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Cheaper by the Dozen Overview:

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Walter Lang and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Lamar Trotti.

SYNOPSIS

Based on the true-life story of the Gilbreths, a family of 12 raised under the firm but loving hand of Frank Bunker Gilbreth (Webb). The film chronicles the difficulties of caring for such an extensive brood, as Gilbreth and his wife navigate the family through the typical crises and events of youth: tonsillectomies (multiple, in this case), proms, school enrollment, and the like. Webb is the hero of this plotless romp, as delightfully bombastic as Loy is wise.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Cheaper by the Dozen BlogHub Articles:

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

By Beatrice on Jul 8, 2015 From Flickers in Time

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Classic Films in Focus: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 11, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Tolstoy might have thought that happy families are all alike, but he didn't live during the era of Hollywood family films like Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), where the sheer diversity of happy families generated picture after picture about different domestic clans with their own unique stories. Thus w... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 11, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Tolstoy might have thought that happy families are all alike, but he didn't live during the era of Hollywood family films like Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), where the sheer diversity of happy families generated picture after picture about different domestic clans with their own unique stories. Thus w... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (1950)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 11, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Tolstoy might have thought that happy families are all alike, but he didn't live during the era of Hollywood family films like Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), where the sheer diversity of happy families generated picture after picture about different domestic clans with their own unique stories. Thus w... Read full article

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Cheaper by the Dozen Quotes:

Frank Gilbreth: Darling, you know I am happy with our little brood, but you should have had more boys!
Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth: I'm sorry, dear. I'll try to be more careful with the next dozen.
Repairman: All those kids yours mister, or is this a picnic?
Frank Gilbreth: They're all mine and believe me, it's no picnic!
Man on street: Hey Noah, what are you doing with that Ark?
Frank Gilbreth: Collecting animals like the good Lord told me brother. All we need now is a jackass. Hop in!
Frank Gilbreth: No person with inner dignity is ever embarrassed.
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Cheaper by the Dozen Facts
Based on the real-life Gilbreth family. Daughter Mary died from a childhood illness; the movie includes a Mary but keeps her somewhat in the background with no lines.
In the movie, the last child born is a boy named "Robert". But in real life, the last Gilbreth child was a girl named "Jane". There was a son named Robert, but he was the second-to-last child born.
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. Fox didn't have an appropriate standing outdoor set so they rented time on the "St. Louis Street" on MGM lot #2.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onMay 7, 1951 with Clifton Webb reprising his film role.
On the shelf in the living room is a picture of the real life Frank Gilbreth in uniform as an Army Major during WWI. This is visible outside the makeshift operating room during the mass tonsillectomies.
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