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Belles on Their Toes is a 1950 autobiographical book written by the siblings Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. It is the follow-up to their book Cheaper by the Dozen (1948), and covers the period after Frank Gilbreth, Sr. died.
The autobiographical novels Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on Their Toes were written by siblings Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, and released in 1948 and 1952, respectively. The books detail their upbringing in a large family of 12 children, as well as the time and motion study techniques by which they were raised.
Belles on Their Toes is a 1952 American family comedy film based on the autobiographical book Belles on Their Toes (1950) by siblings Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film, which debuted in New York City on May 2, 1952, was directed by Henry Levin , and Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron wrote the screenplay.
Belles on Their Toes (1950 book; 1952 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey , published in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives growing up in a household of 12 children.
Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. (March 17, 1911 – February 18, 2001) was an American journalist and author. He co-authored, with his sister Ernestine, the autobiographical bestsellers Cheaper by the Dozen (1948; which was adapted as a 1950 film) and Belles on Their Toes (1950; which was adapted as a 1952 film).
[1]: 21–23 He had a more conventional male juvenile lead in Belles on Their Toes (1953), a sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen, which reunited him with Crain. [1]: 25 Marilyn Monroe later gave an interview where she discussed Hunter's appeal: To me, Jeff is the acme of young American manhood.
The pair followed up with a successful sequel, Belles on Their Toes (1950), which was adapted as an eponymous 1952 film. Because they had shared their stories-and their lives-in the successful novels, Ernestine and Frank, Jr. decided to share evenly amongst their siblings and their mother all royalties from both books and the movies based on ...
Throughout the film, Frank employs unorthodox teaching methods on his children and the children clash with their parents. Frank takes every opportunity to study motion and increase efficiency, including filming his children's tonsillectomies to see if there are ways to streamline the operation.