Belles on Their Toes (film)

Belles on Their Toes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHenry Levin
Screenplay byHenry Ephron
Phoebe Ephron
Based onBelles on Their Toes
1950 novel
by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.
Produced bySamuel G. Engel
StarringMyrna Loy
Jeanne Crain
Debra Paget
Jeffrey Hunter
Edward Arnold
CinematographyArthur E. Arling
Edited byRobert Fritch
Music byCyril Mockridge
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • May 2, 1952 (1952-05-02) (U.S.)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.13 million[1]
Box office$2 million[2][3]

Belles on Their Toes is a 1952 American family comedy film based on the autobiographical book Belles on Their Toes (1950) by siblings Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film, which debuted in New York City on May 2, 1952, was directed by Henry Levin, and Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron wrote the screenplay. It is a sequel to the film Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), based on Gilbreth and Carey's eponymous 1948 book.

  1. ^ Lev, Peter (15 March 2013). Twentieth Century-Fox: The Zanuck-Skouras Years, 1935–1965. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292744493.
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p224
  3. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953