Frank Tashlin
Director
The Fox and the Grapes (1941)
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.
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short
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Production Companies: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
7 min
Dec. 4, 1941
Released
NR / 7+