eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2y097 MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE Belgian '48 Cary Grant, Myrna Loy & Douglas classic! Date Sold 8/7/2012Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 14 1/4" x 20 1/4" [36 x 51 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. Artist: Jos De Cock Important Added Info: Note that material from this extremely popular movie is extremely rare! Also, most of the first release U.S. posters and lobby cards are not all that attractive. This Belgian poster has the nicest first release image I have seen for this classic movie! Also note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 14 1/4" x 20 1/4" [36 x 51 cm]. 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 to very good. The poster originally had a blank top that was partially trimmed off (this is commonly done with Belgian posters, similar to how the blank top is trimmed off of U.S. window cards). There are some very minor creases scattered throughout the poster (mostly around the edges). The poster is otherwise in pretty nice condition and it displays pretty well, but if one chose to have it linenbacked it would look great! Learn More about condition grades
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