Alice Adams
Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!
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8/23/1935Runtime
99 minsOverview
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?
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$342,000Revenue
$770,000Homepage
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A portrait of social aspiration and romantic longing punctured by genuine embarrassment, watching a young woman's dreams collide with her family's reality at a disastrous dinner table.
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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)
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