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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Clifton Webb | ... | Frank Bunker Gilbreth | |
| Jeanne Crain | ... | Ann Gilbreth | |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth | |
| Betty Lynn | ... | Deborah Lancaster | |
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | Dr. Burton | |
| Barbara Bates | ... | Ernestine Gilbreth | |
| Mildred Natwick | ... | Mrs. Mebane | |
| Sara Allgood | ... | Mrs. Monahan | |
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"Cheaper By the Dozen", based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island to Montclair, New Jersey, and details the amusing anecdotes found in large families. Frank Gilbreth, Sr., was a pioneer in the field of motion study, and often used his family as guinea pigs (with amusing and sometimes embarrassing results). He resisted popular culture,railing against his daughters' desires for bobbed hair and cosmetics. Written by Becki Bozart <beckeye@aone.com>
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fatherhood | motherhood | family relationships | montclair new jersey | large family |Taglines:
He's the New Father of His Country!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
April 1950 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Im Dutzend billiger See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Frank Gilbreth: They're all mine and believe me, it's no picnic!
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(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Kailimai
Lyrics by G.H. Stover
Played by Craig Hill on the ukulele and Sung by him at the beach
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The big house the family moves to in Montclair is the same house set originally built for Judy Garland's family in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). Fox didn't have an appropriate standing outdoor set so they rented time on the "St. Louis Street" on MGM lot #2. See more »Goofs
The shadow of the camera equipment is visible on the grass when Frank Sr. is telling everyone goodbye when he is leaving for Europe. See more »Quotes
Repairman: All those kids yours mister, or is this a picnic?Frank Gilbreth: They're all mine and believe me, it's no picnic!
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Opening credits prologue: This is the true story of an American family. See more »Soundtracks
On the Beach at Waikiki(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Kailimai
Lyrics by G.H. Stover
Played by Craig Hill on the ukulele and Sung by him at the beach
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Clifton Webb is a joy in this delightful film, based on a true story, of an eccentric genius and his twelve children. The color is gorgeous, and the interior design of the family's New Jersey home ought to have won an Oscar. Myrna Loy is solid as Webb's patient, loving wife, and Jeanne Crain energetic as his spunky daughter. There isn't much story here, as events unfold naturally, as they do in life, and one isn't always sure where the film is going. Early twentieth century America is captured in all its overstuffed, art nouveau-ish glory, as the film's plot, irregular, often going off on odd tangents, perfectly mimics that style of design so popular at the time. The movie is really about the end of an era, as we see the very tail end of the Gilded Age turning into the roaring twenties, and with it the death of the old paternalism, at times stiff, occasionally charming, perfectly embodied by Mr. Webb; and there is an awesome sadness at the film's conclusion, as we see a man and his era pass into history.