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| name = Her Lucky Night
| image = File:Her Lucky Night.jpg
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| director = [[Edward Lilley]]
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| studio = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = February 9,{{Film date|1945|02|09}}
| runtime = 63 minutes
| country = United States
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'''''Her Lucky Night''''' is a 1945 musical film starring [[The Andrews Sisters]]. It was their last film for Universal.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YJxeFWmNc_EC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&dq=her+lucky+night+andrews+sisters&sourcepg=bl&ots=FTHraYRvpk&sig=LvLnav-bKMcnwmJcuKFZIV2LO7I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP8Yj0sKnMAhUHKKYKHaCqAGMQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=her%20lucky%20night%20andrews%20sisters&f=falsePA206 ''The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record'' by Harry Nimmo p 206]</ref>
 
==Plot==
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** [[Patty Andrews]]
** [[Maxene Andrews]]
** [[LaverneLaVerne Andrews]]
* [[Martha O'Driscoll]] as Connie
* [[Noah Beery Jr.]] as Larry
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==Lawsuit==
The film was part of a lawsuit by [[Harold Lloyd]] against Universal Pictures. He claims they copied sequences from his 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]]''. ''Her Lucky Night'' was supposed to have copied ''The Freshman''; Lloyd claimed $500,000 in general damages and $500,000 in special damages for that film in particular.<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> Lloyd won $60,000 for the ''Movie Crazy''-''So's Your Uncle'' infringement; 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>
 
==References==
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[[Category:1945 films]]
[[Category:1945 musical films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Edward C. Lilley]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]
[[Category:English-language musical films]]