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Alice Adams
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Alice Adams is a 1935 American black-and-white drama and romance film directed by George Stevens. Produced by Pandro S. Berman for RKO Pictures, the movie features a cast including Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, and Evelyn Venable. The screenplay was written by Jane Murfin, Dorothy Yost, and Booth Tarkington, with music composed by Max Steiner.
The film has a runtime of 99 minutes and was released in the United States. It received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Actress, and won the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award. Distribution includes RKO Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. Critical reception includes a review score of 7.9/10 and 89%, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.8.
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Film · TMDB
6.7In 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?
Cast
- Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams
- Fred MacMurray as Arthur Russell
- Fred Stone as Virgil Adams
- Evelyn Venable as Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
- Frank Albertson as Walter Adams
- Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Adams
Themes
- small town
- inventor
- gambling debt
- business idea
- business start-up
- young love
- dinner party
- socially awkward
- awkward situation
- nagging wife
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- George Stevens
- Screenwriter
- Booth Tarkington
- Cast member
- Jonathan Hale
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Robert De Grasse
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 575900
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Hepburn Alice Adams.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alice Adams (1935 film)
- publication date
- 1935-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- title
- Alice Adams
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Walter Plunkett
- review score
- 89%
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