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Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)
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Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 film about growing up in a family with 12 children in Montclair, New Jersey.
Directed by Walter Lang. Written by Lamar Trotti, based on the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth.
He's the New Father of His Country!
Frank Bunker Gilbreth
No person with inner dignity is ever embarrassed.
Dialogue
Repairman: All those kids yours, mister. Or is this a picnic?
Frank: They're all mine and believe me, it's no picnic!
Man on street: Hey, Noah. What are you doing with that Ark?
Frank: Collecting animals like the good Lord told me brother. All we need now is a jackass. Hop in!
Mailman: All those kids yours?
Frank: Oh, these aren't so many. You ought to see the ones we left behind.
Mailman: How you ever feed them?
Frank: Oh, they come cheaper by the dozen.
Frank: [escorting Anne out of the house on her first date] I know it's not your fault, Lillie, but things would have been a whole lot easier if you'd taken my advice and had all boys.
Lillian: I'm sorry, dear. I'll try to be more careful with the next dozen.
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
Jimmy Hunt - William Gilbreth
Carol Nugent - Lillie Gilbreth
Norman Ollestad - Frank Gilbreth Jr.
Evelyn Varden - School Principal
Craig Hill - Tom
External links
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Category:1950 American films
Category:Films set in New Jersey
Category:Films based on American novels
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Category:Films set in the 1920s