Episode 53: Alice Adams

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

Happy New Year, Screen Testers! Our intrepid hosts begin their second year of their quest with the Katherine Hepburn vehicle, Alice Adams. Something of a shaggy dog story, it’s a strange little film in which very little happens, with some confused things to say about class struggle and capitalism. On the plus side, Hepburn gives a striking performance as a complicated and largely unlikable Alice, and it is the first film Suzan and David have watched that unabashedly indicts racism.

SHOW NOTES:

Year Eligible: 1935 (Nominated)

Additional audio: Alice Adams (1935)

(Explicit language, as always)