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On the page that lists the articles in the section, which I'm sure will also be one of the pages in the style section (or was on Friday), there was a picture from the 1950 release of Cheaper by the Dozen.
I own this movie and love both it and the sequal Bells on Their Toes. I also enjoy the remakes with Bonnie Hunt and Steve Martin.
It stars Myrna Loy (most famous for The Thin Man series) and Jeanne Crain who is one of my favorite actresses. Jeanne was in a lot of B-movies but did a couple of major productions and is probably most famous for her role in State Fair. I like her attitude. She always plays a woman who is stuck in life and has to deal with everything around her. But Jeanne brought more, a slyness that can't be ignored.
My favorite film of her's is People Will Talk. In this film, she stars opposite Cary Grant. The film is quirky and ahead of it's time. It deals with unwanted pregnancy, scandal, suicide and socio-economic issues as well as the love affair between a student and professor...just kidding... though the professor and student fall in love, she gives a disclaimer which avoids controversy there.
I love Cary Grant and this movie is hilarious. I would recommend it to anyone seeking a good laugh and a corny love story.
Look out for Sunderson too... he's great! Oh! The "Wicked Witch of the West" is in this film too... keep you're eyes peeled!
Another person in this film is related to me: my Great-uncle Bob. He plays a violin in one of the scenes and every time he comes back east, we either watch the film or watch the film and talk about the film. I love it. This is also the only film that my Pop-pop and I ever RE-watched (he thought it a waste of time to see something too many times... one of many subjects we liked to verbally spar over... I miss it dearly).
Suffice it to say, I like that Jeanne Crain was in a picture in the Style section of the NYtimes today. :)
1 comment:
i have not seen any of the movies based off of the original book, Cheaper by the Dozen. Have you read it? it's kind of depressing. and there are only 11 kids but no one ever bothered counting so thats how they got cheaper rates for things
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