The Good Bad Egg (1947)
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.
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Joe DeRitaJoe Priggle
Dorothy GrangerFlorobelle PriggleNorman 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)Movie DNA
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What is The Good Bad Egg about?
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.
How long is The Good Bad Egg?
The Good Bad Egg has a runtime of 17 minutes.