(The Butter and Egg Man)

Content: 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

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Comedy

Runtime:

70 minutes

Year:

1928

Directors:

Richard Wallace

Production companies:

First National Pictures

Actors:

Peter Jones

Mary Martin

Joe Lehman

Jack McLure

Fanny Lehman

Crews:

Director

Adaptation

Theatre Play