New Faces (1954)

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 performerwriter 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