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Alice Adams

"Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!"

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?

Top Cast

  • Katharine Hepburn

    Katharine Hepburn

    Alice Adams

  • Fred MacMurray

    Fred MacMurray

    Arthur Russell

  • Fred Stone

    Fred Stone

    Virgil Adams

  • Evelyn Venable

    Evelyn Venable

    Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

  • Frank Albertson

    Frank Albertson

    Walter Adams

  • Ann Shoemaker

    Ann Shoemaker

    Mrs. Adams

  • Charley Grapewin

    Charley Grapewin

    J. A. Lamb

  • Grady Sutton

    Grady Sutton

    Frank Dowling

  • Hedda Hopper

    Hedda Hopper

    Mrs. Palmer

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?

Rating

6.7 / 10
60 Reviews
1 Popular

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