Alice Adams is a 1935 comedy/drama film. The plot revolves around a social climbing girl (Katharine Hepburn) and her mother (Ann Shoemaker). It was written by Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner and Jane Murfin, from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Booth Tarkington. The film was directed by George Stevens. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Katharine Hepburn Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 â June 29, 2003) was an iconic star of American film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Time magazine, December 21, 1925 Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 _ May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist. ... George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ...
The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...
Adams wrote a total of 11 novels, including Careless Love (1966), Superior Women (1984), Caroline's Daughters (1991), Almost Perfect (1993) and A Southern Exposure (1995) and its sequel, the posthumously published After the War (2000).
Adams is also noted for her short stories, collected in such volumes as To See You Again (1982), The Last Lovely City (1999), and the posthumous anthology The Stories of AliceAdams (2002).