Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | |
Director(s) | H.C. Potter |
Producer(s) | Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, Dore Schary (executive uncredited) |
Top Genres | Comedy, Romance |
Top Topics | Advertising, Book-Based, Home, Husband Wife, New York, Romance (Comic) |
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by H.C. Potter and produced by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama and Dore Schary.
The film was based on the novel of the same name and also Fortune Magazine Short Story written by Eric Hodgins published in 1946 (novel); April 1946 (magazine).
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Jim Blandings: What a morning! Bunny Funkhouser, blueberry pie and Wham!
Mary (secretary): How's that?
Jim Blandings: Oh nothing, Mary. Just a private joke between me and whoever's gonna be my analyst!
Mr. Tesander: Mr. Blandings, there's a matter of $12.36.
Jim Blandings: $12.36?!? Why be a pika Mr. Tesander? Here! Take everything I've got! Spread it out amongst your pals. Perhaps Retch would like a little something! Maybe Zucca could use a new smoking jacket! It's open house Mr. Tesander -- help yourself!
Jim Blandings: $7,000? I wouldn't put seven cents into this broken down rat trap.
Muriel Blandings: Jim, how can you talk that way? This is our home. Betsy was practically born in this apartment.
Jim Blandings: That does not make it a national shrine!
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Mary (secretary): How's that?
Jim Blandings: Oh nothing, Mary. Just a private joke between me and whoever's gonna be my analyst!
Mr. Tesander: Mr. Blandings, there's a matter of $12.36.
Jim Blandings: $12.36?!? Why be a pika Mr. Tesander? Here! Take everything I've got! Spread it out amongst your pals. Perhaps Retch would like a little something! Maybe Zucca could use a new smoking jacket! It's open house Mr. Tesander -- help yourself!
Jim Blandings: $7,000? I wouldn't put seven cents into this broken down rat trap.
Muriel Blandings: Jim, how can you talk that way? This is our home. Betsy was practically born in this apartment.
Jim Blandings: That does not make it a national shrine!
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Although this film was from the novel of the same name, much of the story is autobiographical. Eric Hodgins and his wife built the actual house in the rural Litchfield County, Connecticut town of New Milford. Located in the bucolic Merryall section of town, the house recently sold for $1.2 million.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 10, 1949 with Cary Grant reprising his film role.
The pairing of Irene Dunne and Cary Grant was a consistent box office winner and director H.C. Potter wanted Dunne for the role of Muriel Blandings. Unfortunately, she was already working on another RKO film, I Remember Mama, and wasn't available for this production.
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"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 10, 1949 with Cary Grant reprising his film role.
The pairing of Irene Dunne and Cary Grant was a consistent box office winner and director H.C. Potter wanted Dunne for the role of Muriel Blandings. Unfortunately, she was already working on another RKO film, I Remember Mama, and wasn't available for this production.
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