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The Butter and Egg Man
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6300 feet
Directed by Richard Wallace

Cast: Jack Mulhall [Peter Jones], Greta Nissen [Mary Martin], Sam Hardy [Joe Lehman], William Demarest [Jack McLure], Gertrude Astor [Fanny Lehman]

Distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Adelaide Heilbron, from the play The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman. Production supervised by Ray Rockett. Cinematography by George Folsey. Film editor, LeRoy Stone. Intertitles written by Gene Towne and Jack Jarmuth. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 9 July 1928 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP25435]. Released 23 September 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 April 2010.

References: Eyles-Missing p. 60 : Website-AFI.