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7th Mar 2006

Gaslight (1944)

Continuity mistake: When the maid is out on the street calling a cab, the policeman shows up. The distance between them changes from close to farther away, between shots.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the film, When Indy uses the whip to take the guides gun away, Satipo makes a weird face and starts to move away in amazement. The very next frame, in a wider shot, he is not finishing his movements, but on the contrary he is standing still, with a normal gesture, until a second later he starts to repeat the movement and looks from before.

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Continuity mistake: The letter slipped under the door changes from being close to the doorframe to being in the center of the door.

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Continuity mistake: The bottle of champagne that Chaplin's holding vanishes from his hand and magically appears in the bucket.

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Continuity mistake: First day in the hotel, the Ambassador sees Chaplin peeping. Chaplin's places both hands on his hips, a brusque cut follows and his right arm is up.

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Continuity mistake: In the school, the jar of raisins from the baker boy moves from the right of the cup to in front of it.

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Continuity mistake: When Chaplin arrived in NY and exited the plane's door, the stewardess went in the plane immediately. When broadcast on TV, she waits outside for a much longer time.

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Continuity mistake: Dinner with Kay. After the line "Naughty jokes" Chaplin's handkerchief changes from tucked in the pocket to almost out of it.

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Continuity mistake: Chaplin exits the room looking for spies and looks to the right, in the next shot he is looking the other way.

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Continuity mistake: Dinner with Kay. After Chaplin puts his hand on the food, the plate is farther away from the other plate than it was in the wider shot.

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Continuity mistake: First day in the hotel. Chaplin dries his hand grabbing a long piece of towel. In the next shot it is a shorter amount.

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Continuity mistake: In the Club. Chaplin moves the cymbal away but the tip of it is seen a split second later back in place.

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