The Butter and Egg Man
3.8
“The "Show" of the Show Game!”
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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Cast
12 people
Jack Mulhall
Peter Jones
Known for
Black Friday
Invisible Ghost
Greta Nissen
Mary Martin
Also in
Fazil
On Secret Service
Richard Wallace
Adelaide Heilbron
Sam Hardy
Joe Lehman
Known for
King Kong
The Miracle Woman
Jack Jarmuth
William Demarest
Jack McLure
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve
George S Kaufman
Gertrude Astor
Fanny Lehman
Known for
The Cat and the Canary
Come Clean
Gene Towne
George Gray
Mail Man
Charlie Hall
Pickpocket
Richard Wallace Director · George S. Kaufman Author
United States release September 22, 1928 · Produced in United States
Production
First National Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
Türkiye · January 1, 1928
United States · September 22, 1928
Theatrical
Hungary
September 18, 1930
Ireland
July 26, 1929
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