First National Pictures presents

The Butter and Egg Man

Name: The Butter and Egg Man
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1928-09-22

directed by Richard Wallace

“The "Show" of the Show Game!”

19281h 10mComedy

First National Pictures presents

The Butter and Egg Man

directed by Richard Wallace

“The "Show" of the Show Game!”

19281h 10mComedy

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Comedy

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