Best movie continuity mistakes of 1951

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Captain Horatio Hornblower picture

Continuity mistake: When the Sutherland engages the four French ships, her masts are shot to doll rags, with the upper masts and fighting tops plunging to the deck. However, the lower shrouds and ratlines, which are attached to the tops, remain intact.

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Drip-Along Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Nasty Canasta's drink, you can see there are holes on the counter next to the glass when the bartender puts two ice cubes in it. When Daffy Duck dares Nasty Canasta to drink it, the holes have disappeared.

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Droopy's Good Deed picture

Continuity mistake: The flagpole on the ledge of the skyscraper with Spike's milk bottle on it was not there originally when Droopy rescued Spike.

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The Wearing of the Grin picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig arrives at the castle, he appears completely dry. But when he opens the door in the next shot, he is soaking wet, and when we see Porky a few shots later, he is dry again.

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Cock-a-Doodle Dog picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs the bomb (painted as an apple) from the cockerel, he takes a bite out of it. You can see that when Spike is about to eat it, the eaten part of the bomb is facing his mouth, but in the next shot the eaten part is now facing downwards.

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Rabbit Fire picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs (dressed as a female hunter) walks up to Elmer after nearly hurting him with her gun, Elmer hides his rifle behind his back, which subsequently disappears.

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Sleepy-Time Tom picture

Continuity mistake: After Tom says goodbye to his friends, he goes to sleep on the window ledge. At this point, you can see it's night time, but when we see him sleeping from inside the house in the next shot, it is daylight outside.

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Cold Turkey picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the short, we see a wrestling match on the television and underneath the screen are two knobs; the left knob is between "Light" and "Dark" and the right knob is between "Vert." and "Hor." When the cat wakes up and sees a turkey advert on the television, all the words have disappeared.

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Distant Drums picture

Continuity mistake: Lt. Richard Tufts arrived at Capt. Quincy Wyatt's camp. A child walks up to him and starts checking his cavalry sword out. The position of the kid's hands keep changing between shots, and when Monk tells him he's the son of the captain, Tufts' hand is suddenly on the handle of the saber. (00:07:10)

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Bride of the Gorilla picture

Continuity mistake: When Raymond Burr emerges from the door at the beginning of the movie, in the first shot he is in the background while Mrs. Van Gelder is dancing. Notice that the decoration to the left of the door frame casts no shadow, but in the next shot the ambient lights have changed so much that now the hanging sculpture projects a huge one. (00:02:50)

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Jerry's Cousin picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is throwing dynamite into Jerry's mouse-hole, you can see he is surrounded by sticks of dynamite, but when Muscles marches out of the hole with the dynamite, the sticks have disappeared.

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Daredevil Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: At the start of the shooting the balloons sequence, Spike is about to shoot and you can see the bottom shelf of the prize stand has two polar bears and two dolls. When Spike has finished his round, all of the prizes on the bottom shelf are polar bears.

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Three Guys Named Mike picture

Continuity mistake: After the first training montage, Alice is worried she might have flunked Meteorology and asks Marcie a question. When the door opens and everyone laughs, they both are in wildly different position than in the previous shot. (00:09:05)

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Theeves is speaking to Droopy while he is packing, there are three suitcases on the floor. In the next shot, the cases have disappeared.

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Tweety's S.O.S. picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is at the medicine cabinet, he takes out a bottle of Seasick Remedy and starts drinking it. But when we see Tweety in the cabinet in the next shot, the Seasick Remedy bottle is still on the shelf when it should be in Sylvester's hand.

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French Rarebit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is making Francois look like a rabbit, he cuts up Francois' moustache to make whiskers. When Bugs says "You make a swell rabbit, Doc!" the whiskers disappear.

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A Bear for Punishment picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Junyer Bear sleeping in bed at the start of the cartoon, you can see he has "Junyer" written on the end of his bed, but when he is sitting up a couple of shots later, the word "Junyer" has disappeared.

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The Fair Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' home at the start of the cartoon, there is nothing around the hole. When the camera pans in on the hole, pieces of carrot have appeared.

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Cheese Chasers picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the cheese where Hubie and Bertie have been eating from, there are two holes and by the left hole there are pieces of cheese. When Hubie emerges from the hole, the pieces have disappeared.

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