New Faces (1954)
A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.
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.
Cast
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Eartha Kitt
as Eartha Kitt
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Ronny Graham
as Ronny Graham
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Robert Clary
as Robert Clary
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Alice Ghostley
as Alice Ghostley
- June Carroll as June Carroll
- Virginia Wilson as Virginia de Luce Clayborn
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Paul Lynde
as Paul Lynde
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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
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Polly Ward
as Polly Ward
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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
Crew
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John Beal
Director
- Harry Horner Director
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Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
- Ace Herman Editor
- Raoul Kraushaar Original Music Composer
- Berman Swarttz Producer
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Edward L. Alperson
Producer
- Luther Davis Writer
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Ronny Graham
Writer
- John P. Cleveland Writer
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Paul Lynde
Writer
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Mel Brooks
Writer
