Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543106173
Format: Color
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: D2220617D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-03-16
Running Time: 89
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1952-05

Myrna Loy charms as the Gilbreth family matriarch in this enjoyable 1952 sequel to Walter Lang's comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, based on the autobiographical novel by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Picking up from the somber ending of Cheaper, in which Frank Sr. (Clifton Webb) dies, leaving behind his wife, Lillian (Loy), and 12 children, Belles focuses on the family's slow recovery and aspirations for a future. Lillian's qualifications as an engineer are dismissed--sometimes humiliatingly--by sexist men, though she finally receives a training position with the plain-speaking Sam Harper (Edward Arnold) and the respect of a major university. Meanwhile, eldest daughter Ann (Jeanne Crain) is wooed by a young doctor (Jeffrey Hunter), and the other Gilbreth kids weed out unsuitable suitors for their dating-age sisters. Several pleasant musical numbers punctuate the comically unpredictable action, including a few by Hoagy Carmichael as the Gilbreth's wry cook. --Tom Keogh

Customer Rating:
Summary: Sequel To Cheaper By The Dozen
Comment: This is the sequel to the original Cheaper By The Dozen. It continues the story of the Gilbreth family..the kids growing up etc. If you like older movies you will love this one.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Delightful!
Comment: this movie is delightful and wholesome. It takes you back to a time when people were down to earth and families stayed together through thick and thin. I was delighted to see most of the characters were on this move that took off from Cheaper by the Dozen with Clifton Webb. You will enjoy this move if you like Clifton Webb's other films. Even though he is not in this film it stands strong in comparison to what films he had made in the past.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Bells on Their Toes
Comment: I enjoyed this film...an absolute must to follow Cheaper by the dozen with Clifton Webb. It puts the final touches on a wonderful story.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Belles on Their Toes
Comment: We liked this movie, although I would have liked for it to have included more of what is in the book. Hard to do in a short amount of time. Overall a great family movie! We love the old fashioned movies!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Cheaper By the Dozen 2 - the original sequel
Comment: Few realize today that the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin were actually sequels themselves. If you've seen the orignal Cheaper by the Dozen with Myrna Loy than you know that Steve Martin's version didn't even attempt at staying close to the original storyline. With that said, Belles on their Toes is a totally and completely different movie than the 2nd movie in Steve Martin's Cheaper by the dozen films. In Belles on their Toes, we're treated to a story of how the 12 kids grew through the baby graduating. This is a nice story and thoroughly enjoyable as a film in itself. The fact that it's a sequel, in my opinion, doesn't add or detract from it's enjoyment factor.

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