Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

RKO

June 4, 1948

Comedy
DVD
C-

I watched the whole movie in the last ten or fifteen years and had mixed feelings then.  This time, I just didn't find the family dynamic funny, even in a sitcom kind of way.  The sarcastic opening narration about New York was much better written.  This is based on the novel by Eric Hodgins and directed by H.C. Potter, who had directed the much livelier Second Chorus seven years earlier.

Second Chorus

Second Chorus

Paramount

January 3, 1941

Musical, Comedy

DVD
B-

A sprightly, implausible (Astaire and Meredith as college students?), and charming movie directed by H.C. Potter.  Goddard remains one of the most bewitching actresses of the first fifteen years of the talkies, here gorgeous and funny.