Directed by:
H.C. PotterCinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Sharyn Moffett, Reginald Denny, Connie Marshall, Louise Beavers, Ian Wolfe, Nestor Paiva, Jason Robards Sr. (more)Plots(1)
New York adman Jim Blandings is ready to say goodbye to his cramped city apartment and build, from the ground up, a Connecticut home with room enough for his growing family and dreams. All it will cost him is his time and money and perhaps his job, marriage, happiness and what's left of his sanity. Goodbye, Manhattan. Hello, comedy. As Jim, Cary Grant is a flustered poster boy for homeowner anxiety in this gleeful laughfest. Myrna Loy, her voice and line phrasing like musical chimes, plays Jim's ever-patient wife. Louise Beavers is the sunny housemaid whose enthusiasm for Wham Ham saves Jim's career bacon. And Melvyn Douglas is the perhaps-too-friendly family friend. "Drop in and see us sometime", Jim says. Invitation accepted! (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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Grant charmingly looks, Grant wearily looks - and Grant wants to live. That title is not a metaphor at all. It captures the film as purely as you can imagine and only a few jokes save it at a time when housing starts to take some form. Otherwise, it is surprisingly austere yet amusing morality tale that cannot even give the viewer a regular break against the backdrop of an unmistakable atmosphere of forgotten films.
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