Alice Adams (film)

Infobox Film
name = Alice Adams


caption = DVD Cover
director = George Stevens
producer = Pandro S. Berman
writer = Dorothy Yost
Mortimer Offner
Jane Murfin (adaptation)
Booth Tarkington (novel)
starring = Katharine Hepburn
Fred MacMurray
Fred Stone
Evelyn Venable
Frank Albertson
Ann Shoemaker
Hedda Hopper
Hattie McDaniel
music = Max Steiner
Roy Webb
cinematography = Robert De Grasse

editing = Jane Loring
distributor = RKO
released = 15 August 1935
runtime = 99 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:1471~T0
imdb_id = 0026056

"Alice Adams", also known as "Booth Tarkington's Alice Adams", is a 1935 romantic film remake made by RKO. It was directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner adapted by Jane Murfin from the novel, "Alice Adams", by Booth Tarkington. The music score was by Max Steiner and Roy Webb, and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse.

The film starred Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams with Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable, Frank Albertson, Ann Shoemaker, Hedda Hopper and Hattie McDaniel.

Plot

Alice Adams (Katharine Hepburn) is the daughter of a family of modest means but she dreams of making her way in society and being accepted by the "better people." She meets the well-to-do Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray) at a social gathering; he is charmed by her 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 Russell's league, while the servant (Hattie McDaniel) hired for the occasion shows up very surly.

Cast

*Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams
*Fred MacMurray as Arthur Russell
*Fred Stone as Mr. Adams
*Evelyn Venable as Mildred Palmer
*Frank Albertson as Walter Adams
*Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Adams
*Charles Grapewin as Mr. Lamb
*Grady Sutton as Frank Dowling
*Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Palmer
*Jonathan Hale as Mr. Palmer
*Janet McLeod as Henrietta Lamb
*Virginia Howell as Mrs. Dowling
*Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Dresser
*Ella McKenzie as Ella Dowling
*Hattie McDaniel as Malena

Academy Awards nominations

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Picture and for Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn).

Notes

* "Alice Adams" is a remake of the 1923 film based on the same novel, directed by Rowland V. Lee, produced by King Vidor and starring Florence Vidor and Vernon Steele.
* Katharine Hepburn wanted William Wyler to direct the film, but producer Pandro S. Berman favored George Stevens.
* RKO executives wanted Randolph Scott for the Fred MacMurray role, but he was involved in the production of "So Red the Rose" (1935).

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