<P> The story behind the film began as an April 1946 article written by Eric Hodgins for Fortune magazine; that article was reprinted in Reader's Digest and (in condensed form) in Life before being published as a novel . </P> <P> A half - hour radio adaptation of the movie was broadcast on NBC's Screen Directors Playhouse on July 1, 1949 . Grant reprised his role as Jim Blandings, and Frances Robinson played his wife Muriel . On October 10, 1949 CBS's Lux Radio Theatre presented a one - hour adaptation of the film, with Irene Dunne taking on the role of Muriel . Screen Directors Playhouse gave a second performance of its half - hour version on June 9, 1950, this time with Grant's wife Betsy Drake playing Muriel . </P> <P> On January 21, 1951 a weekly radio series starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake and titled Mr. and Mrs. Blandings premiered on NBC . The comedy series was sponsored by Trans - World Airlines and followed the adventures of the Blandings family after their move into their dream house . </P> <P> An episode of the 1950s television anthology series Stage 7, titled "The Hayfield", aired on September 18, 1955, and was based on the Blandings characters . This episode was a television pilot produced by Four Star Productions for a planned, but ultimately unproduced, weekly series entitled Blandings' Way . Macdonald Carey and Phyllis Thaxter played the Blandings in this version . In the episode, Mr. Blandings attempts to clear a hayfield on his property by burning it off, with the predictably disastrous results . </P>

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