# Tender Pumpkins

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{{short description|1949 Mexican film by Gilberto Martínez Solares}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Tender Pumpkins
| image          = File:Tender Pumpkins.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [Gilberto Martínez Solares](/source/Gilberto_Mart%C3%ADnez_Solares)
| producer       = Jorge Elizondo <br> [Salvador Elizondo](/source/Salvador_Elizondo)
| writer         = [Juan García](/source/Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_(Mexican_actor)) <br> [Eduardo Ugarte](/source/Eduardo_Ugarte) <br> Gilberto Martínez Solares
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [Germán Valdés](/source/Germ%C3%A1n_Vald%C3%A9s) <br> [Rosita Quintana](/source/Rosita_Quintana) <br> [Nelly Montiel](/source/Nelly_Montiel) <br> Gloria Alonso <br> [Amalia Aguilar](/source/Amalia_Aguilar) <br> Rosina Pagã.
| music          = [Rosalío Ramírez](/source/Rosal%C3%ADo_Ram%C3%ADrez) <br> [Federico Ruiz](/source/Federico_Ruiz_(composer))
| cinematography = [Agustín Martínez Solares](/source/Agust%C3%ADn_Mart%C3%ADnez_Solares)
| editing        = [Jorge Busto](/source/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](/source/Gilberto_Mart%C3%ADnez_Solares), and starring [Germán Valdés «Tin-Tan»](/source/Germ%C3%A1n_Vald%C3%A9s), [Rosita Quintana](/source/Rosita_Quintana), [Nelly Montiel](/source/Nelly_Montiel), Gloria Alonso, [Amalia Aguilar](/source/Amalia_Aguilar) and Rosina Pagã.<ref>Mora, pg. 84</ref> This film marked the acting debut of [Ramón Valdés](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Vald%C3%A9s), Tin-Tan's brother, better known mainly for portraying [Don Ramón](/source/List_of_El_Chavo_del_Ocho_characters) in the 1970s sitcom ''[El Chavo del Ocho](/source/El_Chavo_del_Ocho)''.

==Cast==
* [Germán Valdés](/source/Germ%C3%A1n_Vald%C3%A9s) as Tin Tan  
* [Rosita Quintana](/source/Rosita_Quintana) as Lupe  
* [Nelly Montiel](/source/Nelly_Montiel) as Nelly  
* [Jorge Reyes](/source/Jorge_Reyes_(Mexican_actor)) as Reyes  
* Gloria Alonso as Gloria  
* [Nicolás Rodríguez](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(actor)) as Guitarist  
* [Francisco Reiguera](/source/Francisco_Reiguera) as El muerto  
* Juan Orraca as Architect  
* [Julián de Meriche](/source/Juli%C3%A1n_de_Meriche) as Representative  
* Francisco Pando as Don Gumersindo  
* [Ramón Valdés](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Vald%C3%A9s) as Willy  
* Mario Castillo as Crew member  
* [Amalia Aguilar](/source/Amalia_Aguilar) as Amalia  
* Rosina Pagã as Rosina 
* [Marcelo Chávez](/source/Marcelo_Ch%C3%A1vez_(actor)) as Marcelo 
* [Ramón Gay](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Gay) as Announcer
* [Armando Velasco](/source/Armando_Velasco)

== References ==
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== 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

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