Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Marty and Cindy chat about the home building comedy, Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House

Director: H.C. Potter

Starring: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas

Genre: Domestic comedy / social satire

Setting: New York City and rural Connecticut

Based on the semi-autobiographical book by Eric Hodgins, the story draws directly from the author’s own disastrous attempt to build a house in Connecticut.

Hodgins was editor of Fortune magazine, bringing a professional-class perspective to postwar domestic anxiety.

The house built for the movie still exists in Malibu, California, at coordinates: 34 degrees 5' 41"N 118 degrees 42'43"W on the old 20th Century Fox Ranch.

Has had three remakes (in order of release): Hollywood's The Money Pit (1986) starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long, Sweden's The Dream House (1993) starring Björn Skifs and Suzanne Reuter, and Hollywood's Are We Done Yet? (2007) starring Ice Cube and Nia Long.

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