Alice Adams (1935)

Academy Awards, USA 1936

Nominee Oscar	Best Picture
	Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Hepburn

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by George Stevens
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Bros.)

Katherine Hepburn lives in a decaying house on the poorer side of town. Her father is in ill health but continues to get paid by his long time employer while her mother constantly complains about the lack of money. Hepburn attends a party given by her socialite friend and tries too hard to impress everyone. However, she manages to charm wealthy Fred MacMurray, whom she invites home for a meal. Hilarity ensues as the family dresses up on the hottest night of the year and hires comically inept housekeeper Hattie McDaniel to cook and serve the meal. Hepburn is embarrassed by the whole ordeal and thinks she has blown her chances with MacMurray. However, there is the mandatory happy ending. Hepburn is at her most irritating: coy, precocious; while MacMurray just smiles and plays along most of the time. McDaniel as the housekeeper and Fred Stone as her father steal the show during the pivotal dinner scene.