New Faces
A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.
Movie - 98mins
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:
Faith
Burwell
Clark
Ranger
Patricia
Hammerlee
Henry
Kulky
Charles
Watts
Eartha
Kitt
Ronny
Graham
Robert
Clary
Alice
Ghostley
June
Carroll
Virginia
Wilson
Paul
Lynde
Bill
Mullikin
Rosemary
O'Reilly
Allen
Conroy
Jimmy
Russell
George
Smiley
Polly
Ward
Carol
Lawrence
Johnny
Laverty
Elizabeth
Logue
Faith
Burwell
Clark
Ranger
Patricia
Hammerlee
Henry
Kulky
Charles
Watts
Eartha
Kitt
Ronny
Graham
Robert
Clary
Alice
Ghostley
June
Carroll