Continuity mistake: When we see Oliver reading his newspaper at the beginning of the short, the door behind him is open. In the next shot, the door is closed, and in the following shot, the door is open again.
Their First Mistake (1932)
Directed by: George Marshall
Starring: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert
Continuity mistake: When Oliver chases Stan out of the kitchen, Oliver loses the slipper on his right foot and it flies out of the door, but in the next shot, the slipper is back on Oliver's foot again.
Oliver: She says I think more of you than I do of her.
Stanley: Well you do, don't you?
Oliver: Well, we won't go into that.
Stanley: I'm not as dumb as you look.
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