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New Faces

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…

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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

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