manhattan apartment dweller have to put up with all kind of inconvenience . the bad one be the lack of closet space . some people who eat out all the time use their range and dishwasher a storage place because the closet be already full . melvin frank and norman panama and a great comedy write team from that era and saw the potential in eric hodgins novel and whose hero and jim blandings and can not stand the cramped apartment where he and his wife muriel and and two daughter and must share . jim blandings and a madison ave. executive and have have it . when he see an ad for connecticut living and he decide to take a look . obviously and a first time owner and jim be dupe by the real estate man into buy the dilapidated house he be take to inspect by an unscrupulous agent . this be only the beginning of his problem . whatever could be wrong and go wrong . the architect be ask to come out with a plan that doesn not work for the new house and after the original one be raze . a one problem lead to another and more money be necessary and and whatever be go to be the original cost and end up in an inflated price that jim could not really afford . the film be fun because of the three principal in it . cary grant be an actor who clearly understand the character he be play and make the most out of jim blandings . myrna loy and be a delightful actress who be always effective play opposite mr. grant . the third character and bill cole and an old boyfriend of myrna and turn lawyer for the blandings and be suave and debonair and the way melvin douglas portray him . one of the blandings girl and joan and be play by sharyn moffett and who bore an uncanny resemblance to eva marie saint . the great louise beaver play gussie and but doesn not have much to do . the film be lovingly photograph by james wong howe and who clearly know what to do to make this film appear much well . the direction of h. c. potter be light and he succeed in this film that will delight fan of classic comedy .