Im Dutzend billiger (1950)
28KIm Dutzend billiger: Directed by Walter Lang. With Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, Betty Lynn. Myrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children, Clifton Webb, who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.
“Clifton Webb is a joy in this delightful film, based on a true story, of an eccentric genius and his twelve children. The color is gorgeous, and the interior design of the familyu0026#39;s New Jersey home ought to have won an Oscar. Myrna Loy is solid as Webbu0026#39;s patient, loving wife, and Jeanne Crain energetic as his spunky daughter. There isnu0026#39;t much story here, as events unfold naturally, as they do in life, and one isnu0026#39;t always sure where the film is going. Early twentieth century America is captured in all its overstuffed, art nouveau-ish glory, as the filmu0026#39;s plot, irregular, often going off on odd tangents, perfectly mimics that style of design so popular at the time. The movie is really about the end of an era, as we see the very tail end of the Gilded Age turning into the roaring twenties, and with it the death of the old paternalism, at times stiff, occasionally charming, perfectly embodied by Mr. Webb; and there is an awesome sadness at the filmu0026#39;s conclusion, as we see a man and his era pass into history.”
