Movie #284 "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" is a classic Margaret O'Brien movie, a coming of age film. Her folks (Agnes Morehead and Edward G. Robinson) go through all the hardships and celebrations of living in a small town in Wisconsin, the kind of place where everyone pitches in to try to prevent a barn from burning, or trying to find two little kids in a bathtub before they go any further down river, or collecting money for a poor family. I've wanted to see this one for a while, and I'm glad I got the chance. It's a Dalton Trumbo script, and it's a nice, old black and white film.
The small town of Fuller Junction is located in Wisconsin farming country, largely populated by Norwegian immigrants and their descendants. It is because of her Norwegian heritage that Milwaukee city slicker Miss Viola Johnson reluctantly agrees to do her one year mandatory teaching practicum there. She feels it will be a long one year, despite the friendship of Nels Halverson, better know to locals as Editor, the second generation owner and editor of the local newspaper, the Spectator. One of Miss Johnson's students is seven year old Selma Jacobson, the only offspring of Martinius and Bruna Jacobson, with whom she has a loving relationship. Selma spends much of her time with her five year old cousin, Arnold Hanson, who is her best friend... most of the time. Despite her tender age and the loving relationship she not only has with her parents but the community as a whole, Selma is not immune to experiencing individual and sharing collective heartache. But she is also one who can affect real change in the community.
I would rate this a 3. It's is not available yet on Net flix. too bad.
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