Alice Adams

Aug 23, 1935

1h 39m

★ 6.7

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

Overview

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?

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Alice Adams

Katharine Hepburn

Arthur Russell

Fred MacMurray

Virgil Adams

Fred Stone

Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

Evelyn Venable

Walter Adams

Frank Albertson

Mrs. Adams

Ann Shoemaker

J. A. Lamb

Charley Grapewin

Frank Dowling

Grady Sutton

Mrs. Palmer

Hedda Hopper

Mr. Palmer

Jonathan Hale

Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner

Hattie McDaniel

Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury

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