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.
00:06:04 It's a mighty pIeasant pIace to work.
00:09:50 Mighty fine.
00:13:46 Mrs. DowIing.
00:17:56 But then the PaImers aIways give....
00:23:33 Pardon me, are these chairs taken?
00:29:47 Just pIanning.
00:33:02 Now, I want you to take it easy.
00:36:29 No, but who did she say I was?
00:40:11 He'd better caII.
00:45:44 What Iuck to find you at home.
00:49:01 Now what are he and his famiIy doing to your chiId?
00:52:07 Do you hear her Iie?
00:56:33 I'm afraid I'm going to miss these summer evenings of ours when they're over.
01:00:52 -Haven't you got that much? -No, I haven't.
01:04:22 Is this girI some friend of yours?
01:09:33 He's here.
01:15:18 ...but we never have any Iiquor in the house. Father's a teetotaIer.
01:20:56 I'm sure not the Iast. You're probabIy the idoI of your office boys and secretaries.
01:24:59 Done what?
01:28:12 I'II give it back to him aII right, every cent...
01:31:25 ...two cents worth of difference in your Iife...
01:34:39 If you and I have been transgressing against each other...
01:39:04 I Iove you.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,355
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:39:04
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Stevens
LanguageEnglish
Budget$342,000
Revenue$770,000
IMDb votes4,708