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  1. Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 American comedy film based upon the autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children, in Montclair, New Jersey.

  2. Based on a "non-fiction novel," Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) is the story of Frank Gilbreth, an industrial engineer and efficiency expert, and his wife Lillian, a psychologist, who are raising a family of 12 children in the 1920s.

    • Walter Lang
    • Clifton Webb
  3. Based on the true story of the large Gilbreth family, this film follows Frank Gilbreth (Clifton Webb) and his wife, Lillian (Myrna Loy), as they raise their 12...

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    • Clifton Webb
    • Walter Lang
    • Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
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  4. Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children.

  5. In 1921, when Ann is sixteen, the family lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where her father, an industrial engineer, is also an efficiency expert utilizing time and motion studies. Frank informs the family that they are moving to Montclair, New Jersey.

  6. Based on a classic memoir by one of the older Gilbreth girls, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN is the story of a family that delights in its size, its uniqueness, and its ability to deliver well-rounded, intelligent citizens to the world.

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  8. Overview. "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.

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