although recognize a the best film treatment of the difficulty of have a house in the country build ( or buy ) to your specification and it be not the first and nor the last . in 1940 jack benny and ann sheridan be the lead in the film version of the comedy george washington slept here by george s. kaufman and moss hart . and about fifteen year ago shelly long and tom hank have the lead in the money pit . the former be about move into an 18th century country house that . err and needs work . the latter be about build your dream house in the late 1980s . although the two film have their moment and both be not as good a blandings and which be base on an autobiographical novel of the same name . jim blandings and his wife muriel ( cary grant and myrna loy ) be notice the tight corner of their apartment and which they share with their two daughter joan and betsy ( sharyn moffett and connie marshall ) . although blandings have a good income a an advertising executive ( in 1948 he be make $ 15 and 000 . 00 a year and which be like make $ 90 and 000 . 00 today ) and and life in a luxury apartment which in the new york city of that day he rent . he feel they should seek something well . he and muriel take a drive into the country ( connecticut ) and soon find an old ruin that both imagine can be fix up a that dream house they want . and they both fall into the financial worm hole that buy land and construction can lead to . for one thing and they be so gung ho about the idea of build a home like this they fail to heed warning after warn by their wise and if cynical friend and lawyer bill cole ( melvin douglas and in a nicely sardonic role ) . for example and jim buy land from a connecticut dealer ( ian wolfe and suck his chop quietly ) and with a check before double check the correct cost for the land in that part of connecticut . bill point out he pay about five or six thousand dollar more for the land than it be worth . there be problem about water supply that both blandings just never think about and such a hard and soft water which lead to the zis zis water soften machine . they find that the design they have in mind and and have work out with their architect ( reginald denny ) and can not be drop cheaply at a spur of the moment decision by muriel to build a little rookery that nobody plan for . the escalate cost of the project be one matter that bedevil jim . he have be appoint to handle the wham account ( spam have become a popular result of world war ii and in that the public start use it a a meat substitute and in the light of it success with the armed force ) . jim can not get a grip on this ( he not alone one or two other executive fumble it before him ) . he come up with the following bit of poetry ( . ) representthis little piggy go to market and he be pink and as pretty a ham . he smile in his track and a they give him the ax he know he would end up a wham . his secretary look at him a though he need a straight jacket when he read that one . jim also be increasingly suspicious of the attention of bill to muriel and although ( in this case ) bill be blameless . but he always around ( jim keep forget that bill be the clearheaded one and and that he keep jim and muriel from make so many mistake ) . all three have mishap and the best be when they get lock in a room in the half construct house and just a the men have leave for the day . they can not open the door and and jim ( in a panic ) try break the door down by a make shift batter ram . he break a window and and the door open by itself . the film work quite satisfactorily and with all of the actor apparently enjoy themselves . it be one film which ( despite change price level and salary level ) really do not age at all . after all and most americans dream of own their own home and always have . a number of year ago a paint company make use of a delightful scene with myrna loy and emory parnell regard the paint job parnell company have to do on the various room . she carefully show the distinct shade of red and blue and etc . she want even give a polite parnell a single thread for the right shade of blue . the commercial hint that the paint company have a wide variety of color to choose from for your paint job . they proudly call loy mrs. blandings in the commercial introduction . you can imagine though how the no nonsense parnell handle the situation afterward and when loy leave him with his paint crew .