Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

With his cramped New York apartment crimping his style, advertising exec Jim Blandings (Cary Grant) decides to move his wife Muriel (Myrna Loy), two daughters and a housekeeper to a more spacious home in Connecticut. Foolishly overpaying for a crumbling old farmhouse, Blandings soon discovers that his "dream" home cannot be repaired but must be rebuilt, setting into motion a series of increasingly expensive -- and hilarious -- events as he must hire contractors to fix problem after problem.