CinemaOSMovie · 1928 · 1h 10m

The Butter and Egg Man

The "Show" of the Show Game!

90%(1)IMDbComedy

Peter Jones is a young man who arrives on Broadway from Chillicothe, Ohio, hoping to invest $20,000 in a play and turn a profit sufficient to buy a local hotel back home. He is conned by Joe Lehman and Jack McClure into backing their play with a 49-percent stake. The play opens out-of-town in Syracuse and bombs. Lehman and McClure want out, and Jones buys them out

Directed byRichard Wallace

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 10m
Language
EN
Released
September 22, 1928
Studios
First National Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Peter Jones

Greta Nissen

Greta Nissen

Mary Martin

Sam Hardy

Sam Hardy

Joe Lehman

William Demarest

William Demarest

Jack McLure

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Fanny Lehman

Creative team
Directed by
Richard Wallace
Richard Wallace

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