Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film)

Cheaper by the Dozen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Walter Lang
Screenplay by	Lamar Trotti
Based on	Cheaper by the Dozen 1948 novel by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr.
Produced by	Lamar Trotti
Starring	Clifton Webb Jeanne Crain Myrna Loy Betty Lynn Edgar Buchanan Barbara Bates Mildred Natwick Sara Allgood
Narrated by	Jeanne Crain
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	James Watson Webb Jr.
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 31, 1950 (1950-03-31)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.7 million[1]
Box office	$4.3-4.425 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2][3]

Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 American comedy film based upon the autobiographical book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children, in Montclair, New Jersey. The title comes from one of Gilbreth's favorite jokes, which played out in the film, that when he and his family were out driving and stopped at a red light, a pedestrian would ask: "Hey, mister! How come you got so many kids?" Gilbreth would pretend to ponder the question carefully, and then, just as the light turned green, would say: "Well, they come cheaper by the dozen, you know", and drive off.

The story of the Gilbreth family is continued in the book Belles on Their Toes, which was adapted as a film in 1952, with some of the original cast.