Best movie continuity mistakes of 1956

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Indestructible Man picture

Continuity mistake: During the opening conversation between Butcher and his lawyer, the shadows on Lon Chaney Jr. switch place depending on the angle - in the shots with the camera behind him, the bars cast a shadow on his neck and side of the head that is not there in the frontals. (00:01:30)

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Deduce, You Say picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Dorlock Holmes at his desk at the start of the cartoon, you can see that he is writing with the feather in his right hand, but in the next shot he is holding the feather with his left hand.

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A Star Is Bored picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy (dressed as Bugs) is fishing at the pier, there is a can beside him that keeps disappearing and re-appearing between shots.

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These Wilder Years picture

Continuity mistake: Bradford's coat collar alternates between turned up and turned down throughout the scene outside the bowling alley. (00:15:00)

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Raw! Raw! Rooster! picture

Continuity mistake: When Foghorn Leghorn is relaxing in the barnyard, you can see there are two hens fanning him, but when a man on a bicycle arrives with a telegram, the hens with fans have disappeared.

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Napoleon Bunny-Part picture

Continuity mistake: When Napoleon takes some snuff, he puts the box back on the map, but in the next shot the box is now on the table near Bugs.

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Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote paints the landscape when preparing his "Stop! Bridge Out!" trap, he takes away his three points of paint and hides behind the sign. But when he notices the Road Runner has ran through the landscape, there is no sign of the three pots.

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The Mountain picture

Continuity mistake: When Robert Wagner falls, halfway up the mountain, Spencer Tracy's rope, which is attached to Wagner, runs through his hands, making them bleed, but, finally, he gets a grip and he pulls Wagner up. As we see Tracy's rope, as it slowly comes up, but there is no blood on it.

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Autumn Leaves picture

Continuity mistake: When Milly and Burt walk into the kitchen there is a white bowl on top of the refrigerator. Later, when a distraught Burt leans against the refrigerator, the bowl has disappeared. (00:58:35 - 01:06:20)

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Stupor Duck picture

Continuity mistake: When Cluck Trent is using his typewriter at the beginning of the short, you can see there is nothing by the machine, but when the camera closes in on Trent, a sign saying "Cluck Trent Reporter" appears.

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Reach for the Sky picture

Continuity mistake: Just after Bader has been told he'll never fly again, he meets his girlfriend on a bridge. As they walk along the bridge, Bader is on the girl's left, but, in the long shot, Bader is now on the girl's right.

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Yankee Dood It picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer Fudd realises that some of the elves are missing, his elf helper steps forward and you can see behind him are the other elves. When Elmer says "What shoemaker?" we return to the elf and the other elves who were behind him have disappeared.

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Away All Boats picture

Continuity mistake: When the bulldozer is pushing the boat on the beach, the driver is initially dark skinned with a hat. Then next shot he is fair with no hat. Then back to dark skinned with no hat. (00:24:55)

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The Conqueror picture

Continuity mistake: When the Tartar princess Bortai is first shown, and throughout the first part of the scene when John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz ride to check her out, she lies in a litter shrouded in shadows or perfectly lit, depending on the shot. (00:03:40)

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Love Me Tender picture

Continuity mistake: The opening scene states the date as April 10th 1865, the day of the train station robbery. Siringo tells Vance at the school money-raising event that the robbery took place 8 weeks ago, but when Clint is buried at the end, his death is April 25th 1865, only 2 weeks after the robbery.

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1984 picture

Continuity mistake: After his meeting with Julia, Winston at home opens the drawer and in a close-up pulls the diary out from under a stack of papers which he lifted with his left hand. The angle changes, and his left hand is on the edge of the drawer, and not supporting the papers any more, nor any paper is visible. There's also a pen on the table that should have been visible before, but wasn't there. (00:36:25)

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