You must all know of the most wonderful blog, Mrs. Blandings by now. It is the creation of the beautiful and talented Patricia Shackelford. So, when I was having my breakfast of Shredded Wheat and Orange Juice, reading the Sacramento Bee on Saturday morning, I was instantly captured by the article by Paula Lloyd titled: "Cary Grant and Myrna Loy lived in the Fresno Home - sort of".
It seems that there are houses that have been modeled after the Mr. Blandings Dream House all over the country! Did you all know this, and I have just been out of the loop?! Apparently David O. Selznick and RKO Pictures P.R. Department cooked up a little publicity stunt. They produced copies of the original house plans created by set designer, Carroll Clark and sent them all over the country to contractors hoping to have Dream Houses built all over the place. 73 were actually built....one being in Fresno California (pictured above). The original owners allowed home tours for 25 cents back in the day. One of the funniest things was that the plans did not include closets or windows. Contractors were left to their own devices on these.
To read all about it, click here.
A fun way to start my sunny Saturday.
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9 comments:
Katie! Thanks for thinking of me and the kind words. I have a Selznick/Blandings house two blocks from me. Quite a crazy promotion, wouldn't you say?
I just send Mrs. Blandings a first edition of the book! How funny about no windows or closets!!!
Hey Guys!!! Paint the rooms Blue, Red and Yellow!! Cheers, great post.
Hi Patricia!
The house is so great, I can see why so many were built. It must be fun to drive by every once and awhile. :)
Meg! A First Edition! You are so great to think of it! I am sure she will treasure it.
Hi Homer! Thanks for the visit!Hahaha.:D
Well now, if any of them came complete with Cary Grant, they'd have been on to something!
Katie... it was a Book Thing find! I had also sent her the next Mr. Blandings book, too!
How sweet to think of Mrs.Blandings while having your shredded wheat and OJ over the Sacramento Bee. Now that is truly what I call a "bee in your bonnet."
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