Where (town and address)were the exterior scenes of the house featured
in the 1948 film "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," (starring
Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) shot, assuming the house was real and not a
movie set?

Hi bye,

The movie was shot entirely on location in California. A little
searching on IMDb gave me, quite pleasantly, the exact location where
the movie was filmed. It was filmed in the Administration Building,
Malibu Creek State Park at Calabasas, California. Incidentally,
Calabasas was also one of the locations used for the shooting of Gone
With the Wind.

Hope that helped.

Regards.

Links:

1. http://us.imdb.com/Locations?0040613
2. http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9931
3. http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/home.html

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2. ://www.google.com/search?q=blandings%20builds%20his%20dream%20house%20calabasas

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Request for Answer Clarification by bye-ga on 01 Dec 2002 12:32 PST

I am primarily interested in the exterior scenes and in particular the
clapboard frame house (built for the main characters)appearing several
times during the film and at the end. From the answer it seems that
this house was the administration building of Malibu Creek State Park.
Is this the case?  The "colonial" architecture of the house seems
unusual compared to what I would expect in California.

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Clarification of Answer by raa-ga on 01 Dec 2002 13:55 PST

Hi bye,

With reference to your request for clarification, it is indeed the
Administration  Building at Malibu Creek State Park as my original
answer mentioned.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen the movie myself, so I am unable to
comment on your opinion about the architectural style of the house. I
do know that the movie was shot entirely on location at the
Administration Building.

Regards.

The answer appears to be right on. Someday, hopefully, I'll visit
Malibu State Park. Many thanks to raa.