Continuity mistake: When Dorothy asks the Wizard to take her back home, in every close-up of her the Scarecrow disappears from behind, only to reappear in the rest of the shots.
Sacha
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When Glinda tells Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road, there are many Munchkins around. A second later, when she is about to vanish, they've all disappeared.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When Glinda starts to sing, a Munchkin is seen coming out of an open sewer with its lid on the side. When the angle changes, the munchkin is nowhere to be seen and the sewer is closed.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Wicked Witch of the West asks Dorothy who killed her sister, Dorothy has Glinda's wand across her chest. A shot later Glinda is holding it straight up, away from her.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: In Munchkinland, when the Wicked Witch of the West tries to grab the ruby slippers, the curtain hanging out of the window changes positions between shots.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Wizard is in the balloon, he raises his top hat pointing in an 11 o'clock direction. A frame later it's pointing in a 9 o'clock direction.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the cyclone begins, two farmers run to protect the horses. One goes inside the stable and the other runs away. Half a second later he is standing next to the stable's door.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: In Munchkinland, when Dorothy walks the road and everyone sings "Follow the yellow brick, follow the yellow brick road," the angle cuts and a group of Munchkins have suddenly appeared in the center of the previously empty road. Dorothy was standing on the farthest point, so they had half a second to walk 10 meters, which is impossible.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: In the poppy field, when Dorothy points at the Emerald City, the Lion is standing more than a meter away from her. In the close-up he stands very close to her.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: At the Emerald City entrance, the close-up of the shoes shows a straight, thick, brown road on the sides, absolutely nothing to do with the pattern seen in the wide angles.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: Back in Kansas, Dorothy holds Toto and her pigtails swap from being behind to in front.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When Dorothy arrives in Munchkinland, she hugs Toto, but a frame later her right arm is extended.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Witch melts, four guards suddenly appear behind her remains.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Munchkin in purple tells Dorothy to follow the yellow brick road, Toto runs ahead of Dorothy. In the next shot he's back behind her.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the group reads the sign in the Haunted Forest, the lion holds the handle of the butterfly net away from his breast. In the next shot it's pressed against it.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: In the haunted forest, when the Tin Man is lifted up in the air, the Lion crouches and covers his face with his paws. A frame later he is standing up in a totally different position.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: When the Lion runs out of the Wizard's room, the group disappears because it is an obvious backdrop.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: Aunt Em places a cold towel on Dorothy's head. The towel is sometimes away from the eyebrow, slightly on top, or completely covering it, depending on the angle.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Witch turns the hourglass, the spoon in the mortar behind her moves around between shots.
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: After the Witch leaves, Glinda tells Dorothy, "You may get up, she's gone," and turns to the right. In the next shot, she hasn't turned around yet.
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