Alice Adams
Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!
1935 | 99m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Stevens |
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| Writer: | Jane Murfin, Mortimer Offner, Dorothy Yost, Booth Tarkington |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Aug 23, 1935 |
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| Director: | George Stevens |
| Writer: | Jane Murfin, Mortimer Offner, Dorothy Yost, Booth Tarkington |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | 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 |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $770,000
Budget: $342,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Joe Gilbert | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Stevens | Director |
| Jane Murfin | Screenplay |
| Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Jane Loring | Editor |
| Mortimer Offner | Screenplay |
| Robert De Grasse | Director of Photography |
| Dorothy Yost | Screenplay |
| Booth Tarkington | Novel |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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