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?
Katharine Hepburn
as Alice Adams
Fred MacMurray
as Arthur Russell
Fred Stone
as Virgil Adams
Evelyn Venable
as Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer
Frank Albertson
as Walter Adams
Ann Shoemaker
as Mrs. Adams
Charley Grapewin
as J. A. Lamb
Grady Sutton
as Frank Dowling
Hedda Hopper
as Mrs. Palmer
Jonathan Hale
as Mr. Palmer
Hattie McDaniel
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Zeffie Tilbury
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
