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Overview
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Writers:
Phoebe Ephron (screenplay) and
Henry Ephron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
May 1952 (USA) more
Plot:
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income... more | add synopsis
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Sequel lacks the spark and wit of Clifton Webb... more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeanne Crain | ... | Ann Gilbreth |
 | Myrna Loy | ... | Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth |
| Debra Paget | ... | Martha Gilbreth |
| Jeffrey Hunter | ... | Dr. Bob Grayson |
| Edward Arnold | ... | Sam Harper |
| Hoagy Carmichael | ... | Thomas George Bracken |
| Barbara Bates | ... | Ernestine Gilbreth |
| Robert Arthur | ... | Frank Gilbreth |
| Verna Felton | ... | Cousin Leora |
| Carol Nugent | ... | Lily Gilbreth |
| Tina Thompson | ... | Jane Gilbreth - as a Child |
| Teddy Driver | ... | Jack Gilbreth |
| Tommy Ivo | ... | William Gilbreth |
| Jimmy Hunt | ... | Fred Gilbreth |
| Anthony Sydes | ... | Dan Gilbreth |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Belles on Their Toes: The Further Adventures of the Gilbreth Family (UK) (long title)
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Runtime:
89 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #15490) | UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA more
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Quotes:
Sam Harper:
[hearing muffled explosion] What on earth was that?
Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth:
The childern have a chemistry set in the cellar.
Sam Harper:
Smells like alcohol.
Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth:
Mr. Harper, alcohol is a chemical.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood Remembers: Myrna Loy - So Nice to Come Home to (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight) more
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BELLES ON THEIR TOES is another nostalgic look at a past that never was. At least that's the impression you get from watching MYRNA LOY worry about her brood of Gilbreth children after father Clifton Webb has passed on. As usual, Loy is likable enough as the strong-willed mother who has to guide her children through what passes for "hard times" but has the look of the '50s rather than the '20s.
This lack of detail makes the film much less enjoyable than CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. There's also a lack of freshness about the performances of JEANNE CRAIN as the oldest daughter, BARBARA BATES, JEFFREY HUNTER, MARTIN MILNER and ROBERT ARTHUR. It all seems rather pat, standard stuff that passed for wholesomeness in the '50s, before the grim realism of the '60s films set in.
Mother is seen at the graduation ceremony of her girls, which makes room for a flashback to their turbulent "growing up" years that includes the girls being romanced by whatever Fox star hopefuls the casting agent could find. Of the men, JEFFREY HUNTER stands out as the most likely prospect for stardom and is paired nicely with JEANNE CRAIN.
Nostalgia is nice, but the charm wears thin when the film offers nothing new in the way of plot twists and you have to settle for more of the same material offered in the original--without Webb, who gave that film its chief distinction.