i stop short of give mr. blandings build his dream house positive due to an aspect that make u in the 21st century cringe a little bit represent the fact that a black person be the faithful servant ( somewhat reminiscent of stepin fetchit ) . but other than that and the movie a hoot . portray middle class new york couple jim ( cary grant ) and muriel blandings ( myrna loy ) try to build a house in connecticut and this flick have something for everyone . grant be his usual flippant self and while loy do quite well a merely a wife . but melvyn douglas add some real laugh a jim and muriel lawyer bill cole and who seem to have more plan than he make clear . a for the house itself . throughout most of the movie and you will probably feel ambiguous a to whether or not you want to live there . the builder and contractor and and others also provide their fair share of laugh . all in all and a comedy classic . also star louise beaver and reginald denny and sharyn moffett and connie marshall and jason robards sr .