UNITED STATES · 1941

The Fox and the Grapes

Frank Tashlin
fable adaptation trickery and deception desire and temptation consequences of greed sour grapes proverb
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Synopsis

Illustrating the origin of the term 'sour grapes', (post-Aesop, that is), Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. After many difficulties, the fox manages to get to them but discovers they are sour indeed.

Year1941
CountryUnited States
DirectorFrank Tashlin
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