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.

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And Then There Were None picture

Continuity mistake: When the Judge asks Blore to confess saying "We're listening, Mr. Blore", Blore is clutching the napkin. As he begins to speak in a new shot, the cloth is gone from his hand. (01:09:50)

Sammo

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Woody Dines Out picture

Continuity mistake: When the taxidermist says "Yachts!" when thinking about what to do with his $100,000 reward, his whiskers disappear for a moment.

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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 is on the telephone to the operator, you can see that he is at the far end of the lounge and there is a pattern on the wall, but when Bugs Bunny sneaks in behind the radio, Elmer is now positioned near the corner of the room and there's no pattern. 2 lamps also appear by the archway.

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The Jade Mask picture

Continuity mistake: The policeman drives up to the house and parks his motorcycle facing the front door. He goes to the door to talk and then returns to his motorcycle and prepares to leave. When he gets back to the motorcycle, it is now parked facing away from the door. (00:08:05)

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Draftee Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy throws his newspaper away at the start of the short, he then begins singing, but as he walking along, there is no sign of the newspaper.

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Blithe Spirit picture

Continuity mistake: Just before Charles sees Elvira, he takes a cigarette from a box and lights it, but when he goes to get a drink, the cigarette is gone.

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