The Butter and Egg Man (1928)
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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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 |
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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
Tagline: | The "Show" of the Show Game! |
Certification: | Unknown |
Cast
Jack Mulhall |
Peter Jones |
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Greta Nissen |
Mary Martin |
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Sam Hardy |
Joe Lehman |
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William Demarest |
Jack McLure |
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Gertrude Astor |
Fanny Lehman |
Directed By
Richard Wallace |
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George S. Kaufman |
Theatre Play |
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Adelaide Heilbron |
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