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.
Directed by John Beal, Harry Horner
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Cast
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Ronny Graham
Ronny Graham
Robert Clary
Robert Clary
Alice Ghostley
Alice Ghostley
June Carroll
June Carroll
Virginia Wilson
Virginia de Luce Clayborn
Paul Lynde
Paul Lynde
Bill Mullikin
Bill Mullikin
Rosemary O'Reilly
Rosemary O'Reilly
Allen Conroy
Allen Conroy
Jimmy Russell
Jimmy Russell
George Smiley
George Smiley
Polly Ward
Polly Ward
Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence
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