Alice Adams
1935 · 99 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 4,708 VOTES · DIR. George Stevens
Overview
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,355 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:30 Good afternoon.
00:06:01 That's what your mother caIIs it.
00:09:23 It's aII right, dear. WaIter wiII be gIad to take you.
00:13:34 I suppose you want us to dance the first dance.
00:17:15 I've done my duty.
00:21:51 Look here, Mother.
00:27:36 Don't ever do that again, do you understand?
00:32:24 What are you trying to be poIite with me for?
00:35:45 Then your brother toId you, I thought it was quite originaI...
00:38:53 Here you are, Miss Adams. You know every step I save is gravy.
00:42:31 Anyhow, not so terribIy.
00:47:43 Now, when wiII it be? I mean, when wiII I see you again?
00:50:59 So, that's it. Dang, dang!
00:54:27 No, not tonight.
00:59:21 He's up in his room.
01:02:42 UnIess you don't want Mr. RusseII to meet your father and mother.
01:07:42 They're aII right, and nobody can see the worn pIaces when we're sitting in them.
01:11:55 Can you fix this?
01:18:11 Father doesn't seem to care much for sweetbreads.
01:22:13 I couIdn't heIp it, it just turned out wrong, that's aII.
01:26:10 You're never coming here again.
01:29:30 I'd never have stepped my foot inside this house...
01:32:24 -What? -For Iistening to Mother and me.
01:35:38 He is.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,355
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:35:38
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Stevens
LanguageEnglish
Budget$342,000
Revenue$770,000
IMDb votes4,708