The Butter and Egg Man

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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70 min

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

Director

Richard Wallace