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Belles on Their Toes |  | Director: Henry Levin
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 12788
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2220618D
UPC: 024543106173
EAN: 0024543106173
ASIN: B00013RCAC
Theatrical Release Date: May 1952
Release Date: March 16, 2004
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Product Description
The comedic and touching story of Lillian Gilbreth, a widowed industrial engineer and mother of twelve children, who struggles to keep her family together and maintain a high pressure career.
Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: NR
Release Date: 16-MAR-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
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
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 Funny Sequel September 23, 2009
JC (California)
I laughed but at same time I better appreciate what my grandmother went through. This movie and the previous one inspired me to check the books out of the library. The movies are faithful to the books. Fun way to glimpse life back than but lessons remain true today.
 Light-hearted and likeable! September 9, 2009
L. K Reyes (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fun and light-hearted family film that was filmed in the fifties and set in the twenties. It can almost be considered a musical as there is much singing and dancing in it. Including a very neat Shag dance scene. The story centers around a widowed Mother trying to keep her large family together. While facing the male-dominated work force of engineering. She encounters lots of hurdles. But, all in all, she is able to do it. And very admirably so. My Mother thought the movie was borderline silly, but I really liked it. Underneath the light-heartedness there are the deeper issues of keeping family together. I recommend it!
Bells August 11, 2009
Dianne M. Ouimette
I think this movie is fabulous- it continues from the original movie cheaper by
the dozen - the stars couldn't have been chosen better for the roles - the story line was right on the money.
Classic July 6, 2009
Aimee Morales
I've always loved this movie.If you love classic movies of a wholesome nature this is the movie for all ages! Enjoy!
Sequel To Cheaper By The Dozen November 3, 2008
Marilyn Parker (USA)
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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