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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1935 DVD Release: 01/07/2003 Format: DVD - Black and White - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy of Manners, Romantic Drama, Family Drama

Katharine Hepburn stars as Booth Tarkington's would-be society belle Alice Adams. The product of a family of modest means, Alice nonetheless dreams of being accepted by the "better people." Luck of luck, she meets well-to-do young Fred MacMurray at a social gathering; he is charmed by her pathetic attempts at putting on airs and accepts her invitation to dine at the Adams home. The meal is a disaster: Alice's parents (Fred Stone and Anne Shoemaker) are obviously way out of MacMurray's league, while the servant (Hattie McDaniel) that the family hired for the occasion shows up drunk and very surly. Alice Adams was the first major directorial assignment for George Stevens, as well as one of the few Katharine Hepburn vehicles of the 1930s to score a hit with the public. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Katharine Hepburn - Alice Adams
Fred MacMurray - Arthur Russell
Fred Stone - Mr. Adams
Evelyn Venable - Mildred Palmer
Frank Albertson - Walter Adams

Katharine Hepburn earned one of her first box-office hits with this adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel, which gets a strong presentation for this DVD edition. Alice Adams has been transferred to disc in its original full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue is in English, with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. As a bonus, this release also includes an essay on Katharine Hepburn's tenure at RKO Radio Pictures, as well as an excerpt on Alice Adams from the feature-length documentary George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide