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Format: VHS
Jan 1998
Not Rated
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Sound: HiFi
99 min.
UPC: 053939560046 |
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* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
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* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
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Movie Description
George Stevens' adaptation of BoothTarkington's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1921 novel, and his breakthrough film, stars Katherine Hepburn in the title role. A pretty young woman who dreams of reaching beyond her middle-class origins, Alice attends a party being hosted by Mildred Palmer (Evelyn Venable), a wealthy local debutante. Wearing a two-year-old gown, Alice is pointedly ignored by all, before Arthur Russell (Fred MacMurray), an attractive, unassuming young man from an affluent family, is taken with her, and asks her to dance. Despite the strength of her attraction to Arthur, Alice insists on keeping him at a distance, ashamed of her family's lack of money. After lavishing compliments on the young woman, he finally succeeds in persuading her to attend a party at the home of J.A. Lamb (Charley Grapewin), her father's well-to-do employer. While Mrs. Adams (Ann Shoemaker), pours abuse upon her invalid husband (Fred Stone) for allowing their limited means to interfere with their daughter's marriage prospects, Arthur's interest in romancing the girl continues unabated. ALICE ADAMS is a charming slice of Americana, both comic and poignant, sensitively directed by Stevens, with an unforgettably touching performance by Hepburn. The opening party scene is almost exactly reproduced, but with gender reversed, in A PLACE IN THE SUN, the director's far more somber reflection on social class in America.
Synopsis
A small-town wallflower falls in love with the son of one of the wealthiest families in town.
Alice Adams has always longed for a finer life -- nicer clothes, a handsome beau, and social graces. But her father has never been able to provide the material advantages Alice's friends enjoy. And when Alice becomes involved with the rich Arthur Russell -- who seems to return her affections -- she's torn between loyalty to her family and shame at their shabby home and unrefined manners. Desperately, she tries to hide her poverty from Arthur.
Will he still care for her when he finds out the truth?
Film Notes
Theatrical release: August 8, 1935 (New York)
Hepburn argued with Stevens throughout the production on the manner in which various scenes would be shot. Her resistance to his direction was such that one porch scene required over 80 takes.
Katharine Hepburn was nominated for Best Actress, an honor she had won for the first time the year before for the film "Morning Glory."
This was director George Stevens' first big success; after ALICE ADAMS Stevens directed two very different films--the musical SWING TIME and the action/drama GUNGA DIN.
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