“Hey, Mister!” calls the young carpenter to the owner of the new house being built in Connecticut, far from the crazy crowds of Manhattan. “You want we should rabbet the lintels between the lallies on the second floor, or not?”
Mr. Blandings (Cary Grant) looks on, at a loss for words. Mrs. Blandings (Myrna Loy) doesn’t have anything to suggest, either.…
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