small town,inventor,gambling debt,business idea,business start-up,young love,dinner party,socially awkward,awkward situation,nagging wife,dinner guest,social climber,poor pretending to be rich,ambitious wife

Alice Adams (1935)

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

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 & Crew

Director
George Stevens
  • Profile picture of Katharine Hepburn
    Alice Adams Katharine Hepburn
  • Profile picture of Fred MacMurray
    Arthur Russell Fred MacMurray
  • Profile picture of Fred Stone
    Virgil Adams Fred Stone
  • Profile picture of Evelyn Venable
    Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer Evelyn Venable
  • Profile picture of Frank Albertson
    Walter Adams Frank Albertson
  • Profile picture of Ann Shoemaker
    Mrs. Adams Ann Shoemaker
  • Profile picture of Charley Grapewin
    J. A. Lamb Charley Grapewin
  • Profile picture of Grady Sutton
    Frank Dowling Grady Sutton

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Keywords

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  • inventor
  • gambling debt
  • business idea
  • business start-up
  • young love
  • dinner party
  • socially awkward
  • awkward situation
  • nagging wife
  • dinner guest
  • social climber
  • poor pretending to be rich
  • ambitious wife