| Release Date: | May 1950 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama / Family |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
| 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) Walter Baldwin (Jim Bracken (uncredited)) Betty Barker (Mary Gilbreth (uncredited)) Benny Bartlett (Joe Scales (uncredited)) Lovyss Bradley (Teacher (uncredited)) Patti Brady (Martha Gilbreth) Virginia Brissac (Mrs. Benson (uncredited)) Ken Christy (Jed - Delivers Telegram (uncredited)) Denise Courtemarche (Jane - Age 1 (uncredited)) Ted Crane (Bit Role (uncredited)) Dulcie Day (Nurse (uncredited)) Teddy Driver (Dan Gilbreth) Billy Engle (Messenger (uncredited)) Mary Field (Music Teacher (uncredited)) Anita Gegna (Assistant Principal (uncredited)) Vincent Graeff (Mailman with Special Delivery Letter...) Eula Guy (Teacher (uncredited)) Craig Hill (Tom Black (uncredited)) Ralph Hodges (Bit Role (uncredited)) Jimmy Hunt (William Gilbreth) Jane Lee (Teacher (uncredited)) Caryl Lincoln (Teacher (uncredited)) Roddy McCaskill (Jack Gilbreth) Tom McQuillan (Ticket Taker (uncredited)) Eleanor Moore (Teacher (uncredited)) Carol Nugent (Lillie Gilbreth (uncredited)) Peggy O'Connor (Bit Role (uncredited)) Ramona Oliver (Nurse (uncredited)) Norman Ollestad (Frank Gilbreth Jr.) Frank Orth (Higgins (uncredited)) Joyce Otis (Bit Role (uncredited)) Cynthia Pepper (One of the Girls Looking in the...) Jeff Richards (Bit Role (uncredited)) Syd Saylor (Plumber (uncredited)) Harmon Stevens (Bit Role (uncredited)) Anthony Sydes (Fred Gilbreth) Lyn Thomas (Girl on Beach (uncredited)) Tina Thompson (Jane - Age 2 (uncredited)) Evelyn Varden (School Principal (uncredited)) Lillian West (Bit Role (uncredited)) Judy Ann Whaley (Baby Denise (uncredited)) Hank Wise (Traffic Cop (uncredited)) |
"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.
