New Faces
1954New 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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Eartha Kitt
as Eartha Kitt
Ronny Graham
as Ronny Graham
Robert Clary
as Robert Clary
Alice Ghostley
as Alice Ghostley
June Carroll
as June Carroll
Virginia Wilson
as Virginia de Luce Clayborn
Paul Lynde
as Paul Lynde
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
Polly Ward
as Polly Ward
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
Patricia Hammerlee
as Patricia Hammerlee
Henry Kulky
as Mr. Dee (uncredited)
Charles Watts
as Mr. Clayborn (uncredited)
