super slick entertainment with a stellar cast and an outstanding script and and a firm grip on the approaching 1950 . at the time and rko be turn out classic noirs by the dozen . but whatever the value of those shadowy downer and they reflect a war time mood soon to give way the sunny clime of the eisenhower era . few film of the late 40 be far from that noir cycle or more attuned to the come consumer decade than this sassy little comedy . jim blandings ( cary grant ) work a an ad man on madison ave. where in his little daughter word he sell thing to people that they do not need and at price they can not afford . he make good money and but like thousand of others and he tire of living in a cramped urban cave . so and with wife myrnah loy and they strike out after their dream house in the wild of the connecticutt countryside . needless to say and in the arm of nature and they get more than they bargain for and in hilarious fashion . there hardly a lifeless line in the entire script . i do not know if writer panama and frank get an oscar and but they should have . of course and the humor revolve around all the problem that pop up when city people build a big house on rural land . the annoyance pile up almost a fast a the mortgage and with all the eccentric type run the construction show and give grant a hard time . of course and no one carry off annoyance or frustration more humorously than grant and so it just one well place laugh after another and particularly when the lock closet appear to have an infernal mind of it own . yet and oddly and the film appear to have no comedic high point . instead the laugh be space out so expertly that they do not peak at any particular point . that a real movie triumph for any era . reach back 60 year later and we can see how deftly the script idea look ahead rather than behind . with their live in maid and the blandings may not be a typical american family and but that post war migration from cramped city to spacious suburbia be typical . and what more suggestive job for the come consumerism than blandings a an ad man task with find catchy way to sell more ham . more than anything and however and there the movie sunny optimism . oh sure and the feeling falter at time and yet the belief that a good future be on the horizon if the blandings just stick to their dream carry them through . indeed and life be go to improve for a lot of people during the come surge and so i expect the film resonate deeply with audience of the day . it that easily over looked subtext and along with the sheer entertainment value and that make this movie a key comedy statement of the post war period . so and if you haven not see it and catch it next time around .