When Mr.
Blandings is questioning Mr.
Tesander about why he didn't find water, Mrs.
Blandings (Myrna Loy) is holding back laughing.
About 46-47 minutes in, a drawing of the new house in the architect's office is shown.
"Blandings" is incorrectly shown with an apostrophe between the "g" and the "s".
Not quite screwball but it comes pretty close, and the movie is a pretty good indicator of the types of problems one runs into in buying or building a new home. What kept amazing me were the monetary references made in conjunction with the project and the Blandings' circumstances.
This is a simple comedy about a family living in downtown Manhattan who decide to relocate to a delightful old house in loads of acres in rural Maine. Problem is, they buy a house that the wind could blow down and soon enough are on a roller-coaster ride building a new home whilst being simultaneously fleeced by just about everyone.
One of the rare perfect movies. It has all the elements of a great movie.
Post World War 2 America. Dwight is about to take office.
I recommend this to all my remodel/addition or first time custom homeowners. I'd puts things in perspective and they'll have a slightly humorous reminder when things aren't going as predicted.
Mr Blandings (Cary Grant) decides to relocate because his New York apartment is so crowded. He buys a heap of shite in the middle of nowhere and then decides to knock it down and build his own house.
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" has certainly gotten the full gamut of reviews here on IMDB!
So says papa Cary Grant sitting in his very crowded dining room forced to listen to everything that's wrong with him and his generation from his ungrateful daughters who exclaim "Bicker, bicker, bicker" every time he and wife Myrna Loy have a lively discussion. He's already frustrated by finding Loy's underthings in his sock drawer and arguments about money so when Grant's attorney pal Melvyn Douglas shows up with warnings of how Grant's desire to tear down a wall will cost him $3000.
It's a movie that's tailor made for Cary Grant.If you are familiar with him,you know that a comedy of errors involving the construction of a "dream house" that has Grant as a star is a winner from the get go.
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