Tender Pumpkins

{{short description|1949 Mexican film by Gilberto Martínez Solares}} {{Infobox film | name = Tender Pumpkins | image = File:Tender Pumpkins.jpg | caption = | director = Gilberto Martínez Solares | producer = Jorge Elizondo Salvador Elizondo | writer = Juan García Eduardo Ugarte Gilberto Martínez Solares | narrator = | starring = Germán Valdés Rosita Quintana Nelly Montiel Gloria Alonso Amalia Aguilar Rosina Pagã. | music = Rosalío Ramírez Federico Ruiz | cinematography = Agustín Martínez Solares | editing = Jorge Busto | studio = Clasa Films Mundiales | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1949|02|24|df=yes}} | runtime = 101 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Tender Pumpkins''''' or '''''Tender Little Pumpkins''''' (Spanish: '''''Calabacitas tiernas'''''), also called "Ay Que Bonitas Piernas", is a 1949 Mexican comedy film written and directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares, and starring Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan», Rosita Quintana, Nelly Montiel, Gloria Alonso, Amalia Aguilar and Rosina Pagã.<ref>Mora, pg. 84</ref> This film marked the acting debut of Ramón Valdés, Tin-Tan's brother, better known mainly for portraying Don Ramón in the 1970s sitcom ''El Chavo del Ocho''.

==Cast== * Germán Valdés as Tin Tan * Rosita Quintana as Lupe * Nelly Montiel as Nelly * Jorge Reyes as Reyes * Gloria Alonso as Gloria * Nicolás Rodríguez as Guitarist * Francisco Reiguera as El muerto * Juan Orraca as Architect * Julián de Meriche as Representative * Francisco Pando as Don Gumersindo * Ramón Valdés as Willy * Mario Castillo as Crew member * Amalia Aguilar as Amalia * Rosina Pagã as Rosina * Marcelo Chávez as Marcelo * Ramón Gay as Announcer * Armando Velasco

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Mora, Carl J. ''Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004''. McFarland & Co, 2005.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0040197}}

Category:1949 films Category:1949 comedy films Category:Mexican comedy films Category:1949 Spanish-language films Category:Films directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:1949 Mexican films Category:Golden Age of Mexican cinema Category:Spanish-language comedy films