In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are content 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, her mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans a "upscale" family dinner to impress Alice's beau. Will the agonizing results drive Arthur away?
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In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are content 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, her mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans a "upscale" family dinner to impress Alice's beau. Will the agonizing results drive Arthur away?
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