On this day in 1948, RKO RADIO PICTURES released the socially biting comedy, MR. BLANDING’S BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE. Directed by H.C. POTTER and starring CARY GRANT and MYRNA LOY, this original ‘money pit’ story is as relevant today as it was then. It makes one wonder why ‘a house in the country’ was ever an attractive idea.