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Alice Adams

  • 1935
  • TMDB 6.7/10
  • 1h 39m

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?

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?

Cast

  • Katharine HepburnAlice Adams
  • Fred MacMurrayArthur Russell
  • Fred StoneVirgil Adams
  • Evelyn VenableMildred 'Georgette' Palmer
  • Frank AlbertsonWalter Adams
  • Ann ShoemakerMrs. Adams
  • Charley GrapewinJ. A. Lamb
  • Grady SuttonFrank Dowling

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