The Butter and Egg Man (1928 film)

{{Short description|1928 American silent film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Butter and Egg Man

| image = THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Richard Wallace

| producer =

| writer = Adelaide Heilbron
Jack Jarmuth
Gene Towne

| based_on = {{basedon|The Butter and Egg Man|George S. Kaufman}}

| narrator =

| starring = Jack Mulhall
Greta Nissen
Sam Hardy

| music =

| editing = LeRoy Stone

| cinematography = George J. Folsey

| studio = First National Pictures

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|09|23}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Butter and Egg Man is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Jack Mulhall, Greta Nissen, and Sam Hardy.Monaco, p. 196 It is based on the 1925 play The Butter and Egg Man. It was remade by the studio's successor company Warner Brothers as a sound film Hello, Sweetheart in 1935.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/ButterAndEggMan1928.html The Butter and Egg Man at silentera.com]