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

• Release Date: 1928-09-22
• Runtime: 1h 10min
• Production Company: First National Pictures
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Richard Wallace