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Cheaper By the Dozen was a milestone film in the career of Clifton Webb. Though he had gotten great acclaim for his acerbic roles of the forties, Darryl F. Zanuck knew that Webb's screen persona made him extremely difficult to cast. Cheaper By the Dozen was an attempt to transition Webb into a kinder, gentler Clifton.
Rent Cheaper by the Dozen on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Based on the true story of the large Gilbreth family, this film follows Frank Gilbreth ...
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- Clifton Webb
- Walter Lang
- Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
Parents need to know that Cheaper by the Dozen, which is set in the 1920s and based on a true story, offers a rosy look at parenting a very large family, but surprises at the end when one of the principal characters dies (off camera). The death is unexpected and significantly changes the upbeat, life…. See all. Parents say (1)
- Walter Lang
- Renee Schonfeld
- Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy
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Old-fashioned upbeat family comedy with sad ending. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2012. Cheaper by the Dozen may not have much of a plot, but the film's lack of storyline is more ...
Box office. $4.3-4.425 million (U.S. and Canada rentals) [2] [3] 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.
- $4.3-4.425 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)
- Lamar Trotti
- $1.7 million
- Cyril J. Mockridge
Cheaper by the Dozen: Directed by Walter Lang. With Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Betty Lynn. Myrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children, Clifton Webb, who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.
Nell Minow Common Sense Media Remake bears no resemblance to the 1950 original. Rated: 2/5 Dec 22, 2010 Full Review Xan Brooks ... A scene from the film "Cheaper by the Dozen."
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- Comedy
- PG
