while the price have go up a lot and and some of the detail have become dated and any homeowner who struggle with problem of homeownership should get a lot of chuckle out of this movie . i know i do . mr. blandings and a new york ad executive and decide to move his family to the connecticut suburb and build himself a nice house there . he get into one hilarious jam after another and from mortgage to lawsuit to construction difficulty and a the cost and schedule of the construction keep escalate out of control . i think that the funny scene be where blandings hire a contractor to dig a well for water . they dig down hundred of foot and but never find water . yet only a short distance away and a few day later and the basement of his house to be flood . cary grant and myrna loy give believable performance a the harried blandings couple overwhelm by problem they never imagine and and melvyn douglas be even well a blanding lawyer and family friend . the only caveat be that social attitude have change a lot since 1948. mrs. blandings be portray a a bit of a naive dimbulb who have no idea how much additional trouble she cause and and there a black maid ( horror . ) . so do not watch this movie through the social lens of 2003 and and you will enjoy it all the more .