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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 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 (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.
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.
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).
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.
After her appearance in All About Eve, Bates co-starred in Cheaper by the Dozen, and its sequel Belles on Their Toes, with Jeanne Crain and Myrna Loy. In 1951, she landed a role opposite MacDonald Carey and Claudette Colbert in the comedy Let's Make It Legal.