Alice Adams (1935) (original) (raw)

Clutching her corsage of violets in a dress she hopes no one will notice she wore to last year's dance, Alice Adams is ready for South Renford's biggest evening of the year � and to pose as something she longs to be:one of the town's social elite. In this adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel, Katharine Hepburn hit a career peak with her moving performance as social climber Alice, trying to push her clodhopper family into the background and assuming airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man (Fred MacMurray). George Stevens directs, marking a career breakthrough with this funny, ...(more)

Clutching her corsage of violets in a dress she hopes no one will notice she wore to last year's dance, Alice Adams is ready for South Renford's biggest evening of the year � and to pose as something she longs to be:one of the town's social elite. In this adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel, Katharine Hepburn hit a career peak with her moving performance as social climber Alice, trying to push her clodhopper family into the background and assuming airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man (Fred MacMurray). George Stevens directs, marking a career breakthrough with this funny, tenderly real comedy of Americana and manners. (less)

Director: George Stevens
Writer: Booth Tarkington
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Evelyn Venable, Fred Stone, Frank Albertson, Charley Grapewin
Producer: Pandro S. Berman

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