Calabacitas tiernas

1949 [SPANISH]

Action / Comedy / Musical

10
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 333 333

business man dance mexico businessman musical debt

Plot summary

A man hired to impersonate a bankrupt business mogul who is currently on the run from creditors sets out organize a musical starring beauties from Brazil, Mexico, and Spain in this Spanish-language comedy starring popular funnyman Tin Tan. Now, as the hapless imposter attempts to finance a musical without any money, he also discovers just how difficult it can be to juggle three beautiful starlets who all have eyes for their presumably wealthy producer.

Director

Gilberto Martínez Solares Photo
Gilberto Martínez Solares

Top cast

Ramón Valdés Photo
Ramón Valdés as Willy
Amalia Aguilar Photo
Amalia Aguilar as Amalia
Rosina Pagã Photo
Rosina Pagã as Rosina
Mario Castillo Photo
Mario Castillo as Crew member
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815.09 MB
988*720
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.47 GB
1472*1072
Spanish 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by pv61

So many women, so little truth

Tin Tan suffers some kind of amnesia (or does he?) after being hit in the head and talks to his reflection in the mirror, who he thinks is another ''him''. So, taking advantage of that condition, someone tells him he is a very rich artist manager. He gets a little confused at first, but remembering that he is not, pretends to play along to his convenience. A bunch of beautiful women surround him and all want a chance to prove they are the ''next big star'' and he keeps promising them the moon... An Argentinian (Rosita Quintana), a Brazilian (Rosina Pagán), a Cuban (Amalia Aguilar), a Spaniard (Gloria Alonso) and a Mexican (Nelly Montiel) they all claim they are worth a try. Only Rosita Quintana knows whats really going on but is patiently waiting the right moment to make him confess the fake he is. Amalia Aguilar's numbers are fantastic!
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Reviewed by Sleepy-17 7 / 10

Fun and Jive Mexican Style

Relaxing nonsense with pretty girls and German Valdes (same as English name Herman?) who greatly resembles in appearance, dress, musical and acting style Cab Calloway. Quite a few sprightly musical numbers adorn this light tale of a musician on the bum falling into a lets-put-on-a-big-show scenario so familiar to USA audiences of the 40s and 50s.

Interesting take on "the Tramp" theme also used by Cantinflas in other Mexican movies. More comfortable than the usual "rich boy slumming" theme so common in films made above the border.

Rosita Quintana is a knockout, likewise the lady from Cuba who dances and sings half-naked. The lady from Cuba is backed by Black musicians (who are very cool), and there are some mild and amusingly racist but just barely derogatory jokes about where they're going to sleep.

Worth a spin. Very nice production values. I had taped it off TCM a few months ago.

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