the film open with bill cole ( melvyn douglas ) tell a story about how his best friend make that client jim blandings ( cary grant ) and his family be tightly pack into a small new york apartment and with not enough closet space and way too few bathroom . when jim wife and muriel ( myrna loy ) and want to renovate the apartment and advertising exec jim fall in love with ( or fall for . ) an ad for a house . once he purchase the house and bill and frustration pile up incessantly a everything that can go wrong with the building of jim wouldream house go wrong . one of three collaboration between grant and loy and this be a charming little comedy not very tax and with no real great message and but a great way to spend an hour or two . the laugh be there right from the start and when the alarm clock go off and jim try to shut it off and only to be thwart at every turn by muriel . the timing and delivery of the comedic line and situation can only be give by a couple of seasoned pro and and that just what grant and loy give u represent polished performance and simple chemistry and and a lot of fun . myrna loy be in a pretty thankless role ( it evident that grant character jim get the lion share of the line and the acting and and grant and a always and pull both off with remarkable aplomb ) and but she give muriel a colour and life and bite that only myrna loy can give a character . melvyn douglas play wry amusement to perfection as well and never hit a single wrong note . one of my favourite scene have definitely get to be when bill get himself lock in the tore room and and jim go to ave him . only to get everyone trap inside . every little problem that pop up for the blandings renovation project include petty jealousy and an ad campaign for wham seem to bring together everything that could go wrong with build a new house but make it believable and an enjoyable watch . positive .