Cheaper by the Dozen 2 family member must compete. During it, Nora goes into labor; the Murtaughs want to help, but Jimmy, sensing the opportunity to defeat Tom once and for all, refuses to do so. The Murtaugh children jump out of the canoe to help the Bakers. While arguing with his wife, Jimmy reveals he was jealous of Tom being the popular one when they young. Eventually his wife convinced him to help and the two families work together to get Nora to the hospital. Bud, Lorraine, and Kate go with her in the delivery room, while Tom, Jimmy, Sarina, and the rest of
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Cheaper by the Dozen (1950 film) Cheaper by the Dozen is a 1950 Technicolor film based upon the autobiographical book "Cheaper by the Dozen" (1948) by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The film and book describe growing up in a family with twelve children, in Montclair, New Jersey. The title comes from one of Gilbreth's favorite jokes, which played out in the movie, that when he and his family were out driving and stopped at a red light, a pedestrian would ask: "Hey, Mister! How come you got so many kids?" Gilbreth would pretend to ponder the