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New Faces (1954) [NR]

Release Date:
February 19, 1954

Original Title:
New Faces

Alternate Titles:
New Faces of 1952

Genres:
Comedy | Music

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Edward L. Alperson Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 98

A front row seat for the FIRST musical revue in CinemaScope with STEREOPHONIC SOUND.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Additional Music:
Herbert Farjeon
Alan Melville
Ellisse Boyd
Murray Grand

Assistant Director:
Eugene Anderson Jr

Associate Producer:
Leonard Sillman

Costume Design:
Thomas Becker

Director:
John Beal
Harry Horner

Director of Photography:
Lucien Ballard

Editor:
Ace Herman

Hairdresser:
Gale McGarry

Lyricist:
June Carroll
Tony Springer
André Hornez
Ronny Graham
Peter De Vries
Michael Brown
Francis Lemarque
Sheldon Harnick
Joan Javits

Makeup Artist:
Abe Haberman

Music Director:
Raoul Kraushaar

Orchestrator:
Ted Royal

Producer:
Edward L. Alperson
Berman Swarttz

Production Manager:
Clarence Eurist

Set Designer:
Raoul Pene Du Bois

Songs:
Sheldon Harnick
Ronny Graham
Arthur Siegel
Henri Betti
Philip Springer
Michael Brown
Francis Lemarque

Sound:
E. Clayton Ward

Writer:
Luther Davis
Ronny Graham
Paul Lynde
Mel Brooks
John P. Cleveland

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