New Faces (1954)
1954 · Feature film · 97 min · dir. John Beal
A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.
- Music
- Comedy
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Director
- John Beal
- Writer
- Luther Davis
- Composer
- Raoul Kraushaar
- Cinematography
- Lucien Ballard
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Edward L. Alperson Productions
- Released
- 1954-02-19
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Musicals
- Broadway
- Broadway Performance
- Cinemascope
- Eartha Kitt
Cast & crew
John Beal Director
Eartha Kitt
Ronny Graham
Robert Clary
Alice Ghostley- June Carroll
- Virginia Wilson
Paul Lynde
Bill Mullikin
