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Young People (1937 film)

New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937 lobby card.jpg
Lobby card to New Faces of 1937
Directed by Leigh Jason
James Anderson (assistant)
Produced by Edward Small
Written by Story:
George Bradshaw
("Shoestring")
Sketch:
David Freedman
("A Day at the Brokers")
Adaptation:
Harold Kussell
Harry Clork
Howard J. Green
Screenplay:
Nat Perrin
Philip G. Epstein
Irv S. Brecher
Starring Joe Penner
Milton Berle
Parkyakarkus
Harriet Hilliard
William Brady
Jerome Cowan
Thelma Leeds
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Edited by George Crone
Production
company
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical)
C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
RKO Home Video (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Release date
  • July 2, 1937 (1937-07-02)
Running time
100 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $728,000
Box office $775,000

New Faces of 1937 is a black and white 1937 American musical film. Its plot is similar to The Producers (1968).

A crooked theatrical producer deliberately sets about creating an unsuccessful show after selling more than 100% of it to investors.

An alternate title for this film, which was in production from late March to mid-May 1937, had been listed as Young People. Singer Rene Stone, who appears in the film, was discovered by Edward Small singing while cleaning dishes in a Manhattan restaurant.

The film recorded a loss of $258,000. Reviews were mixed.

The film was meant to be the first in a series of musical revues designed to introduce new RKO talent, but this did not eventuate. Film writers Richard B. Jewell and Vernon Harbin wrote that:

Containing not a single memorable musical number or inspired comedy routine, this tedious mish-mash caused the studio embarrassment a-plenty. Theatre owners and audiences displayed such hostility towards the Edward Small production in general, and Penner and Parkyakaras in particular, that RKO cancelled plans to make a New Faces of 1938.


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