New Faces

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.

5.5

98 min

Cast

Eartha Kitt

as Eartha Kitt

Ronny Graham

as Ronny Graham

Robert Clary

as Robert Clary

Alice Ghostley

as Alice Ghostley

June Carroll

as June Carroll

Virginia Wilson

as Virginia de Luce Clayborn

Paul Lynde

as Paul Lynde

Bill Mullikin

as Bill Mullikin

Rosemary O'Reilly

as Rosemary O'Reilly

Allen Conroy

as Allen Conroy

Jimmy Russell

as Jimmy Russell

George Smiley

as George Smiley

Polly Ward

as Polly Ward

Carol Lawrence

as Carol Lawrence

Johnny Laverty

as Johnny Laverty

Elizabeth Logue

as Elizabeth Logue

Faith Burwell

as Faith Burwell

Clark Ranger

as Clark Ranger

Patricia Hammerlee

as Patricia Hammerlee

Henry Kulky

as Mr. Dee (uncredited)

Charles Watts

as Mr. Clayborn (uncredited)

Director

John Beal

Harry Horner