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Synopsis
Katharine Hepburn stars as Booth Tarkington's would-be society belle Alice Adams. The product of a family of modest means, Alice nonetheless dreams of being accepted by the "better people." Luck of luck, she meets well-to-do young Fred MacMurray at a social gathering; he is charmed by her pathetic attempts at putting on airs and accepts her invitation to dine at the Adams home. The meal is a disaster: Alice's parents (Fred Stone and Anne Shoemaker) are obviously way out of MacMurray's league, while the servant (Hattie McDaniel) that the family hired for the occasion shows up drunk and very surly. Alice Adams was the first major directorial assignment for George Stevens, as well as one of the few Katharine Hepburn vehicles of the 1930s to score a hit with the public. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Frank Albertson Walter Adams
Charles Grapewin Mr. Lamb
Jonathan Hale Mr. Palmer
Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Palmer
Virginia Howell Mrs. Dowling
Fred MacMurray Arthur Russell
Ella McKenzie Ella Dowling
Janet McLeod Henrietta Lamb
Ann Shoemaker Mrs. Adams
Fred Stone Mr. Adams
Grady Sutton Frank Dowling
Zeffie Tilbury Mrs. Dresser
Evelyn Venable Mildred Palmer

Production Crew

Van Nest Polglase Art Director
Booth Tarkington Book Author
Robert de Grasse Cinematographer
Max Steiner Composer (Music Score)
Walter Plunkett Costume Designer
George Stevens Director
Jane Loring Editor
Pandro S. Berman Producer
Dorothy Yost Screenwriter
Mortimer Offner Screenwriter
Year: 1935
Runtime: 99
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama
Romance

Produced by
Pandro S. Berman
RKO Pictures

Release
by RKO Radio Pictures

Awards
1935 - Best Picture - Academy
1935 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1935 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie