New Faces

Overview

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

Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

Ronny Graham

Ronny Graham

Robert Clary

Robert Clary

Alice Ghostley

Alice Ghostley

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June Carroll

June Carroll

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Virginia Wilson

Virginia de Luce Clayborn

Paul Lynde

Paul Lynde

Bill Mullikin

Bill Mullikin

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Rosemary O'Reilly

Rosemary O'Reilly

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Allen Conroy

Allen Conroy

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Jimmy Russell

Jimmy Russell

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George Smiley

George Smiley