Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+21)
Critics 89Audiences 68GoodWatch 78
Box office
2.3×its budget
- Budget
- $342 K
- Worldwide
- $770 K
Worldwide it earned $428 K more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for romances, −8 min on the typical 107
typical 10799Half of all romances run 97–122 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 7 more
Released
1935
August 23, 1935
91 years ago
Genres
RomanceDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Academy Awards1936
- Best Picture1936Nominated
- Actress in a Leading Role1936Nominated
- Outstanding Production1936Nominated
13 people
Katharine HepburnAlice Adams
Fred MacMurrayArthur Russell
Fred StoneVirgil Adams
Evelyn VenableMildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Frank AlbertsonWalter Adams
Ann ShoemakerMrs. Adams
Charley GrapewinJ. A. Lamb
Grady SuttonFrank Dowling
Hedda HopperMrs. Palmer
Jonathan HaleMr. Palmer
Hattie McDanielMalena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Zeffie TilburyMrs. Dresser (uncredited)- JGJoe GilbertParty Guest (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- George Stevens Director
Writing · 4
- Jane Murfin Screenplay
- Dorothy Yost Screenplay
- Mortimer Offner Screenplay
- Booth Tarkington Novel
Production · 1
- Pandro S. Berman Producer
Camera · 1
- Robert De Grasse Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jane Loring Editor
Sound · 2
- Roy Webb Original Music Composer
- Max Steiner Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Van Nest Polglase Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Walter Plunkett Costume Design
- Mel Berns Makeup Artist
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