before cary grant and myrna loy be build their dream house in connecticut and jack benny and ann sheridan move out to the pennsylvania countryside to a fix me up house where rumor hath it and george washington slept here . the film be base on a play of the same name by kaufman and hart and benny and sheridan make a good pair of married . rumor also hath it that jack and ann get romantically involve during the making of the film . sheridan have a passion for antique and while on a shopping trip for same in pennsylvania come across an old colonial house that definitely see good day . on an impulse she buy it and charm her somewhat grouchy husband that life in the country be what they need . if you have see mr. blandings build his dream house you know exactly what the situation that will come up . in fact tom hank in the burbs face similar problem for you young movie viewer . benny and sheridan be back by a wonderful cast of character actor and that include charles coburn a their uncle and douglas croft a their delinquent nephew and charles dingle a their fatuous and greedy neighbor and hattie mcdaniel a what else the maid and and percy kilbride a the man in charge of repair the old dump . jack benny be never really able to translate his radio popularity to the big screen a bob hope be . george washington slept here be probably the best of his big screen effort . and even at that it rank up there with a lot of good screen comedy . check it out if possible . rumor hath it george washington take his boot off in many a house .