Original Title : New Faces
Time : 98 Min
Genre : Music, Comedy
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 1954
Director : John Beal, Harry Horner
Writer : Ronny Graham, Mel Brooks, Paul Lynde, Luther Davis, John Cleveland, John P. Cleveland, Mel Brooks
Producer : Edward L. Alperson, Berman Swarttz
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : 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.