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

Cast:

Jack Mulhall
Peter Jones 

Greta Nissen
Mary Martin 

Sam Hardy
Joe Lehman 

William Demarest
Jack McLure 

Gertrude Astor
Fanny Lehman