Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes ★★★½ 1945

A change of pace role for the volatile Robinson who plays a kind Norwegian farmer, living in Wisconsin with his daughter, the spunky O'Brien. The film is made-up of small-town moments as O'Brien learns a few of life's lessons, eased by the thoughtful compassion of Robinson. Based on the novel “For Our Vines Have Tender Grapes” by George Victor Martin. 105m/B VHS . Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie “Butch” Jenkins, Morris Carnovsky, Frances Gifford, Sara Haden, Louis Jean Heydt; D: Roy Rowland; W: Dalton Trumbo; C: Robert L. Surtees.