Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mar 25, 1948

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Looks like the Blandings will have no heating problem!

Overview

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Jim Blandings

Cary Grant

Muriel Blandings

Myrna Loy

Bill Cole

Melvyn Douglas

Henry L. Simms

Reginald Denny

Joan Blandings

Sharyn Moffett

Betsy Blandings

Connie Marshall

Gussie

Louise Beavers

Smith

Ian Wolfe

Tesander

Harry Shannon

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Tito Vuolo

Joe Appollonio

Nestor Paiva

John Retch

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