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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
14K
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Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
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A married couple decide to have a custom home built out in the country, but it's a lot more trouble than they think.A married couple decide to have a custom home built out in the country, but it's a lot more trouble than they think.A married couple decide to have a custom home built out in the country, but it's a lot more trouble than they think.

  • Director
    • H.C. Potter
  • Writers
    • Eric Hodgins
    • Norman Panama
    • Melvin Frank
  • Stars
    • Cary Grant
    • Myrna Loy
    • Melvyn Douglas
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • H.C. Potter
    • Writers
      • Eric Hodgins
      • Norman Panama
      • Melvin Frank
    • Stars
      • Cary Grant
      • Myrna Loy
      • Melvyn Douglas
    • 110User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Jim Blandings
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    • Muriel Blandings
    Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas
    • Bill Cole
    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Simms
    Sharyn Moffett
    Sharyn Moffett
    • Joan Blandings
    Connie Marshall
    Connie Marshall
    • Betsy Blandings
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Gussie
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    • Smith
    Harry Shannon
    Harry Shannon
    • Tesander
    Tito Vuolo
    Tito Vuolo
    • Mr. Zucca
    Nestor Paiva
    Nestor Paiva
    • Joe Apollonio
    Jason Robards Sr.
    Jason Robards Sr.
    • John Retch
    • (as Jason Robards)
    Lurene Tuttle
    Lurene Tuttle
    • Mary
    Lex Barker
    Lex Barker
    • Carpenter Foreman
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Mr. PeDelford
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Mr. Murphy
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Bray
    Robert Bray
    • Workman
    • (uncredited)
    Don Brodie
    Don Brodie
    • Charlie - Painter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • H.C. Potter
    • Writers
      • Eric Hodgins
      • Norman Panama
      • Melvin Frank
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Mr. Blandings' yearly salary of $15,000 would be (adjusted for inflation) approximately $193,000 in 2024. The screenwriters had originally given him a salary of $10,000, but postwar inflation forced them to give him a raise before shooting began.
    • Goofs
      The foreman asks Mr. Blandings if the "lintels between the lally columns" should be rabbeted. However, the lintels are on the second floor of a two-story house. Lally columns are used in the basement or the first floor to provide support to the middle of long beams. They are not needed on the second floor.
    • Quotes
      • Muriel Blandings: I want it to be a soft green, not as blue-green as a robin's egg, but not as yellow-green as daffodil buds. Now, the only sample I could get is a little too yellow, but don't let whoever does it go to the other extreme and get it too blue. It should just be a sort of grayish-yellow-green. Now, the dining room. I'd like yellow. Not just yellow; a very gay yellow. Something bright and sunshine-y. I tell you, Mr. PeDelford, if you'll send one of your men to the grocer for a pound of their best butter, and match that exactly, you can't go wrong! Now, this is the paper we're going to use in the hall. It's flowered, but I don't want the ceiling to match any of the colors of the flowers. There's some little dots in the background, and it's these dots I want you to match. Not the little greenish dot near the hollyhock leaf, but the little bluish dot between the rosebud and the delphinium blossom. Is that clear? Now the kitchen is to be white. Not a cold, antiseptic hospital white. A little warmer, but still, not to suggest any other color but white. Now for the powder room - in here - I want you to match this thread, and don't lose it. It's the only spool I have and I had an awful time finding it! As you can see, it's practically an apple red. Somewhere between a healthy winesap and an unripened Jonathan. Oh, excuse me...
      • Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie?
      • Charlie, Painter: Red, green, blue, yellow, white.
      • Mr. PeDelford: Check.
    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits are shown on an architect's blueprints.
    • Alternate versions
      Also available in colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Home on the Range
      (uncredited)
      Written by Brewster M. Higley
      Sung by Cary Grant and then Myrna Loy as they shower

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 4, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hogar dulce hogar
    • Filming locations
      • Administration Building, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA(The Blandings House)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,995,000
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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