Love Nest (1951)

Returning from the service, writer William Lundigan is surprised to discover that the new home his wife June Haver purchased in his absence is a run-down apartment building. Oddly included in the occasional Marilyn Monroe boxset, the acturess only appears in the film sporadically as Lundigan’s war buddy who rents an apartment in the building. The housing shortages after World War II makes for interesting conflict and the building itself plays an important character in this light-hearted tale, keeping everyone on their toes. That being said, the tenants all make more compelling protagonists than the too-cute married couple, especially swindler of lonely old ladies Frank Fay.