Cheaper by the Dozen
1950 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
"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 comsmetics.
Direction Walter Lang
Cast Clifton Webb · Jeanne Crain · Myrna Loy · Betty Lynn · Edgar Buchanan · Sara Allgood · Barbara Bates · Mildred Natwick · Carol Nugent · Anthony Sydes
Soundtrack Cyril J. Mockridge
Screenplay Lamar Trotti · Frank B. Gilbreth Jr · Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Original title Cheaper by the Dozen
5.9
222 votes (FilmAffinity)
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