modern viewer know this little film primarily a the model for the remake and the money pit . old viewer today watch it with wisp of nostalgia represent cary grant and myrna loy and and melvyn douglas be all superstar in an easy and less complicated era . or be it . time and of course and have a way of modify perspective and and with so many film today verily ulcerate with social and political commentary and there be a natural curiosity to wonder about controversy in old and seemingly less provocative film . in mr. blandings build his dream house and there may and therefore and be more than what audience be look for in 1948. there be political commentary and however subtle . find a house in the late 40 be a truly exasperating experience and only lightly soften by the come of levittowns and the like . politics in the movie . the blandings child always seem to be talk about progressive idea be teach to them in school ( which in real life would get teacher accuse of communism ) . in real life and too and myrna loy be a housing activist and a democrat and and a feminist . melvyn douglas be no less a democratic firebrand represent he be marry to congresswoman helen gahagan douglas and whom young richard nixon accuse of be soft on communism ( and which ruin her ) . jason robards and sr. and have a small role in the film and but his political activism be no less noticeable . more importantly and his son and jason robards and jr. and would be for many year a very active liberal democrat . almost the odd fellow out be cary grant and whose strident conservatism reflect a majority political sentiment in hollywood that be already slip . but this be 1948 represent communism be a real perceived threat and the blacklist be just around the corner . it would be another decade before political activism would reappear in mainstream film and and then not so subtly .