So's Your Uncle

So's Your Uncle
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	Clyde Bruckman
Starring	Billie Burke and Donald Woods
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 1, 1945 (1945-12-01)
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

A man impersonates his uncle and runs into trouble with his girlfriend's aunt.

Cast

• 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

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.

References

1. "LLOYD FILM FIRM SUES FOR $1,815,000: Charges Universal Co. With Infringement of Copyrights on Three Pictures". New York Times. Apr 5, 1945. p. 26.
2. "MANUFACTURER'S AGENT EDWIN A. POWELL DIES". Los Angeles Times. Nov 11, 1947. p. A16.

External links

• So's Your Uncle at IMDb