Comedy · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 10m

The Butter and Egg Man

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Director
Richard Wallace
Cast
Jack Mulhall as Peter Jones Greta Nissen as Mary Martin Sam Hardy as Joe Lehman William Demarest as Jack McLure Gertrude Astor as Fanny Lehman
Tagline

The "Show" of the Show Game!

Synopsis

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

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