The read
It runs a compact 17m.
Synopsis
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Jules WhiteDirector
- Jules WhiteScreenplay
Cast
- Joe DeRitaJoe Priggle
- Dorothy GrangerFlorobelle Priggle
- Norman OllestadRudolph (as Norman Olestead)
- Symona BonifaceMember of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- Bobby BurnsMinister (uncredited)
- Lew DavisMember of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- Vernon DentRest Home Manager (uncredited)
- Frank MillsWedding Guest (uncredited)
- James C. MortonHorseshoe Man (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Frank O'ConnorMember of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- Charles PhillipsMember of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- Emil SitkaJoe's Friend (uncredited)