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?
Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams
Fred MacMurray
Arthur Russell
Fred Stone
Virgil Adams
Evelyn Venable
Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Frank Albertson
Walter Adams
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Adams
Charley Grapewin
J. A. Lamb
Grady Sutton
Frank Dowling
Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Palmer
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Palmer
Hattie McDaniel
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
George Stevens
Director
Jane Murfin
Screenplay
Dorothy Yost
Screenplay
Mortimer Offner
Screenplay
Booth Tarkington
Novel
Jane Loring
Editor
Robert De Grasse
Director of Photography
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
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