Best movie continuity mistakes of 1957

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What's Opera, Doc? picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer is stabbing Bugs' hole with his spear, there are rabbit tracks around the hole. But when Elmer says "I'm going to kill the wabbit!" the rabbit tracks have disappeared.

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Old Yeller picture

Continuity mistake: When Travis finds Arliss and Old Yeller in the drinking water, he throws a rock at Old Yeller. Old Yeller is wet all over. Arliss then throws a rock back at Travis, and a chase ensues. After their mother breaks up the fight, she admonishes Travis. Travis then says something to Old Yeller. Old Yeller is lying on the ground dry as he can be. He was just in the water a little over a minute ago, yet there is no sign of wetness at all in his fur. (00:15:45 - 00:17:11)

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Bombers B-52 picture

Continuity mistake: The Sergeant (played by Karl Malden) is on leave with his family when the car needs water. His daughter (played by Natalie Wood) gets out and refills the water. During the conversation, Malden is bare headed, then immediately after he has a hat on.

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Tom's Photo Finish picture

Continuity mistake: When we see a close up of the photo that Jerry has taken, look at the rug that Spike is lying on. You can see that it is completely different to the one when Jerry was taking a photo of Tom putting a chicken under Spike's arm earlier in the short.

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The Pajama Game picture

Continuity mistake: The character Sid Sorokin sings the song "Hey There" into a dictograph machine. He then plays it back and sings a "duet" with himself. However, the lyrics and melody at the end of the song are different from what he sang into the machine originally.

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Three Little Bops picture

Continuity mistake: When the three little pigs are not impressed with the wolf's trumpet playing, you can see the pig that plays the drums has drumsticks in his hands. But when he and the other pigs throw the wolf out of the House of Straw, the drumsticks have gone.

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Cheese It, the Cat! picture

Continuity mistake: When the cat's tail is in the sink's plug hole, Ralph is standing by a switch and you can see there is nothing on it, but in the next shot the word "Disposal" just appears from nowhere, and when the cat is picking up his fur from the plug hole, the wording has gone.

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Show Biz Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy goes into his dressing room and discovers that it was a Men's Room, the wording "Daffy Duck" on the sign changes size between shots.

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Bedevilled Rabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is trussed like a roast pig, the Tasmanian Devil puts salt and pepper on him and he leaves the salt shaker on the tree stump next to Bugs. But when the Devil unties Bugs later on, the salt shaker has disappeared.

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Gonzales' Tamales picture

Continuity mistake: Sylvester puts a large wedge of cheese on the ground to lure Speedy out of his hole. But when Speedy takes the cheese, it has changed to a small, thin slice.

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Ducking the Devil picture

Continuity mistake: When the Tasmanian Devil passes by the hamburger stall, you can see there is nothing next to the radio on the counter, but when we see a close-up of the radio in the next shot, there is now a mustard pot and a bottle next to it.

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12 Angry Men picture

Continuity mistake: Early in the film, Henry Fonda and another juror are in the men's room. When the other juror exits, the door is a swinging door. From the jury room the door is a regular door with a door knob. You can hear the door close when Henry Fonda exits and closes the door.

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Boston Quackie picture

Continuity mistake: When Quackie is at the cafe with Mary, their dog is sitting on the chair between them at the table. But when Inspector Faraway appears, the dog has gone.

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