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Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Katharine Hepburn. It was made by RKO and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, and Jane Murfin. The film was adapted from the novel Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington.
The narrative centers on the character of a young woman (the eponymous Alice Adams) who aspires to climb the social ladder and win the affections of a wealthy young man named Arthur Russell. The story is set in a lower-middle-class household in an unnamed town in the Midwest shortly after World War I.
Alice Adams: Directed by George Stevens. With Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable. A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
Based on the award-winning novel by Booth Tarkington, this comedic drama follows a young working-class woman (Katharine Hepburn) as she attempts, unsuccessfully,...
Alice Adams, novel by Booth Tarkington, published in 1921. The story of the disintegration of a lower-middle-class family in a small Midwestern town, Alice Adams was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for best novel in 1922.
Alice Adams, the daughter of middle-class parents, wants desperately to belong with the people of "high society" who live in her town. Ultimately, her ambitions are tempered by the realities of her situation, which she learns to accept with grace and style.
A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father. In the small town of South Renford, Alice Adams comes from a working class background, although she aspires to be among the upper class.
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A compelling satire, Alice Adams details irresistible characteristics of social status in a small Midwestern town. Mr. and Mrs. Adams and their two children are members of the...
