Review(s): DVD Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) / Belles on Their Toes
Cheaper by the Dozen/Belles on Their Toes
A wonderful story based on a real family with 12 children. It shows the changing times in the early 1900s--shorter skirts, shorter hair, "modern" thinking--against the "old set" ways, and the strength of family members supporting each other. It is funny, touching, sad and heartening. I loved them both. (The books are great too!)
A nice evening of aged movies
Cheaper by the Dozen stays close to the book as written by Frank and Ernastine Gilbreth. Bells on Their Toes clearly follows another path and highlights much of the 1950 tendancy to make every teen movie about some song and beach party. The story takes many more liberties in time line fashion.
Over all: A great pick up. The sound stays even (which is difficult in the older movies that movie houses don't bother trying to preserve) Color may be a little off, but that's mostly from aged film being transfered to digital.
Read both books, enjoy the movies with some youngsters. Nice clean, wholesome fun. Bring a box of kleenex if you tend to cry.
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