Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Warner Bros. (1948)
Comedy
In Collection
#8864
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IMDB   7.4
1 hr 34 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Melvyn Douglas Bill Cole
Cary Grant Jim Blandings
Myrna Loy Muriel Blandings
Frank Graham
Don Messick
Louise Beavers Gussie
Reginald Denny Simms
Connie Marshall Betsy Blandings
Sharyn Moffett Joan Blandings
Harry Shannon Tesander
Ian Wolfe Smith
Tito Vuolo Mr. Zucca
Emory Parnell Mr. PeDelford
Nestor Paiva Joe Appollonio
Lurene Tuttle Mary
Director
H.C. Potter
Tex Avery
Producer Melvin Frank
Norman Panama
Writer Melvin Frank
Norman Panama


Cary Grant and Myrna Loy draw up a blueprint for hilarity!

New York adman Jim Blandings is ready to say goodbye to his cramped city apartment and build from the ground up a Connecticut home with room enough for his growing family and dreams. All it will cost him is his time and money... and perhaps his job, marriage, happiness and what's left of his sanity.

Goodbye, Manhattan. Hello, comedy. As Jim, Cary Grant is a flustered poster boy for homeowner anxiety in this gleeful laughfest. Myrna Loy, her voice and line phrasing like musical chimes, plays Jim's ever patient wife. Louise Beavers is the sunny housemaid whose enthusiasm for Wham Ham saves Jim's career bacon. And Melvyn Douglas is the perhaps too friendly family friend. "Drop in and see us sometime," Jim says. Invitation accepted.
Edition Details
Distributor Turner Home Ent
Release Date 6/1/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Two Radio Productions:
  • October 10, 1949 LUX Radio Theatre Broadcast starring Grant and Irene Dunne
  • June 9, 1950 Screen Directors Playhouse Broadcast starring Grant and (his then wife) Betsy Drake
    The House Of Tomorrow Classic MGM Tex Avery Cartoon
    Cary Grant Trailer Gallery
    Theatrical Trailer