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t Cheaper By The Dozen Currently the moviegoers of the United States are reacting hilariously to the real-life adventures of the fabulous Hilbreth family, which were originally set down in the best-selling novel and have now been transferred to the screen as Cheaper by Ihe Dozen”. One of the bright, unaffected chronicles of American family life, "Cheaper By The Dozen” has been superlatively praise! 'by newspaper and magazine critics and is providing rare entertainment for domestic moviegoers, with each succeeding day reflecting increasing popularity. ... “Cheaper By The Dozen”, with color by Technicolor, tells the story of a household that numbered 12 children, born to Frank Bunker Gilbreth, an industrial engineer noted for his motion studies, and Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, herself an eminent psychol- ogist and lecturer. When they were married, they decided at the outset they would have an even dozen babies-because they "come cheaper by the dozen”. Lamar Trotti, who in the past created "Mother Wore Tights”, "Yellow Sky” and numerous other screen hits, adapted and pro- duced “Cheaper By The Dozen” which Walter Lang directed. Lang will be recalled for his megaphonic contribution to such box- office successes as “Sitting Pretty”, “When My Baby Smiles At Me” and "You’re My Everything”. Critics and exhibitors, who have checked with audiences where this domestic comedy has been presented, are agreed that Clifton Webb, as the elder Gilbreth, gives the outstanding perform- ance of his long career on stage and screen. Certainly, it compares favorably with his Belvedere. Myrna Loy as his wife never was lovelier and certainly gives a memorable performance as the mother of the 12 children. , ,, .. . For Jeanne Crain, her role as the 16-year-old girl, marks a return to the type of gay comedy part she undertook so well in “Margie” and "Apartment For Peggy”. . . Other principals include Betty Lynn (the baby sitter in sit- ting Pretty, Loretta Young’s daughter in “Mother Is a Freshman ) Edgar Buchanan as the doctor, Barbara Bates (who scored opposite Danny Kaye in “The Inspector General”); Mildred Natwick, Anthony Sydes, RoddyMcCaskill, Norman Ollestad, Carole Nugent, Jimmy Hunt, Teddy Driver, Betty Barker, and Patti Brady, three- year-old Tina Thompson. .... . , , Leon Shamroy, three-time winner of the Academy Award and who recently photographed “12 O’clock High” and “Prince Of Foxes”, made the cinematographic contribution to Cheaper by