The Butter and Egg Man

"The "Show" of the Show Game!"

1928 1h 10m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Comedy

Synopsis

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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

“The "Show" of the Show Game!”

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Cast

Jack Mulhall
Peter Jones
Greta Nissen
Mary Martin
Sam Hardy
Joe Lehman
William Demarest
Jack McLure
Gertrude Astor
Fanny Lehman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Richard Wallace
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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98 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Jack Mulhall and Greta Nissen and Sam Hardy carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The "Show" of the Show Game!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0018736 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Richard Wallace directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
298 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Jack Mulhall and Greta Nissen and Sam Hardy carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The "Show" of the Show Game!".
6IMDB entry: tt0018736 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.