mike catalonian
Alice Adams, 1935
imdb rating: 7,0
En España : Sueños de Juventud
Alice Adams came fairly early in Katharine Hepburn’s career. Katharine Hepburn plays Alice, a woman who is desperate to climb the social ladder, despite not being wealthy. She meets Arthur (Fred MacMurray), a man who has the social standing she aspires to have. Alice falls in love with Arthur and eventually he has to meet her parents. Alice’s mother insists on having a fancy dinner to impress Arthur, and of course, the dinner is a total disaster. A funny disaster, but a disaster none the less. After dinner, Alice assumes Arthur wants nothing to do with her and realizes the strain that her status-seeking ways have put on her father.
Of Katharine Hepburn’s movies from the 1930s, I don’t think this is one of the best. I’m not a big fan of the story, but it’s still totally worth seeing just for Katharine Hepburn’s performance. She did an excellent job of adding vulnerability to Alice and making the audience like her. It was one of Katharine’s favorite roles. Perhaps the greatest testimonial to how great her performance was came from Bette Davis. Katharine and Bette were both nominated for the Best Actress Oscar that year and Bette won for the movie Dangerous. Bette was later quoted as saying that she thought Katharine deserved the Oscar more than she did.
Alice Adams, 1935
imdb rating: 7,0
En España : Sueños de Juventud
Alice Adams came fairly early in Katharine Hepburn’s career. Katharine Hepburn plays Alice, a woman who is desperate to climb the social ladder, despite not being wealthy. She meets Arthur (Fred MacMurray), a man who has the social standing she aspires to have. Alice falls in love with Arthur and eventually he has to meet her parents. Alice’s mother insists on having a fancy dinner to impress Arthur, and of course, the dinner is a total disaster. A funny disaster, but a disaster none the less. After dinner, Alice assumes Arthur wants nothing to do with her and realizes the strain that her status-seeking ways have put on her father.
Of Katharine Hepburn’s movies from the 1930s, I don’t think this is one of the best. I’m not a big fan of the story, but it’s still totally worth seeing just for Katharine Hepburn’s performance. She did an excellent job of adding vulnerability to Alice and making the audience like her. It was one of Katharine’s favorite roles. Perhaps the greatest testimonial to how great her performance was came from Bette Davis. Katharine and Bette were both nominated for the Best Actress Oscar that year and Bette won for the movie Dangerous. Bette was later quoted as saying that she thought Katharine deserved the Oscar more than she did.