The Butter and Egg Man

Overview

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