Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1943
So's Your Uncle
Buy So's Your Uncle now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'So's Your Uncle' is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods. The screenplay concerns a man who 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 they copied sequences from his films, 'The Freshman', 'Movie Crazy' and 'Welcome Danger' in their films 'Her Lucky Night', 'So's Your Uncle' and 'Lucky Man'. 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.
References
Buy So's Your Uncle now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1943