The Butter and Egg Man

The Butter and Egg Man 1928 Directed by Richard Wallace

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

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Gnere Comedy

Production Company First National Pictures

Release Date 22 September 1928

70 mins