Best movie continuity mistakes of 1949

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Frigid Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs dons his top hat and tails and tells the penguin, "I've always wanted a nice long formal vacation", he takes the penguin by his left hand. When the two are walking along in the next shot, Bugs is now holding the penguin in his right hand.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the poker game, you can see that the Colonel has his pistol between the chips when he asks Bugs, "How many chips, sir?" but when Bugs gives him a 100-dollar note, the pistol has disappeared.

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Continuity mistake: After the ill-received Al Jolson impersonation, Milton Berle gets paid only 5 bucks instead of 50. He asks the manager "What are you doing, putting 45 in your own pocket?" as several not so reassuring individuals begin to crowd him. Notice a balding guy with a white shirt and pattern tie; he puffs out smoke as he arrives, but at the cut he is still chewing on his cigar and immediately blows smoke again.

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Continuity mistake: When the mother woodpecker leaves the nest for lunch at the beginning of the cartoon, she puts a sign saying "Gone for lunch - back 10 minutes" on the nest, but when Jerry returns the baby woodpecker to his nest later on, the sign has disappeared.

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Continuity mistake: When Junior is reading the back page of his father's newspaper during breakfast at the start of the cartoon, the page has "Bugs Bunny Comics" at the top of it, but when Papa Bear puts his hand through the newspaper to hit Junior and tell him to eat his oatmeal, the page now just says "Comics".

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Continuity mistake: When Pluto turns around and sees the bubble gum machine, you can see that there is nothing behind the machine, but in the next shot a wall has suddenly appeared.

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Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs Tom's whiskers and threatens him, the background behind them changes from a fence to blue sky between shots.

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For Scent-imental Reasons picture

Continuity mistake: When the perfume shop owner places his bicycle on the pavement on arriving at the shop, the seat and the handle bars are missing.

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower picture

Continuity mistake: Bill Kirby enters the bar. He asks Bob the waiter about his wife. There's a cut during this brief exchange, and the girl sitting at the table in the background changes position suddenly (she was browsing a magazine, now she is holding it still and fully open). (00:02:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Huey, Dewey and Louie return to their home after buying the cigars, you can see that the wrapping paper is brown but when they are in the tree house, the paper is now light blue.

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Continuity mistake: After Tom has torn up Jerry's diary, you can see that the pie is next the hole of Jerry's home, but when Jerry comes around the corner and sees Tom, the pie is now positioned near Tom's foot.

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Continuity mistake: When Donald Duck first notices the bee in his greenhouse, he is holding a watering can in his right hand. The watering can has disappeared when he tries some of the bee's honey, and in the shot after that, it is back in his hand again.

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Continuity mistake: In this first Mr. Magoo animated short, Waldo is playing a four-string banjo. Throughout the cartoon, the number of strings keeps changing. Sometimes there are three and sometimes there are only two.

Steven Lee

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Continuity mistake: When Porky puts the "To Scotland" label on the mailbag, there is nothing on the top right hand corner. When Porky puts the mailbag on the hook on the Mail Post near the railway line, two stamps have suddenly appeared.

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Continuity mistake: Throughout the cartoon, Giovanni Jones's hair is blonde, but when he emerges from the rubble at the end of the concert, his hair is now reddish.

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Continuity mistake: When the old man asks Bugs why Steve Brody jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, the position of Bugs' carrot on the plaque changes between shots.

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Continuity mistake: When the turtle who says he is "The Man with 1000 Voices" is standing at Porky's desk, you can see he has his hat in his hand, but in the next shot he is wearing his hat on his head.

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Continuity mistake: The movie begins with Joe Backett witnessing one of the many victories by swim star Eve Barrett. In the very first wide shot of the pool, Esther Williams is fitting her cap getting ready to compete. Cuts to a closer view, and she has a towel on her shoulders that she has to take off before fastening her cap. (00:01:45)

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