TMDb Rating
6.6/10
59 verified votes
Alice Adams (1935)
RomanceDrama
99 min
"Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!"
Plot Summary
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?
Why this could be the movie
- Plot hook: 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.
- Genre cues: Romance, Drama
- Director clue: George Stevens
- Lead cast: Katharine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray
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Keywords to include
RomanceDramaGeorge StevensKatharine HepburnFred MacMurray1935
Director
George Stevens
Top Cast
Katharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred StoneEvelyn VenableFrank Albertson
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