Paul Lynde Paul Lynde Bill Mullikin Bill Mullikin