A King in New York

A King in New York (1957)

62 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: When Chaplin is inside the elevator, the hose changes from being tied knee level to hip level, depending on the shot.

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Continuity mistake: The letter slipped under the door changes from being close to the doorframe to being in the center of the door.

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Continuity mistake: First day in the hotel. Kay drags her towel into the water, and Chaplin falls in the tub. Splashing is heard but neither of the fabrics drip. Dry water, that's cool.

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Continuity mistake: In the school, the jar of raisins from the baker boy moves from the right of the cup to in front of it.

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Continuity mistake: During dinner with Kay, the hands of the woman next to Chaplin keep changing positions depending on the angle.

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Continuity mistake: Dinner with Kay. After Chaplin puts his hand on the food, the plate is farther away from the other plate than it was in the wider shot.

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Continuity mistake: First day in the hotel, the Ambassador sees Chaplin peeping. Chaplin's places both hands on his hips, a brusque cut follows and his right arm is up.

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Continuity mistake: Dinner with Kay. After the line "Naughty jokes" Chaplin's handkerchief changes from tucked in the pocket to almost out of it.

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Continuity mistake: During the photo session of the commercial, Ann Kay's photometer appears and disappears on Chaplin's chest.

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Continuity mistake: At the start of film, outside the King's house, the number of people on the right, close to the blonde woman, changes between shots.

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Continuity mistake: The bottle of champagne that Chaplin's holding vanishes from his hand and magically appears in the bucket.

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Continuity mistake: On TV, the Ambassador pushes the journalist from the right. But the first time we saw the arrival he did it from the left.

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Continuity mistake: At the school after Chaplin has been thrown food at, his hair is messy. A frame later it's perfectly brushed.

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Lawyer: Your Majesty, first and foremost, you must stand on your rights and demand immunity on the ground of your Royal Prerogative.
King Shahdov: Immunity from what?
Lawyer: That I don't know, but I intend to find out. But if they put the 64 dollars question to you, as if you are, or ever have been a communist, then again you must stand on your Royal Prerogative.
King Shahdov: But that question is absurd.
Lawyer: There are many things absurd these days.

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