Alice Adams
movie
Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!
Released August 23, 1935
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?
Cast
Katharine Hepburn
as
Alice Adams
Fred MacMurray
as
Arthur Russell
Fred Stone
as
Virgil Adams
Evelyn Venable
as
Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Frank Albertson
as
Walter Adams
Ann Shoemaker
as
Mrs. Adams
Charley Grapewin
as
J. A. Lamb
Grady Sutton
as
Frank Dowling
Hedda Hopper
as
Mrs. Palmer
Jonathan Hale
as
Mr. Palmer
Hattie McDaniel
as
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Zeffie Tilbury
as
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Crew
George Stevens
as
Director
Dorothy Yost
as
Screenplay
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Mortimer Offner
as
Screenplay
Jane Murfin
as
Screenplay
Booth Tarkington
as
Novel
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Mel Berns
as
Makeup Artist
Pandro S. Berman
as
Producer
Roy Webb
as
Original Music Composer
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Robert De Grasse
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Director of Photography
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Jane Loring
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Editor
Van Nest Polglase
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Art Direction
Walter Plunkett
as
Costume Design