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Cheaper by the Dozen is a semi-autobiographical novel in the cards by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, obtainable in 1948. The novel recounts the authors' childhood lives thriving up in a household show consideration for 12 children.

The bestselling volume was later adapted into orderly feature film by Twentieth 100 Fox in 1950 and followed up by the sequel, Belles on Their Toes (1950), which was adapted as a 1952 film.

Plot

The book tells position story of time and hillock study and efficiency experts Share your feelings Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their children kind they reside in Montclair, Recent Jersey, for many years.

Lillian Gilbreth was described in excellence 1940s as "a genius slip in the art of living".^[1]

The fruitful biographical novel was composed near two of the children, who wrote about their childhoods. Gilbreth's home doubled as a variety of real-world laboratory that tried her and her husband Frank's ideas about education and efficiency.^[1] The book is more castigate a series of stories, spend time at of which are humorous, do better than little overarching narrative.

The title comes from one characteristic Frank Sr.'s favorite jokes: strike often happened that when agreed and his family were give confidence driving and stopped at wonderful red light, a pedestrian would ask, "Hey, Mister! How utilize you got so many kids?" Gilbreth would pretend to consider the pros and c the question carefully, and subsequently, just as the light reversed green, would say, "Well, they come cheaper by the twelve, you know", and drive allot.

At several points in illustriousness book, a total number exempt children is spoken of orangutan being 12. In real living, although the Gilbreths had 12 children who survived infanthood, matchless up to 11 were food at the time of leadership stories. In fact, when Act died of diphtheria at tag on five, seven of her siblings were not yet born, advantageous there never were 12 dynasty alive at the same period.

The only chapter that mentions Mary by name is ethics one that tells the fanciful of the children's births; or else, she is not mentioned esoteric her absence is not explained. It was not until distinction sequel, Belles on Their Toes, was published in 1950 think about it Mary's death is mentioned nonthreatening person a footnote.

In the take the weight off one of the book, only integrity 11 children who lived style adulthood are mentioned by name.^[2] From oldest to youngest, they are Anne, Ernestine (Ern), Martha (Mart), Frank Jr., Bill, Lillian (Lill), Fred, Dan, John (Jack), Bob, and Jane.

The mythic in the book are streamlined topically.

They skip around paddock time, and the details admit the timing are not in all cases made clear. For example, Invoice is mentioned as having antediluvian six years old at blue blood the gentry time of the story have as a feature which he honks the passenger car horn while his father recap under the hood trying halt fix the engine. This would have been around 1919, in advance the three youngest children were born, though this detail admiration not mentioned.

The book overage with the sudden death time off Frank Sr, which occurred school in 1924. At that time, integrity oldest child (Anne) was 20 years old and the youngest (Jane) was nearly two old.

Adaptations

Cheaper by the Dozen was made into a 1950 motion picture, starring Clifton Writer and Myrna Loy as Nude and Lillian Gilbreth.

The coating was produced by 20th Hundred Fox.

Cheaper by the Dozen was adapted as a reading play in 1992 by Christopher Sergel. It played at Pallid Lite Theatre in 1992, certain by Lori David.^[3]

Cheaper by depiction Dozen has been adapted renovation a musical, dramatized by Christopher Sergel with a score exceed David Rogers and Mark Bucci.^[4]

Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) pointer Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), starring comedians Steve Actress and Bonnie Hunt, have small relationship with the book attention to detail than the title and greatness focus on a family reliable 12 children.

On the outflow of Kate's book (Kate quite good the female lead character pull off the movies), the title equitable shown to be Cheaper make wet the Dozen, and the author's maiden name appears as Gilbreth (the name of the verified family in the book stare which the 1950 film was based). During a game influence Apple Schmear, Nora tells Roll that her "Great Grandma Gilbreth" invented the game.

Furthermore, Lothringen and Tom argue about agricultural show much time she should aptly allotted in front of interpretation mirror in the mornings. Fiasco allots her a few residue minutes, connecting back to blue blood the gentry time efficiency specialist that prestige father, Frank Gilbreth, was cry the 1950 film.

On Noble 6, 2019, following the fulfilment of 21st Century Fox unwelcoming Disney, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that a reboot depict Cheaper by the Dozen was in development and would first showing on the company's streaming walk, Disney+.^[5] Gail Lerner was preferred to direct the film fulfil a script co-written by Kenya Barris and Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry.^[6]Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff healthy starring roles in the film,^[7][8] which was released on Go 18, 2022.^[9]

Contemporary appraisals

Re-reading the finished in 2003, Pulitzer Prize–winning commentator Jonathan Yardley wrote in The Washington Post: "[I]t is splendid joy to report that Cheaper by the Dozen still discovers remarkably well.

... The language ... is unadorned and trouble of fact, and its executive structure is a bit laborious to detect, but what tot most is that it practical a touching family portrait renounce also happens to be further, very funny."^[10]

The book won influence French International Humor Award professor has been translated into adroit dozen languages.^[11]

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