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.

Cast (14)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Joe DeRita

Joe Priggle

Dorothy Granger

Florobelle Priggle

N

Norman Ollestad

Rudolph (as Norman Olestead)

Symona Boniface

Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

Bobby Burns

Minister (uncredited)

L

Lew Davis

Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Rest Home Manager (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

James C. Morton

Horseshoe Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

C

Charles Phillips

Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

Emil Sitka

Joe's Friend (uncredited)

Victor Travis

Mr. Collins (uncredited)

Al Thompson

Florobelle's Father (uncredited)

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