Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, about a New York couple whose attempt to build an ideal country home turns into a series of costly and chaotic misadventures.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House canonical | 8 |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Eric Hodgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Connie Marshall
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Ian Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Beavers NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharyn Moffett NERFINISHED ⓘ Tito Vuolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | H. C. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harry Marker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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satirical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consumerism
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middle-class aspirations ⓘ suburbanization ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Cary Grant as Jim Blandings
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Melvyn Douglas as Bill Cole ⓘ Myrna Loy as Muriel Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bill Cole
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Jim Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | satirizing postwar American suburban home-building ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A New York advertising executive and his wife attempt to build an ideal country home, leading to escalating costs and chaotic misadventures. ⓘ |
| producer |
Dore Schary
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Robert Fellows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1948-03-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Melvin Frank
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Norman Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Connecticut
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New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Cary Grant
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Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| title | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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