Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
Published 2025-02-17
Film info
- Title Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
- Director H. C. Potter
- Year 1948
- Run time 1hr 34m
- Genre Comedy
- Tagline Looks like the Blandings will have no heating problem!
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:46 | “Manhattan, New York City, USA.” Very formal. |
| 3:55 | That’s a weird alarm, kinda buzzing, but better than the alternative! |
| 7:47 | “Socks don’t just get up and walk away by themselves.” Sure they do. |
| 21:02 | That is quite the morning. This is like an early Mad Men episode. |
| 22:27 | Quick map check for Connecticut to Manhattan. |
| 23:46 | “58 minutes from New York City.” Not a commute I’d want, to be honest. |
| 27:09 | “…a little optimistic about the acreage.” |
| 35:04 | Just keep asking more and more professionals until you get the answer that you want. |
| 44:25 | Owning a house has never looked less appealing. |
| 52:17 | Health and safety is leaving a lot to be desired, too! |
| 1:03:07 | The windows have all gone to the wrong people, like when you’ve got CDs in the wrong cases and have to track them all down. |
| 1:09:03 | “People do not read other people’s diaries.” |
| 1:15:19 | “Just came in out of the rain.” That’s what they all say. |
| 1:21:10 | What is a flower sink? |
| 1:27:56 | “Flim-flammed.” |
Thoughts
This film was free on the BBC iPlayer and it kept catching my eye because it's clearly a ridiculous and long title. I did a tiny bit of research and found out that The Money Pit is a loose adaptation of this film which made it a must-watch. It's not really all that good, I don't know how funny it actually was, but the three leads have great chemistry and Cary Grant and Myrna Loy bantering with each other 1940s style is quite a lot of fun. I think I prefer the Money Pit, but this is not a bad start.
Rating: 3 / 5