| Alice Adams | |
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| Directed by | George Stevens |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Yost Mortimer Offner Jane Murfin |
| Based on | Alice Adams 1921 novel by Booth Tarkington |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Katharine Hepburn Fred MacMurray Fred Stone Evelyn Venable |
| Cinematography | Robert De Grasse |
| Edited by | Jane Loring |
| Music by | Max Steiner Roy Webb |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $342,000[2] |
| Box office | $770,000[2] |
Alice Adams is a 1935 romantic drama film directed by George Stevens and starring Katharine Hepburn. It was made by RKO and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The screenplay was by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, and Jane Murfin. The film was adapted from the novel Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington. The music score was by Max Steiner and Roy Webb, and the cinematography by Robert De Grasse. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Actress.
The film is about a young woman in a financially-struggling family and her pretentious attempts to appear upper class and to wed a wealthy man while she conceals her poverty. Hepburn's popularity had declined after her two 1933 film triumphs: her Oscar-winning performance in Morning Glory and her celebrated performance as Jo March in Little Women. Her performance in Alice Adams made her a public favorite again.[3]
- ^ Brown, Gene (1995). Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and the Movie Industry from Its Beginnings to the Present. New York: Macmillan. p. 124. ISBN 0-02-860429-6. In New York, the film premiered at Radio City Music Hall.
- ^ a b Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p55
- ^ Peary, Gerald and Shatzkin, Roger. The Classic American Novel and the Movies. New York: Ungar, 1977, p. 218.