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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 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 Cheaper by the Dozen franchise consists of a series of films and stage adaptations, [1] based on the real-life events of the Gilbreth family. Based on novels co-written by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, the film series includes two biographical films and three loosely-remade family comedy films inspired by their story.
Billy Elliott (2000). In Jamie Bell's first film role, he played a boy who discovers a passion for ballet in the 1980s while his community is torn apart by a labor dispute.
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.
Cast in May 1951, she was Brackett's first choice. [11] She was reunited with Loy for Belles on Their Toes (1952), the sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen , and got top billing this time. While still at 20th Century Fox , Crain played a young wife losing her mind amid high-seas intrigue in Dangerous Crossing (1953), co-starring Michael Rennie .
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).
At the age of 14, he auditioned and was chosen to join the cast of the popular Chicago-based radio program "Quiz Kids". [4] He toured the country in 1945 with the cast of other Quiz Kids "child prodigies", and those performances led to other opportunities on radio, such as his role as Magnus Proudfoot on the early radio version of Gunsmoke . [ 4 ]