Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas. Written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was an adaptation of Eric Hodgins's popular 1946 novel illustrated by Shrek! author William Steig.
Plot
In the late 1940's, Jim Blandings, a bright account executive in the advertising business, lives with his wife Muriel and two daughters, Betsy and Joan, in a cramped New York apartment. Muriel secretly plans to knock out a wall and remodel their apartment for $7,000. After rejecting this idea, Jim comes across an ad for new homes in Connecticut and they get excited about moving. Planning to purchase and "fix up" an old home, they contact a real estate agent, who convinced them to buy "the old Hackett Place" in (fictional) Lansdale County, Connecticut—a leaning, dilapidated, nearly 200-year old farmhouse on some 35 acres where, they are told, General Gates stopped to water his horses during the Revolutionary War. They buy the property for five times the going rate per acre for locals, provoking Jim's friend and lawyer Bill Cole to chastise him for following his heart rather than his head.
More details
| author | Melvin Frank Norman Panama |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut New York City |
| director | H. C. Potter |
| editor | Harry Marker |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | advertise american revolutionary war cheat create date dig dream house eat estate agent general gates horatio gates move new home old house plan provoke read real estate agent revolutionary war spring voice want |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline |
| producer | Dore Schary |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures |
| publisher | Selznick Releasing Organization |