Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy. The film was written and produced by the team of Melvin Frank and Norman Panama and was an adaptation of Eric Hodgins' popular 1946 novel, illustrated by William Steig. The film was a box office hit upon its release, and has remained a popular film through cable television broadcasts and the home video market. Warner Home Video released the film to DVD with restored and remastered audio and video in 2004, following a campaign to get it released to the medium. Featuring a plot that can be easily identified with, the film has spawned a number of remakes/semi-remakes, including the 1986 Tom Hanks vehicle The Money Pit, 1993's The Dream House, 2007's Are We Done Yet?. The house built for, and seen in the film, still stands on the old Fox Ranch property in Malibu State Park, in the hills a few miles north of Malibu. Its currently used as an office for the Park, and can be found in Google Earth by using the coordinates 34 05' 41.40" N 118 42' 43.63" W.