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?
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Cast
13 people
Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
Fred MacMurray
Arthur Russell
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Apartment
Fred Stone
Virgil Adams
Known for
The Westerner
Evelyn Venable
Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Known for
Death Takes a Holiday
Frank Albertson
Walter Adams
Known for
Psycho
It's a Wonderful Life
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Adams
Known for
My Favorite Wife
The Fortune Cookie
Charley Grapewin
J. A. Lamb
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
The Grapes of Wrath
Grady Sutton
Frank Dowling
Known for
The Bank Dick
Anchors Aweigh
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Palmer
Known for
Dracula's Daughter
Topper
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Palmer
Known for
Strangers on a Train
Fury
Hattie McDaniel
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Song of the South
Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Werewolf of London
George Stevens Director · Jane Murfin Screenplay Mortimer Offner Screenplay
Worldwide gross $770K · Budget $342K · United States release August 23, 1935
Box office
Budget
$342,000
Worldwide gross
$770,000
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 15, 1935
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · August 23, 1935
Limited theatrical
United States
October 16, 1935 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
France
November 29, 1935 · Theatrical
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