Movielogr
Alice Adams (1935)
Directed by George Stevens
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?
Length 99 minutes
Actors
Katharine Hepburn | Fred MacMurray | Fred Stone | Evelyn Venable | Frank Albertson | Ann Shoemaker | Charley Grapewin | Grady Sutton | Hedda Hopper | Jonathan Hale | Hattie McDaniel | Zeffie Tilbury | Joe Gilbert