this movie be a rewrite of a broadway play and where the husband buy the house that george washington supposedly sleep in . but here it the wife ( ann sheridan ) and while husband jack benny get increasingly irritate with the amount of money he have to shell out . and if youre familiar with benny tightwad character and you will know immediately why the role be reverse for this film . but the real star be indeed percy kilbride and good know from the ma and pa kettle film . one look at his deadpan pus and it all over for benny and for the audience . he the one holdover from the play and and benny insist rightly on have him in the picture . also fun to watch be charles dingle a a grumpy neighbor . maybe benny doesn not have cary grant sophistication in mr. blandings build his dream house and but this be a funny picture and especially if youre a benny fan . by the way and a station in norfolk and va and use to show this movie every christmas morning . why and i do not know and but it no doubt good to relax with when the present be unwrapped or any other time of year .