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Show drawn and capably acted by other ! members of the cast, including Frank Alberston, Hedda Hopper, Charles Grapewin and Ann Shoemaker. Shoe-maker. Good taste and understanding mark the direction of George Stevens who has lang been noted for his skill in handling human interest stories. REVIEW An intensely interesting character charac-ter study of life in a small Midwestern Mid-western community is presented by Katharine Hepburn in "Alice Adams." Its human interest should strike a responsive chord in the hearts of all. The production achieves its triumph tri-umph through the genius of Miss Hepburn, whose portrayal of the sensitive, ambitious daughter from a poor provincial family in the Midwest is a triumph of subtle artistry rarely achieved by any star. Her gallant courage, her pathetic pa-thetic pretense to cover her heartaches heart-aches at the snubs administered by the elite of the community, are portrayed with a finesse and dramatic dra-matic repression which marks her as one with the outstanding actresses act-resses of the day. ... The story is -a -screen version of the Booth Tarkingon Pulitzer Prize novel of 1922, which was one of the most talked of books of its day. It has lost nothing of its charm and appealing human interest inter-est in its transition to the screen. Its heroine is a young girl who fights for love and social recognition recogni-tion and wins a soul-satisfying victory over wealth and social barriers. bar-riers. Outstanding characterizations mark the portrayals of others in the cast. Fred Stone gives a realistic real-istic interpretation of the badgered, bad-gered, hopeless father who sacrifices sacrifi-ces ethics in an effort to provide luxuries for his family. As the nagging, slovenly wife and mother, moth-er, Ann Shoemaker stamps the character with convincing real-jism. real-jism. Fred MacMurray, as the handsome gallant from the big city, meets all the requirements of good looks and masculine appeal ap-peal required for the romantic lead opposite Miss Hepburn. Evelyn Eve-lyn Venable capably plays her rival Every character is finely |