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Alice Adams (1935) Rank 5 Reviews
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The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)
Alice Adams (1935) is RKO's touching, effectively poignant portrayal of small-town, mid-Western American pretenses in the early 1900s. The film's screenplay (by Dorothy Yost and Mortimer Offner) was based on Jane Murfin's adaptation of Booth Tarkington's ...read the complete Alice Adams movie review at The Greatest Films (Tim Dirks)
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Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
Without the presence of Katharine Hepburn this movie would most likely have been long since forgotten. And although, at its best, Alice Adams provides only modest entertainment, it does give modern viewers a peek at a slice of homespun Americana that ...read the complete Alice Adams movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"There's much humor that comes out of the believable characters portrayed and the pain they suffer from their plight." ...read the complete Alice Adams movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
You see, back in the 1930s, they used to nominate ten movies for Best Picture instead of the five we do today. That means that you get a lot of flash-in-the-pan movies that were probably pretty good in their day, but just don't stand the test of time. ...read the complete Alice Adams movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
I would like to say that Alice learns the lesson that she was being too hard on her hardworking father, that she shouldn't be ashamed of her family's social position, and that she discovers that she doesn't want to be friends with the rich snobs ...read the complete Alice Adams movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
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