Best movie continuity mistakes of 1943

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Baby Puss picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry slams the door on the dollhouse after Tom attempted to catch him after his dress slips off, the blind in the top window is pulled right up but in the next shot it's now pulled down halfway.

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The Ox-Bow Incident picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Gerald Tetley confronts Major Tetley (his father)and talks about how his father gave the order for three innocent men to be hanged. His father listens till Gerald finishes then walks to a door feeling guilty, opens it and goes inside the room. The shot is focused on the door. A shot rings out and the Major has killed himself. Meanwhile we still see the door, then it opens and within a second the shot goes back to Gerald. (01:10:10)

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We Dive at Dawn picture

Continuity mistake: When John Mills is looking through the periscope whilst searching for the German battleship the side view shows him moving the periscope from right to left, but when it suddenly cuts to a shot of what he is actually seeing through it the periscope is strangely moving from left to right.

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This Is the Army picture

Continuity mistake: During the opening of "This Is the Army" [the stage musical], there is a large choir of men singing the opening number, "Some Dough For The Army Relief": from about the second row back, the men's mouths are moving appropriately for the lyrics they're singing, but much of the front row is singing with these obnoxious cheesy grins, not even bothering with more than the most feeble attempt at proper mouth movement. [This is painfully evident during the line "let him do what we had to do."]. (00:48:50)

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Tarzan Triumphs picture

Continuity mistake: In this scene we see Sandra being helped to escape by one of her village friends. We see a long shot of them climbing up the rocky terrain but wait, look closely, the villager is Tarzan and you see the distinctive black loin cloth. The villager had white clothing on.

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Sahara picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the tank crew meet up with the weary band of soldiers, Fred Clarkson (Lloyd Bridges) has a very distinctive graze on the right side of his forehead. It seems to disappear then appear then disappear during the film. When Clarkson lies injured there is no sign of the graze - there should at least be a small mark of the graze but there is nothing.

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The More the Merrier picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr. Dingle walks past all the other prospect tenants for the apartment, the young fella at the top of the stairs on the right is holding his newspaper in 3 different ways in separate consecutive shots. Not just that: the No Vacancy sign Dingle hung on the letterbox is tilted differently in separate shots. (00:04:30)

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Tarzan's Desert Mystery picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Tarzan rescues Connie from a lynching, Connie jumps onto the horse ridden by Tarzan with her hands firmly tied behind her back. They then ride into the desert followed by their captors. A close up shot shows Connie is untied and is holding onto Tarzan. In the next few shots Connie's hands are once again tied behind her back.

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Cabin in the Sky picture

Continuity mistake: When Domino and Little Joe are fighting in the nightclub, Domino's gun goes off accidentally hitting Petunia. As she falls on the staircase, she drapes her right arm on the edge of the staircase twice.

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Yankee Doodle Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy gives Porky his card, Porky holds it with both hands but a close-up of the card shows him holding it with only one hand.

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The Yankee Doodle Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry launches his egg carton, there are initially three light bulbs in the back, but when he releases the bulbs, there are now four.

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Dumb-Hounded picture

Continuity mistake: When Droopy is standing the door, he tells the convict he's going to call the cops. At this point you can see there is nothing next to Droopy on the frame, but in the very next shot a hinge has appeared.

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The Wise Quacking Duck picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy Duck is standing on the baking tray when doing his 'strip tease' act, his feathers fall down, revealing his underwear. At this point, you can see that there is nothing on the side of Daffy's beak, but when he goes to Mr Meek in the next shot, a kiss mark has appeared.

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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man picture

Continuity mistake: During Larry Talbot's first transformation into the Wolf Man in the hospital, he goes from wearing light-colored pajamas to a dark shirt and pants. When he awakens the next morning, he's back wearing the pajamas.

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Tortoise Wins by a Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is viewing footage of the previous encounter between Cecil Turtle and himself at the start of the cartoon, you can see that viewed from behind, the projector only has one reel. When we see Bugs eating his carrot in the next shot, there are now two reels.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp picture

Continuity mistake: When Spud is shown tripping over the chair knocked over by Johnny at the end of the film, his feet are shown clear of it. When the shot changes as his men arrive to help him up, his feet are suddenly completely entangled within the framework.

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The Fifth-Column Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When the mice are serving the cat, there is a mouse who is taking the cat's order and he drops his notepad on the floor when he says "Mouse?" and runs off. But when we see a full view of the cat and the mice in the next shot, the notepad is nowhere to be seen.

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One Ham's Family picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Pig is speaking to his baby son in the cot, the headboard of the cot is initially coloured white, but in the next shot it is now grey.

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