Cheaper By the Dozen | Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain

Cheaper By the Dozen | Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain | Bang for the Buck

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Cheaper By the Dozen

	Cheaper By the Dozen Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain 20th Century Fox, 2004 average customer review:based on 58 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Original Cheaper By the Dozen

I must say that I was pleased with this version of the story. I am a stickler for details and the producers of this film did a good job. Although the last child is Jane and not Bob, and the butler/Jack-of-all-trades for the family was Tom and not Jim...this film is well worth watching. It gives a "true" look into the lives and times of the Gilbreth family, and it is nothing like the newer hyped-up "One" and "Two" Cheaper By the Dozen versions that have recently hit the market.

This film portrays the family more as they were, growing up in the early teens and twenty's of the twentieth century. The antics and hilarious lifestyle of how Frank and Lily raised their brood of children is closely correlated to the book by the same title. Of course, the book is always better, and the book on cassette/CD version has a huge chunk of one chapter missing [Chinesee Cooking], I'd still recommend the book if you really want the true flavor of this remarkable family growing up in the early years of the twentieth century.

I would highly recommend this movie as a "G" family rating, and recommend that parents read not only this book to their children, but also the sequel, "Bells on Their Toes." There are numberous other books by the various family members that are also worth reading although they are more difficult to lay hands on. Some libraries still have them...they are worth your time!

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Bang for the Buck

Best bang for you buck. A classic, if Hollywood made movies like today the world would be a much better place.

I AM A SUCKER FOR THE CLASSICS.......

THIS IS A FANTASTIC WAY TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE TO THE NEWER VERSION OF STEVE MARTIN'S RENDITION OF "CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN"....I MEAN TO ACTUALLY SEE WHERE IT STEMMED PAINTS A CLEARER PICTURE OF THE WRITER, PRODUCER, AND DIRECTOR'S ARTISTIC EYE. THIS IS TRULY ONE FOR YOUR ARCHIVES...TRUST ME....YOU WILL LOVE IT.

Poignant

I saw Cheaper by the Dozen when I was a little kid. What I remember most were: 1) the tonsillectomy part when one of the daughters was telling everyone about the doughnuts she had for breakfast; 2) how the father made me so mad; and 3) but oh, how I cried when he died. I still watch this movie every now and then and every time I have a good cry!

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12 Kids Makes a Dozen by Savannah

Savannah Kessler 3/6/06

Cheaper By the Dozen (original version)

Have you ever met a family that did everything in less than 1 minute? Well, in this story the father tries to save time. This is movie about a family whose father is determined to save time by doing everything as quickly as possible. In the end his work is rewarded when he is invited to give a speech to very important people in Europe. Of course none of this happens without hilarious and heart breaking events that give the family strength and bring the family closer together than ever. This is a funny movie with an unexpected ending. It will make you cry and laugh at the same time.

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