Movie: "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"
| Release Date: | Mar 1948 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Romance |
| Awards | 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 94 min. |
| Cast: | Cary Grant (Jim Blandings), Myrna Loy (Muriel Blandings) Melvyn Douglas (Bill Cole) Reginald Denny (Henry L. Simms) Sharyn Moffett (Joan Blandings) Connie Marshall (Betsy Blandings) Louise Beavers (Gussie) Ian Wolfe (Smith - a real estate agent) Harry Shannon (W. D. Tesander) Tito Vuolo (Mr. Zucca - the steam shovel operator) Nestor Paiva (Joe Appollonio) Jason Robards Sr. (John W. Retch (as Jason Robards)) Lurene Tuttle (Mary) Lex Barker (Carpenter Foreman) Emory Parnell (Mr. PeDelford) Stanley Andrews (Mr. Murphy (uncredited)) Robert Bray (Workman (uncredited)) Don Brodie (Charlie, Painter (uncredited)) Cliff Clark (Jones (uncredited)) Kernan Cripps (Policeman (uncredited)) Frank Darien (Judge Quarles (uncredited)) Hal K. Dawson (Harry Selby (uncredited)) Jack Jahries (Bit part (uncredited)) Mike Lally (Hurried diner (uncredited)) Gene Leslie (Taxi driver (uncredited)) Charles Middleton (Wrecker (uncredited)) Franklin Parker (Simpson (uncredited)) Cy Slocum (Bit part (uncredited)) Ralph Stein (Proprietor (uncredited)) Dan Tobin (Bunny Funkhauser (uncredited)) Friedrich von Ledebur (Workman (uncredited)) Bud Wiser (Customer (uncredited)) Will Wright (Eph Hackett (uncredited)) |
Storyline: In Manhattan, the American middle class Jim Blandings lives with his wife Muriel and two teenage daughters in a four bedroom and one bathroom only leased apartment. Jim works in an advertising agency raising US$ 15,000.00 a year and feels uncomfortable in his apartment due to the lack of space. When he sees an advertisement of a huge house for sale in the country of Connecticut for an affordable price, he drives with his wife and the real estate agent and decides to buy the old house without any technical advice. A family friend lawyer Bill Cole sends an acquaintance engineer to inspect the house, and the man tells that he should put down the house and build another one. Jim checks the information with other engineers and all of them condemn the place and sooner he finds that he bought a "money pit"instead of a dream house.
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