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Actors: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
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This is the story of an ad executive (Cary Grant), his wife (Myrna Loy) and his two daughters. They live in New York City and are crammed into a very small apartment with not enough bathrooms or closets.
They begin to look for a house in the country and decide to go to Connecticut and they find a very old house. Against the advice of their best friend and lawyer (Melvyn Douglas), they buy this revolutionary war period house that turns into a disaster for their bank account.
They hire all kinds of people to help make the house a 'dream house'. It has to be torn down and the original amount of the job skyrockets...but through it all there are many laughs as you see all the people taking advantage of the poor hapless city folk.
One of the funniest scenes is where Myrna Loy is telling the painting contractor what colours she wants for the house.
Most people think of older movies as very boring, but I find them much funnier than any of the current ones and it shows that a movie can be very funny without having crude, vulgar language in it. This is a movie the whole family can enjoy.
--Jennifer, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Kind of comedy
- life of the rich
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- An "It".
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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