Best movie continuity mistakes of 1945

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State Fair picture

Continuity mistake: When Dana Andrews and Jeane Craine are on the roller coaster, as it goes down the first dip, she stand up and he yells at her to sit down, but his mouth never moves. Also, the positions of the riders change from scene to scene.

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Spellbound picture

Continuity mistake: Immediately after the (Dali) dream sequence, when Dr. Brulov and Constance are reviewing Constance's notes, Dr. Brulov draws a pencil out of his coat pocket. Hitchcock then cuts to a close-up, and Dr. Brulov repeats the motion.

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Mouse in Manhattan picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry is pretending to dance with the placecard mascots at the restaurant, the last mascot he dances with initially has red hair, but when the two pretend to skate on the mirror, her hair is now blonde.

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Objective, Burma! picture

Continuity mistake: After the raid on the Japanese radar site as Errol Flynn is on the radio sitting next to a radioman talking to the supply plane his hair is sweaty and forming circles on his forehead. When the scene shifts to a close-up of Errol his hair is in straight lines.Then when the scene goes back to the two of them his hair is in circles again.

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Brief Encounter picture

Continuity mistake: Even though the heavy rain had only just stopped, as Laura sits alone on the bench, the pavements around her are completely dry.

Hamster

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Mildred Pierce picture

Continuity mistake: The dead body Wally discovers in the house has its head straight in the long shots, but canted to the right in the close ups.

Scott215

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And Then There Were None picture

Continuity mistake: Vera is in the kitchen serving boiled eggs to Emily Brent. Vera calls Emily on saying something suspiciously akin to Mr. Owen's ideals; Emily walks away and Vera turns around. The continuity is broken by the position of Vera's left hand, horizontal in the first shot, vertical in the next. (00:55:50)

Sammo

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Nasty Quacks picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy Duck is eating his breakfast at the table, the cup next to him has nothing in it but in the next shot a piece of buttered toast suddenly appears.

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Dick Tracy picture

Continuity mistake: After the scene with Junior that busted him as the night kitchen raider, Dick is in his office. Pat Patton tells him about his findings going through the victim's belongings. He leans forward with his left arm, and Dick at the same time pulls his own arm back away from the desk. Next cut and Dick has both hands on the desk and Pat just his right arm on it. (00:12:35)

Sammo

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The House of Fear picture

Continuity mistake: After Mrs. Monteith hands MacGregor's letter to Lestrade, she walks behind Watson and begins to walk behind Holmes when the shot changes. In the next shot, which focuses on Holmes opening Lestrade's envelope, Mrs. Monteith has disappeared.

Big Game

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Woody Dines Out picture

Continuity mistake: When Woody reacts to the "Blackout Borscht" that the taxidermist has given him, the bowl is on the counter, but in the shot of Woody's head and neck rising into the air, the bowl has suddenly disappeared.

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Hare Trigger picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs pours red ink on Sam's head, he leaves the bottle on its side and there is a label saying "Ink" on it. In the next shot, the word "Ink" has disappeared.

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Ain't That Ducky picture

Continuity mistake: When the hunter is holding the piece of paper that was in the satchel at the end of the cartoon, you can see that his left hand is on the side of the paper, but in the next shot it is now on the corner.

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Donald's Crime picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald sees the "reward" poster with a picture of him on the telegraph pole, you can see that the last two zeros of the reward have two lines under them, but when Donald starts tearing off the posters, there is now only one line.

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Hare Conditioned picture

Continuity mistake: Throughout the cartoon, watch the handkerchief in the store manager's top pocket of his jacket. In some shots it is in the pocket; others it isn't.

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Draftee Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy is placing items on the door to prevent the man from the draft board from entering, there is a pull-down blind on the window, which wasn't there when he closed the window after seeing the man.

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The Shooting of Dan McGoo picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Droopy gambling at the fruit machine, you can see the fruits have nothing around them but in the next shot a pattern suddenly appears.

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Herr Meets Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs Bunny says "Watch your blood pressure, chubby!" to Göring, the medals on Göring's lederhosen change between shots.

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The Screwy Truant picture

Continuity mistake: When Screwy squashes the truant officer's nose with a mallet, the nose jumps off in pain and then hides under the officer's face. At this point, the truant officer is wearing a hat on his head, but in the next shot the hat has disappeared.

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Hare Tonic picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer Fudd comes into a room and finds that it is painted with spots, you can see that he is standing by the table but in the next shot he is standing by the door.

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