Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, about a New York couple whose attempt to build an ideal country home turns into a series of costly and chaotic misadventures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7369979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Context triple: [Melvyn Douglas, notableWork, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House]
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A.
Bored to Death
Bored to Death is an American comedy television series that blends noir detective tropes with offbeat humor, following a struggling writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private investigator in Brooklyn.
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B.
Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie is a Netflix comedy series about two older women who form an unlikely friendship after their husbands leave them for each other.
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C.
The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners is a classic 1950s American television sitcom starring Jackie Gleason that follows the comedic misadventures of a Brooklyn bus driver, his wife, and their neighbors.
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D.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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E.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a period comedy-drama television series that follows a 1950s New York housewife who pursues a career in stand-up comedy, known for its sharp writing, vibrant style, and critical acclaim.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Target entity description: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, about a New York couple whose attempt to build an ideal country home turns into a series of costly and chaotic misadventures.
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A.
Bored to Death
Bored to Death is an American comedy television series that blends noir detective tropes with offbeat humor, following a struggling writer who moonlights as an unlicensed private investigator in Brooklyn.
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B.
Grace and Frankie
Grace and Frankie is a Netflix comedy series about two older women who form an unlikely friendship after their husbands leave them for each other.
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C.
The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners is a classic 1950s American television sitcom starring Jackie Gleason that follows the comedic misadventures of a Brooklyn bus driver, his wife, and their neighbors.
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D.
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a classic 1939 Broadway comedy play, co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, about an acerbic radio personality whose injury-induced stay with a Midwestern family wreaks hilarious havoc.
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E.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is a period comedy-drama television series that follows a 1950s New York housewife who pursues a career in stand-up comedy, known for its sharp writing, vibrant style, and critical acclaim.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Eric Hodgins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Connie Marshall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ian Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Louise Beavers NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharyn Moffett NERFINISHED ⓘ Tito Vuolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | James Wong Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | H. C. Potter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Harry Marker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| filmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
satirical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consumerism
ⓘ
middle-class aspirations ⓘ suburbanization ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Cary Grant as Jim Blandings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas as Bill Cole ⓘ Myrna Loy as Muriel Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bill Cole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jim Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ Muriel Blandings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | satirizing postwar American suburban home-building ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A New York advertising executive and his wife attempt to build an ideal country home, leading to escalating costs and chaotic misadventures. ⓘ |
| producer |
Dore Schary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Fellows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1948-03-26 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 94 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Melvin Frank
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Panama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Connecticut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Cary Grant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Melvyn Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrna Loy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| title | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Description of subject: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1948 American comedy film, starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, about a New York couple whose attempt to build an ideal country home turns into a series of costly and chaotic misadventures.
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