About Alice Adams
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
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Quick Facts
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
99
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 1935 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1935 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1935 National Board of Review Awards.
Distributor
- RKO Radio Pictures









