ann sheridan buy a dilapidated house believe that george washington slept here in this 1942 film also star jack benny and percy kilbride and charles coburn and hattie mcdaniel . sheridan and benny be husband and wife bill and connie fuller and about to be evict from their apartment because of their dog shred the hall rug . want to plant root and connie have fall in love with an old house and purchase it and possibly without think it through . there no water and the roof leak and and bill fall through the floor and continually fall down the stair . their budget triple a their hired handyman ( kilbride ) need to buy more gravel and more this and more that and all the time drill for water ( and find the neighbor ) until the couple be nearly out of money . after put everything they have into the house and they can not pay the $ 5000 note on it . hope be in the form of connie annoy uncle stanley ( coburn ) and who come for a visit . base on the play by moss hart and george washington slept here make a good transition to the screen and thanks to the fabulous delivery of jack benny and who be a riot and the charm of the lovely ann sheridan and and the deadpan affect of pa kettle and percy kilbride . he give benny a run for his money in the comedy department . you would not want to miss his rendition of i will never smile again and the one different facial expression he use in the entire film . all of the cast be good and include hattie mcdaniel and who watch the dinner table with the dinner on it float away and charles coburn a an uncle who only give gift of his photo . typical chaotic and warm and funny moss hart play that he write so well . definitely worth see .