Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)

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