Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on January 1, 2015

My adoration of child star Margaret O’Brien is well-documented on this blog, some would call it creepy. Yet there’s something about her precociousness and wide-eyed wonder that seems angelic without being flawless (à la St. Shirley). This film, with a script by future blacklist victim Da   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on December 24, 2014

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Directed by Roy Rowland Written by Dalton Trumbo from a book by George Victor Martin 1945/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Amazon Instant Video MGM gets a family-themed drama right!  And you have not really heard the Christmas story until you hear Margaret O&#821   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on December 19, 2010

Agnes Moorehead, Margaret O'Brien and Edward G Robinson in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes I was looking for a different Christmas film to watch, and this gentle MGM family movie directed by Roy Rowland, set in a small Norwegian-American community in Wisconsin and released just after the end of th   read more