Alice Adams

Plot 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. 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?

Top Cast

Katharine Hepburn Alice Adams

Fred MacMurray Arthur Russell

Fred Stone Virgil Adams

Evelyn Venable Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

Frank Albertson Walter Adams