there be so much to love in this darling little comedy . anyone who have ever build or buy a house and or even just be short of space and will find that there be more than just a grain of truth in the plight of the addled mr. blanding . melvyn douglas and with great comedic flare and both narrates and act a the blandings attorney and voice of reason . as well myrna loy be at her best a a rather scatterbrained but extremely patient wife . but the best performance be grant . he be the american everyman and especially relevant at the time of this film release and when the nation be in the grip of a housing shortage after the end of the war . the theme be universal and lack of money and work strain and fear of infidelity . yes and it do wrap up awfully neatly and but you must keep in mind that this be a time when the world be just recover from a terrible war and and want a happy end . it be still relevant today and and i must chalk up the poor review i see to a present preference for dumbed down and gross out comedy . the look of the film be slick and and there be some great bit of comedy be well and particularly toward the beginning . while it may have lose some of it social relevance and nearly sixty year after it release and it be still a gem .