Cheaper By The Dozen (1950)

Genre: Comedy; Drama; Family

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Cast: Clifton Webb as Frank Bunker Gilbreth; Jeanne Crain as Ann Gilbreth; Myrna Loy as Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth; Betty Lynn as Libby Lancaster; Edgar Buchanan as Dr. Burton; Barbara Bates as Ernestine Gilbreth; Mildred Natwick as Mrs. Mebane; Sara Allgood as Mrs.

Color

Langauge: English

Director: José Ferrer; Walter Lang

Producer: Lamar Trotti

Writer: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.; Ernestine Gilbreth Carey; Lamar Trotti

Frank Bunker Gilbreth (Clifton Webb) and Lillian Gilbreth (Myrna Loy) are the parents of twelve children, six boys and six girls in the 1920's. Frank and Lillian are motion study experts who use their children as test subjects for their theories. In one instance, Frank uses the opportunity of his children having their tonsils taken out to test his theories about medical practice. At the same time, the children, particularly the two eldest Anne (Jeanne Crain) and Ernestine (Barbara Bates), are constantly trying to rebel against Frank's extremely old-fashioned beliefs about the way people should dress and act.

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