The Butter and Egg Man (1928)

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

Released Sept. 22, 1928 70 min 7+

Genres: Comedy

Keywords: tmdb.silent-film, tmdb.lost-film, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.lost-film, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: First National Pictures

Country: United States
Languages: English