Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Theatrical release poster
Directed byH. C. Potter
Screenplay byMelvin Frank
Norman Panama
Based onMr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
by Eric Hodgins
Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle
1946 Fortune
Produced byDore Schary
Melvin Frank
Norman Panama
StarringCary Grant
Myrna Loy
Melvyn Douglas
Reginald Denny
Sharyn Moffett
Connie Marshall
Louise Beavers
Ian Wolfe
Narrated byMelvyn Douglas
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byHarry Marker
Music byLeigh Harline
Production
company
Distributed bySelznick Releasing Organization
Release dates
  • 25 March 1948 (1948-03-25)
(New York)[1]
June 4, 1948 (US)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,750,000 (US rentals)[2]

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H. C. Potter, and starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas. Written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, it was an adaptation of the 1946 novel of the same name written by Eric Hodgins and illustrated by William Steig.

The movie was the third and last pairing of Grant and Loy, who had shared a comfortable chemistry in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) and Wings in the Dark (1935).[3]

It was a box office hit upon its release. Warner Home Video released it to DVD with restored and remastered audio and video in 2004. It was loosely remade in 1986 as The Money Pit, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long,[4] and in 2007 as Are We Done Yet?, starring Ice Cube.[5]

  1. ^ "Selznick-Eyssell Tiff Results In 'Blandings' Shift to N.Y. Astor". Variety. 1948-03-10. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. ^ ""Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46". Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  4. ^ "Remembering the Money Pit on its 30th anniversary". 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  5. ^ "Are We Done Yet? (2007)". New York Times. April 4, 2007. Retrieved 2012-10-20.