‘Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House’ opens 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 25 1948)


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(Thursday, March 25, 1948, doors opened at 9:30 a.m. EST)Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, an American comedy film about a New York businessman whose dream of a country home is shattered when he buys a tumbledown rural shack, opened today at the Astor Theatre in New York City.

Directed by H. C. Potter, the film starred Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas.