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Continuity mistake: Desmond throws a bunch of papers tied up with a string at Gillis. Shot changes to him catching them and the bundle is totally different.

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Continuity mistake: Gillis is lying on his bed with the script pages all over the bed. Look closely and you'll see that they're all copies of the same page.

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Continuity mistake: Gillis steps out of the pool, dries himself and then Norma Desmond helps him dry again. When the shot changes, his face is totally wet again.

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Continuity mistake: When Gillis enters Schwab's pharmacy, the wide shot for the exterior shows a man and a woman on the left of the entrance. In inside shots they are gone. When Gillis steps outside, the prior exterior shot is used and the man and woman appear again.

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Visible crew/equipment: Lightning equipment is reflected in Norma Desmond's glasses while she and Gillis are in the car, out on the road.

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Visible crew/equipment: Lightning equipment is reflected in Norma Desmond's glasses when she is drying Gillis by the pool. (00:55:30)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Gillis parks his car in Desmond's garage the crew and the 3 stage lights are reflected on the car.

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Continuity mistake: When Gillis is seen floating in the pool, a photographer on the left kneels down twice to take the picture: First in the wide shot, and a second later in the closer shot.

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Revealing mistake: The crew is sailing to the island and the rough sea makes the boat move violently. Jack Driscoll stumbles but the things in his cabin don't move at all, or at least don't cause the chaos they should. Obviously the only thing moving is Jack and the camera.

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Other mistake: The Mexican newspaper that Michael Douglas is reading in the helicopter has a headline where all of the accents are missing. No newspaper, even a cheap one, would make such a typo error. (01:27:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Chaplin is watching the TV that's in the bathroom, the wiper blade of the screen is in low position and not moving. A split second later, in the next shot, it's up and moving fast.

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Continuity mistake: In the cinema, Chaplin moves along the aisle and moves a girl aside. From a front view, watch her skirt and you'll see it's a different girl.

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Visible crew/equipment: When a fan is chasing Chaplin through the hotel, stage lights get reflected on his sun glasses.

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Continuity mistake: During dinner with Kay, the hands of the woman next to Chaplin keep changing positions depending on the angle.

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Continuity mistake: The man being questioned by the court changes from facing straight to sideways from one shot to the other.

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Continuity mistake: When Chaplin is inside the elevator, the hose changes from being tied knee level to hip level, depending on the shot.

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Continuity mistake: At the start of film, outside the King's house, the number of people on the right, close to the blonde woman, changes between shots.

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Continuity mistake: In the school, the kid with the striped shirt takes the spoon to his mouth twice.

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Continuity mistake: While Chaplin is hearing the loud orchestra in the Club, the drummer behind is standing up, several inches behind the drums, banging them wildly. Half a second later, a close shot on Chaplin shows the drummer behind, sitting down close to the drum. Back to a wide shot and the drummer is up and wild again. He doesn't sit down and calm himself until several minutes later.

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Continuity mistake: Gregory crumples the letter where Sergio Bauer is mentioned, but when Paula finds it later on it is perfectly folded and the wrinkles are gone.

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