Movie

Alice Adams

Released: August 23, 1935 (1935)

Runtime: 99 minutes

Genres: Romance, Drama

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?

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Charley Grapewin as J. A. Lamb
Age at release: 65
Fred Stone as Virgil Adams
Age at release: 62
Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Palmer
Age at release: 50
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Adams
Age at release: 44
Jonathan Hale as Mr. Palmer
Age at release: 44
Grady Sutton as Frank Dowling
Age at release: 29
Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams
Age at release: 28
Fred MacMurray as Arthur Russell
Age at release: 26
Frank Albertson as Walter Adams
Age at release: 26
Evelyn Venable as Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Age at release: 21

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Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Age at release: 71
Hattie McDaniel as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Age at release: 42
Joe Gilbert as Party Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 32