Belles on Their Toes | Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy | "Belles on Their Toes" is an excellent sequel to...

Belles on Their Toes | Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy | Belles on Their Toes

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Belles on Their Toes

	Belles on Their Toes Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy 20th Century Fox, 2004 average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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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"Belles on Their Toes" is an excellent sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen"

"Belles on Their Toes" is an excellent sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen"
"Belles on Their Toes" picks up where the Gilbreth family left off in "Cheaper by the Dozen." While many sequels leave much to be desired this sequel is even better than the predecessor. In this movie the mother, Lillian, continues pioneering work in industrial engineering.

A perfect film for the entire family to watch, you won't find any sex, violence or foul language in this movie. The hilarious goings-on of this real-life family will keep your entire family laughing in wanting to know more about this interesting real-life cast of characters. While this film can be purchased in both Technicolor and black-and-white I still prefer the black-and-white version.

This classic movie teaches old-time values and will send your family straits the Internet to find out more about their fascinating lives.

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Belles on Their Toes

I am very satisfied with my purchase.

I have been looking in the video stores and other department stores for this very movie. I was very excited to find such an old movie on line.

Bells on Their Toes

I enjoyed this film...an absolute must to follow Cheaper by the dozen with Clifton Webb. It puts the final touches on a wonderful story.

Cheaper By the Dozen 2 - the original sequel

Few realize today that the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films with Steve Martin were actually sequels themselves. If you've seen the orignal Cheaper by the Dozen with Myrna Loy than you know that Steve Martin's version didn't even attempt at staying close to the original storyline. With that said, Belles on their Toes is a totally and completely different movie than the 2nd movie in Steve Martin's Cheaper by the dozen films. In Belles on their Toes, we're treated to a story of how the 12 kids grew through the baby graduating. This is a nice story and thoroughly enjoyable as a film in itself. The fact that it's a sequel, in my opinion, doesn't add or detract from it's enjoyment factor.

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Belles on Their Toes

We liked this movie, although I would have liked for it to have included more of what is in the book. Hard to do in a short amount of time. Overall a great family movie! We love the old fashioned movies!

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