ALICE ADAMS (DVD) DVD

Alice Adams
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

Cast Katharine Hepburn as Alice Adams Fred MacMurray as Arthur Russell Fred Stone as Mr. Adams Evelyn Venable as Mildred Palmer Frank Albertson as Walter Adams Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Adams Charles Grapewin as Mr. Lamb Grady Sutton as Frank Dowling Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Palmer Jonathan Hale as Mr. Palmer Janet McLeod as Henrietta Lamb Virginia Howell as Mrs. Dowling Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Dresser Ella McKenzie as Ella Dowling

Crew Van Nest Polglase - Art Director Walter Plunkett - Costume Designer George Stevens - Director Jane Loring - Editor Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score) Robert de Grasse - Cinematographer Pandro S. Berman - Producer Mortimer Offner - Screenwriter Dorothy Yost - Screenwriter Booth Tarkington - Book Author

Alice Adams
Alice Adams does a credible job of transferring Booth Tarkington's popular Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to the screen, even if it adds a happier ending than the one in the book. A significant part of the credit belongs to director George Stevens, who keeps the film briskly paced without sacrificing character development and atmosphere. Filmed during the Great Depression, Alice Adams takes a satirical view of the 1920s, reminding 1935 audiences of some of the shallowness of those "better days." Hepburn's performance dominates the film, and the supporting cast functions mostly as props, though Fred MacMurray, Hepburn's nominal co-lead, manages to shine in moments. The film received two Oscar nominations, for Best Picture and for Hepburn's performance, and it was also a rarity for Hepburn: a box-office hit. ~ Richard Gilliam, All Movie Guide
 

Katharine Hepburn: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Actress (nominated)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Picture (nominated)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: cc All-new digital transfer from restored picture and audio elements Excerpt from the documentary "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey" "Katharine Hepburn: The RKO Years" essay Interactive menus Scene access Subtitles: English, Français, & Español DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 99 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Credits [1:14] 2. Her Corsage [3:00] 3. Dressing Down [4:07] 4. Going in Style [5:05] 5. Dance Floor Chatter [3:41] 6. Frank and Arthur [4:31] 7. Alone [3:15] 8. Partner of Few Words [2:19] 9. Home in defeat [2:10] 10. Dreams [4:55] 11. This Sort of Girl [5:37] 12. Not so Engaged [4:05] 13. Her Visitor [3:25] 14. Money si Family [5:10] 15. Adams Glue Company [2:12] 16. Our Summer Evening [3:57] 17. Doing for our Children [4:04] 18. About the Adamses [2:31] 19. Dinner Details [3:23] 20. Company Arrives [4:07] 21. Dinner is Served [3:55] 22. Gourmet Array [4:18] 23. Poor Dead Rose [2:54] 24. Finished [2:58] 25. A Fine Family [4:44] 26. Danged Old Fools [3:34] 27. How Things Work Out [2:12] 28. Waiting for Her [1:49]