Duck Soup

Revealing mistake: When Groucho steps into the cart and tells Harpo to step on it, he drives off on his motorcycle. At this point, you can see a string pull the motorcycle along.

Revealing mistake: When Pinky runs into the mirror, causing it to shatter, you can that the mirror does not shatter until Pinky falls onto the floor.

Continuity mistake: In the gala scene, Zeppo explains that Groucho is always on time and will arrive at exactly ten o'clock. Everyone starts singing the first big musical number, "When the Clock on the Wall Strikes Ten." There is even a shot of a clock set to ten. In the middle of the song, the clock strikes... six.

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Rufus T. Firefly: Now that you're Secretary of War, what kind of an army do you think we ought to have?
Chicolini: Well, I tell you what I think, I think we should have a standing army.
Rufus T. Firefly: Why should we have a standing army?
Chicolini: Because then we save money on chairs.

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Trivia: The mirror sequence was filmed in only two hours.

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