Alice Adams

Alice Adams

Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!

1935 · 99 min · ★ 6.7 · Romance, Drama

In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?

Directed by George Stevens · Written by Dorothy Yost

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Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams
Fred MacMurray Arthur Russell
Fred Stone Virgil Adams
Evelyn Venable Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Frank Albertson Walter Adams
Ann Shoemaker Mrs. Adams
Charley Grapewin J. A. Lamb
Grady Sutton Frank Dowling
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Palmer
Jonathan Hale Mr. Palmer
Hattie McDaniel Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Zeffie Tilbury Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)

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