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New Faces (1954)

New Faces (1954)

Comedy Music

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

Release Date: 1954, February 19
Directors: Harry Horner, John Beal
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox, Edward L. Alperson Productions
Cast: Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Ronny Graham, Charles Watts, Henry Kulky, Paul Lynde, Carol Lawrence, Robert Clary, Elizabeth Logue, Faith Burwell, Bill Mullikin, Patricia Hammerlee

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.

Keywords:

based on play or musical theater performance musical theater musical revue broadway theatre skits