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Alice Adams
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66/100
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Lowest is AlloCiné on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 71.
See the most agreed on films →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?
Details
- Director
- George Stevens
- Writers
- Dorothy Yost, Jane Murfin, Mortimer Offner
- Based on
- Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Released
- 23 August 1935
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Budget
- $342.0K
- Box office
- $770.0K
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →1 win from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 8th Academy Awards 1936 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| 8th Academy Awards 1936 | Best Actress | Katharine Hepburn | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 1935 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
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| Best Picture | Nominee |
| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |