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67% Critic Match
Alice Adams
“Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!”
6.7 / 10• 1935• 1h 39m•NR• English
RomanceDrama
Storyline
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
Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Stevens's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Alice Adams is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
