Best family movie mistakes of 1946

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It's a Wonderful Life picture

Other mistake: Clarence tells George that his brother died at the age of 9 because he wasn't there to save him from falling through the ice, but when you see the tomb stone, it shows Harry Bailey was born in 1911 and died in 1919. That would make Harry only 7 or 8 years old.

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Springtime for Thomas picture

Continuity mistake: When Butch is chasing Tom, Tom puts a flowerpot on a swing which crashes into Butch and it leaves earth on the floor. But when Butch uses a guitar to spank Tom when he comes down on the swing, the earth has completely disappeared.

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Solid Serenade picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Toodles in the window of her bedroom, the shutters have nothing on them, but in a close-up in the next shot, hooks have suddenly appeared.

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Lonesome Lenny picture

Continuity mistake: Screwy Squirrel puts some glue on the floor and Lenny treads on the glue, ripping off his paws in the process. At this point, you can see Lenny is in bare feet, but when he is walking a few seconds later, his paws are back on his feet again.

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Book Revue picture

Continuity mistake: When the inebriated cuckoo pops out of the cuckoo clock at the beginning of the short, his feet are yellow, but when we see a close-up of the cuckoo in the next shot, his feet are now orange.

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The Big Snooze picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer takes out of his fishing gear, there are pieces of his torn up contract by the log. When Elmer walks off, they have disappeared.

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Song of the South picture

Continuity mistake: Brer Fox rips two buttons off Brer Bear's coat to use as eyes on his "tar baby." When he pulls them loose, small pieces of the coat's fabric are stuck to them but when he puts them on the tar baby's face, the pieces of fabric have disappeared.

Steven Lee

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Rhapsody Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: After Bugs shoots the man in the audience for coughing, the style of notes in the music book in front of him changes between shots.

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Hair-Raising Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When the scientist locks the door to prevent Bugs from escaping, you can see the latches are made of metal, but in the next shot they are now made of wood.

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Racketeer Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Rocky says his prayers and gets into bed, he has a gun belt around his nightshirt. But when he jumps out of bed after seeing Bugs, the gun belt has disappeared.

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Northwest Hounded Police picture

Continuity mistake: When the convict trips outside the plastic surgeon's office, the sign on the window reads "plastic surgery" which changes to "plastic surgeon" in the very next shot.

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Hollywood Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy steps out of the bus at the beginning of the short, he drops his suitcase on the pavement. When we see Daffy in the next shot, the suitcase has gone.

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Make Mine Music picture

Continuity mistake: During the Benny Goodman "All The Cats Join In" segment, a teenaged girl gets out of the shower and hops into her underpants and skirt. Suddenly her feet are clad in white socks which were not there before.

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Trap Happy picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom picks up a telephone book, you can see he is holding the book with both hands, but when we see a close-up of the "Ajax Mouse Exterminators" in the next shot, his hands are nowhere to be seen.

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Bacall to Arms picture

Continuity mistake: When the newsreel begins at the movie theatre, we see the back garden of a family home and you can see that the screen on the radar has nothing above it, but when we see a close-up of the radar in the next shot, a sign with the word "Radar" has appeared.

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Baseball Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When one of the Gas House Gorillas takes the plate umpire's place during the game, you can see that the fence behind him has nothing on top of it, but when he calls Bugs out, a net has appeared.

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The Great Piggy Bank Robbery picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy is peering through his hand to look at the Dick Tracy comic, he is lying on grass in the garden. But when we see him in the next shot, he is now in the field.

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Hare Remover picture

Audio problem: When Elmer Fudd is holding down the test tube, he is seen laughing yet no words are coming out.

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Kitty Kornered picture

Continuity mistake: When the cats are fleeing after hearing "Lassie", you can see that the front door has molding on it. But when the kitten lowers the doorknob to jump through the keyhole, the door is plain. In the next shot, when the drunk cat dives for where the doorknob was and hits the door, the molding is back, and when he falls to the floor in the next shot, the door is plain again.

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