Click to deep-zoom
The Butter and Egg Man
A woman in red scolds a cigar-smoking man.
What
A 1928 First National one-sheet for The Butter and Egg Man, an American silent comedy.
Why
Richard Wallace directed it from the 1925 play of the same name, and the studio's successor Warner Brothers remade it in 1935 as Hello, Sweetheart.
Notice
The title is set in heavy black capitals outlined in yellow, with "The" and "and" in small script.
“A stage comedy, filmed twice”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Butter and Egg Man (1928), dir. Richard Wallace
- Country / studio
- United States · First National Pictures
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, colour lithograph, 1928
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
From Silent Hollywood
%2520poster.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
%2520-%2520film%2520poster.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
%2520poster.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family