Alice Adams (1935)
Directed by George Stevens
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?
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What critics compared Alice Adams to
Gerwig doesn’t reach the emotional depth of Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams , but she tries.