RandomFlix
Back
Alice Adams movie poster
19351h 39mEnglish

Alice Adams

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

6.6
TMDb
IMDb

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?

Use this page as a jumping-off point into drama and romance movies from the 1930s in English and keep drilling deeper through the linked discovery hubs below.

DirectorGeorge Stevens

Keywords

small towninventorgambling debtbusiness ideabusiness start-upyoung lovedinner partysocially awkwardawkward situationnagging wifedinner guestsocial climberpoor pretending to be richambitious wife
Budget$342K
Box Office$770K

Cast

Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams

Katharine Hepburn

Alice Adams

Fred MacMurray as Arthur Russell

Fred MacMurray

Arthur Russell

Fred Stone as Virgil Adams

Fred Stone

Virgil Adams

Evelyn Venable as Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

Evelyn Venable

Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

Frank Albertson as Walter Adams

Frank Albertson

Walter Adams

Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Adams

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Adams

Charley Grapewin as J. A. Lamb

Charley Grapewin

J. A. Lamb

Grady Sutton as Frank Dowling

Grady Sutton

Frank Dowling

Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Palmer

Hedda Hopper

Mrs. Palmer

Jonathan Hale as Mr. Palmer

Jonathan Hale

Mr. Palmer