6.6/ 10 (59 votes)
1h 39m
1935-08-23
Budget: $0.3M
Revenue: $0.8M
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?
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Keywords
small towninventorgambling debtbusiness ideabusiness start-upyoung lovedinner partysocially awkwardawkward situationnagging wifedinner guestsocial climberpoor pretending to be richambitious wife