Customer Reviews

Double Feature (Cheaper By the Dozen / Belles on Their Toes)

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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!)

I must say that I grew up watching both of these cheaper by the dozen movies (the other being bells on their toes), and they tell the real story of this family, not the newer version. The newer version with Steve Martin is silly, and has nothing to do with the real family. It's all Hollywood. Watch these two movies first, than compare to the newer ones, and you'll see the difference. The new ones are all about disrespect, which Father wouldn't of approved of back in the early 1900's, not to mention, the new version is in the now, not the early 1900's when this family really existed. This movie is close to the book, and is wonderfully acted. It's a must see in my library of DVD's.

Clifton Webb was most often case in dramatic roles. In ""Cheaper by the Dozen"" we get to see Webb in his comedic best. The original version of this film surpasses the newer one for many reasons: 1)the adults in the original had a wisdom and dignity sadly lacking in the modern setting, 2)the work ethic of the Gilbreth children is enchanting in the original, and, finally, 3) touching on the subject of death in the original adds even more depth to the story. ""Bells on Their Toes"" is not as unexpected as the original, but knowing more history about the Gilbreth family and their amazing mother is a nice sequel. This DVD should be in every family video library.

I purchased this set of DVD's for my granddaughters, who had listened to an audio book of the novel Cheaper by the Dozen and had enjoyed it. They were excited to see the characters come to life and had many questions about life "back then". Both DVD's are a good choice for a night of family viewing.

When I first saw Cheaper by the Dozen, If was intrigued by the family and it's history. I even went so far as to borrow books from the library that the parents wrote and also the children. It's a remarkable piece of period history and the past history of RI and Brown University.

It also prompted me to travel to Nantucket Island to see what it was like and view a little of the family history that is still existing there. The original main house is gone and one of the silo's the children slept in but I piece of history is preserved. Also the Bed & Breakfast the son owned is still there too.

I purchased these movies for my mom for Christmas and she loved them both! She has been asking for both of them and Amazon was selling them together. What a great deal!

Amazon is the place to get old classic movies like - Cheaper by the Dozen and it's sequeal Bells on thier Toes. I actually got this for a friend as he could not find the sequeal - Bells on Thier Toes and was very happy that I was able to locate it for him. Thank you Amazon!

These are delightful. I watched them with my granddaughter-10 and she loved them. She had read both books and asked for the movies. It was wonderful to have her point out how the books and movies differed. A great teaching tool. It was refreshing not having to monitor for sex and violence! Not even foul language!!!

Clifton Web and Myrna Loy are brilliant in this comedy. This movie is about the "good old days". I loved both movies.

I love both movies but 'Cheaper by the Dozen' we could hardly hear the words and yes the sound was turned up as high as it could be. The sound for 'Belles on their Toes' was just fine. We also found the sound on 'I Remember Mama' very poor. It was hard to understand what they were saying. MLWS