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'''''So's Your Uncle''''' is 1943 comedy film directed by [[Jean Yarbrough]] and starring [[Billie Burke]] and [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]]. |
'''''So's Your Uncle''''' is 1943 comedy film directed by [[Jean Yarbrough]] and starring [[Billie Burke]] and [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]]. |
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==Plot== |
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A man impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt. |
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==Cast== |
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==Lawsuit== |
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The film was part of a lawsuit by [[Harold Lloyd]] against Universal Pictures. He claims |
The film was part of a lawsuit by [[Harold Lloyd]] against Universal Pictures. He claims that the film's writer, [[Clyde Bruckman]], copied sequences from Lloyd's films, ''[[The Freshman (1925 film)|The Freshman]]'', ''[[Movie Crazy]]'' and ''[[Welcome Danger]]'' in their films ''[[Her Lucky Night]]'', ''So's Your Uncle'' and ''[[Lucky Man (1995 film)|Lucky Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LLOYD FILM FIRM SUES FOR $1,815,000: Charges Universal Co. With Infringement of Copyrights on Three Pictures|date=Apr 5, 1945|work=New York Times|page=26}}</ref> The court awarded Lloyd $60,000 for ''Movie Crazy'' being infringed by ''So's Your Uncle''. He settled with Universal for more than $100,000 for the other two films.<ref>{{Cite news|title=MANUFACTURER'S AGENT EDWIN A. POWELL DIES|date=Nov 11, 1947|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A16}}</ref> Bruckman had previously worked with Lloyd on ''Movie Crazy'' and ''Welcome Danger''. |
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Latest revision as of 17:02, 6 July 2024
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| Directed by | Jean Yarbrough |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Billie Burke and Donald Woods |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
So's Your Uncle is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods.
Plot
[edit]A man impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt.
Cast
[edit]- Billie Burke as Aunt Minerva
- Donald Woods as Steve Curtis aka Uncle John
- Elyse Knox as Patricia Williams
- Frank Jenks as Joe Elliott
- Robert Lowery as Roger Bright
- Irving Bacon as Dempster
- Chester Clute as Dinwiddle
- Paul Stanton as John L, Curtis
- Jack Norton as Drunk
- Tom Kennedy as Cop
- John Dilson as Stevens
Lawsuit
[edit]The film was part of a lawsuit by Harold Lloyd against Universal Pictures. He claims that the film's writer, Clyde Bruckman, copied sequences from Lloyd's films, The Freshman, Movie Crazy and Welcome Danger in their films Her Lucky Night, So's Your Uncle and Lucky Man.[1] The court awarded Lloyd $60,000 for Movie Crazy being infringed by So's Your Uncle. He settled with Universal for more than $100,000 for the other two films.[2] Bruckman had previously worked with Lloyd on Movie Crazy and Welcome Danger.
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