The Tenderfoot (film)

{{short description|1932 film}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Tenderfoot

| image = File:The Tenderfoot (film).jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Ray Enright

| based_on = {{based on|The Tenderfoot
1903 play|Richard Carle|The Butter and Egg Man
1925 play|George S. Kaufman}}

| writer = Earl Baldwin
Monty Banks
Arthur Caesar
(adaptation)

| starring = Joe E. Brown
Ginger Rogers

| cinematography = Gregg Toland

| editing = Owen Marks

| color_process = Black and white

| studio = First National Pictures

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1932|5|23}}

| runtime = 69 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Tenderfoot is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy western film directed by Ray Enright and written by Earl Baldwin, Monty Banks and Arthur Caesar. The film stars Joe E. Brown and Ginger Rogers. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 23, 1932. It is based on Richard Carle's 1903 play The Tenderfoot, and George S. Kaufman's 1925 play The Butter and Egg Man.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2959/the-tenderfoot |title=The Tenderfoot (1932) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=August 14, 2015}}{{cite web|last=Hall |first=Mordaunt |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/05/23/archives/joe-e-brown-in-a-boisterous-film-conception-of-the-stage-comedy-the.htmlF |title=Movie Review - The Tenderfoot - Joe E. Brown in a Boisterous Film Conception of the Stage Comedy, "The Butter and Egg Man." |website=The New York Times |date=May 23, 1932 |access-date=August 14, 2015}}

The play was first adapted to film The Butter and Egg Man in 1928. It was remade as Dance Charlie Dance (1937) and An Angel from Texas (1940), and enough of the plot elements were worked into Hello, Sweetheart (1935) and Three Sailors and a Girl (1953) to warrant a credit for Kaufman's play as a basis of those scripts. An Angel from Texas was directed by Ray Enright, who also directed The Tenderfoot. Enright and Brown worked together on five pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2959/the-tenderfoot#articles-reviews|title=The Tenderfoot (1932) - Articles - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=November 27, 2017}}