Best movie continuity mistakes of 1940

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

My Favorite Wife picture My Favorite Wife mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Ellen tells her mother-in-law about her whereabouts in the Indian Ocean, Irene Dunn's hand is held high up on the column, and at the base in the following shot. (00:09:35)

Sammo

More My Favorite Wife continuity mistakes
More The Mummy's Hand continuity mistakes
Saps at Sea picture

Continuity mistake: Stan puts the half-folded newspaper down on the boat's galley table. One shot later, the paper is completely unfolded and covering the table. (00:46:05)

Jean G

More Saps at Sea continuity mistakes
Elmer's Candid Camera picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer approaches the log, you can see there is a squirrel by the hole, but in the next shot the squirrel disappears.

More Elmer's Candid Camera continuity mistakes
A Wild Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is pretending to be dead, there is nothing behind him, but two shots later, a tree and two leaves appear from nowhere.

More A Wild Hare continuity mistakes
The Mark of Zorro picture

Continuity mistake: In the climactic sword fight between Power and Rathbone, the Captain hand Diego a sword and they immediately start a classic duel. At end, Diego pulls off a dueling glove that he had never put on.

Fgreene

More The Mark of Zorro continuity mistakes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.