eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4f675 MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE style A 1/2sh 1948 Cary Grant, Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas Date Sold 2/26/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style A Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, the classic 1948 H.C. Potter home remodeling architecture living-in-the-city-vs-living-in-the-country comedy ("The nuttiest birds live in this house!"; "Cary's burnin', he's afraid his dream house den will have a built-in wolf"; "Myrna's yearnin' for a dream house with all modern conveniences including two men"; "Melvyn's turnin', He's a 'good friend' in wolf's clothing."; "Looks like the Blandings will have no heating problem."; about a family building their own home and the disasters that befall them) starring Cary Grant (in the title role as "Mr. Blandings"), Myrna Loy ("Mrs. Blandings"), Melvyn Douglas ("and good [?] friend"), Reginald Denny, Sharyn Moffett, Connie Marshall, Louise Beavers, Ian Wolfe, and Will Wright. Perhaps RKO was afraid that this movie would not find an audience (just being about a couple building their own house), so they made posters that presented it like it was a romantic love triangle, and even referred to Melvyn Douglas as "a good friend in wolf's clothing", when actually, there was no triangle at all! They needn't have worried, because the movie was very clever and proved to be very successful! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that material from this extremely popular movie is extremely rare! For unknown reasons, original release movie posters and lobby cards from "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" are almost never offered for sale, and are far more rare than any of the other late 1940s movies of the same time period! We have only auctioned ONE style A half sheet for this movie ever, and that was in 2013! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster was sliced by a razor vertically at lower right by approximately 8" and that (and some much lesser tears around the edges) has been repaired with tape from the back. There are some creases and smudges scattered in various areas (especially around the edges) and there are some other defects that can be clearly seen in our super-sized image. It is otherwise "all there" and certainly the poster could be restored and paperbacked and it would look great, but please bear in mind its defects and cost of restoration before placing a bid. Learn More about condition grades
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