Classic Film Screening of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House with Illeana Douglas

CLASSIC MOVIE with special guest Illeana Douglas, hosted by author/film historian John DiLeo.

3pm - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), directed by H.C. Potter.

A quintessential post-war look at the American Dream, the delightful Mr. Blandings follows one family’s hilarious tribulations after they trade their cramped NYC apartment for an 18th-century fixer-upper in Connecticut. Advertising man Cary Grant and wife Myrna Loy will soon become mired in a money pit because their unsalvageable historic home leads to the costly creation of their eventual dream house. Playing their best friend and lawyer is suave Melvyn Douglas, the two-time Oscar-winning actor and the grandfather of actress, author, and filmmaker Illeana Douglas. After the movie, Ms. Douglas will join Mr. DiLeo onstage to speak about her career (Cape Fear, To Die For), her grandfather’s career (Ninotchka, Hud), and her new book Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia, which gives Mr. Blandings its own chapter. Join her immediately after the event for a book signing in our hospitality tent.