Jack Benny stars as the terminally exasperated husband of Ann Sheridan. Eager to own a part of history and get out of city living, she has purchased an old country home where George Washington once spent some time, and now Benny must come to terms with a house in need of major renovations, and separation from the city where he loved to live. Benny gives a one note performance that wears thin after a while. If the character had been better written and developed, and if a more accomplished actor had played it, the film as a whole would have been better. It's hard to imagine that someone so beautiful and warm as Sheridan would want to be stuck with him. The supporting cast is excellent, with Hattie McDaniel as the maid, Charles Coburn as the wily uncle, and especially Percy Kilbride as the local contractor contributing funny moments. More time should have been spent on the comic possibilities of the renovations to inject more humour. There aren't many laugh out loud moments but it is amusing (especially the drinking scene near the end), and at 93 minutes, it's easy to take.

Jack Benny is a little stiff in his performance, but he and Sheridan play amazingly well together in this sometimes hilarious little comedy about a couple who move into an old, broken-down country home in Connecticut; it's one catastrophe after another as the couple tries to renovate the place and deal with their greedy neighbour. Based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

George S. Kauffman & Moss Hart's GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE was one of Broadway's most successfull comedies of the early 1940s, a bright and witty tale with a slightly Americana tone that World War II audiences found particularly appealing. The film version, sparked up by the completely unexpected chemistry of dry-humored Jack Benny and "Oomph Girl" Ann Sheridan, is every bit as charming.

When New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller (Benny and Sheridan) are evicted from their apartment (their third change of address in less than a year), wife Connie decides what they need is a place in the country... and buys an incredibly dilapidated house where George Washington is said to have once slept. Needless to say, husband Bill is horrified--and keeps on being horrified as the price of renovation skyrockets. Benny was most popular when he played himself in roles tailored to his talents, but although this role is atypical his talents are well suited to the constantly harried Bill Fuller--and he has remarkable rapport with co-star Ann Sheridan, an underestimated actress who shows tremendous flair for comedy as his determinedly optimistic wife. Both are well supported by a cast that includes Charles Coburn, Joyce Reynolds, and Percy Kilbride, and Hattie McDaniel (best remembered as Mammy in GONE WITH THE WIND) really shines as Hester, their long-suffering domestic who finds herself with a hole in the kitchen wall big enough for a horse to walk through--and one does! The pace is snappy, the script is witty, and every one is sure to have a good time. Recommended.