The Egg (1922)
by Gilbert Pratt

14 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Humpty Dumpty (lead character)  Stan Laurel's character is simply human, but is explicitly identified as "Humpty Dumpty," is said to be called "an egg" by his friends. An intertitle shows anthropomorphized egg version of Humpty.	sentient inanimate	[egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...]	Macmillan	40
Gerald Stone		["always out to earn a dishonest dollar"]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
The Boss		["another egg, hard boiled"]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
Secret Service		[defends U.S. President, among other duties]	, etc.	42
? Stillwell		[1st app: The Egg (1922)]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
Mr. Stillwell		[refuses to sell his lumber company]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
James		[chauffeur]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
Jim		[gave Humpty Dumpty a ride to Rex Lumber Co.]	Amalgamated Producing Corporation	1
NYPD (cameo)		[police department]		1,396
George Washington (mentioned)  Humpty Dumpty (Stan Laurel): "In 1492, when George Washington and the Smith Bros. gave us our Independence. And in 1922 when Volstead took it away again. What did Abraham Lincoln say? ...and a bird in the hand gathers no moss."	Anglican / Episcopalian	[farmer; general...]		204
Abraham Lincoln (mentioned)  Humpty Dumpty (Stan Laurel): "In 1492, when George Washington and the Smith Bros. gave us our Independence. And in 1922 when Volstead took it away again. What did Abraham Lincoln say? ...and a bird in the hand gathers no moss."	Baptist (raised)	[U.S. President]		355
Andrew Volstead (mentioned)  Humpty Dumpty (Stan Laurel): "In 1492, when George Washington and the Smith Bros. gave us our Independence. And in 1922 when Volstead took it away again. What did Abraham Lincoln say? ...and a bird in the hand gathers no moss."		[attorney; U.S. Representative]	Ramsey County and Saint Paul Historical Society	4
Pussyfoot Johnson (William E. Johnson) (mentioned)  Humpty Dumpty (Stan Laurel): "...what did 'Pussyfoot' Johnson say? YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM GORDON GIN."		[Prohibition advocate]	Fleming H. Revell Company	2
Alexander Gordon (mentioned)  Humpty Dumpty (Stan Laurel): "...what did 'Pussyfoot' Johnson say? YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I AM GORDON GIN."		[developed Gordon's Gin]	Gordon & Co.	1

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