Continuity mistake: As Evelyn Mulwray stands in front of Jake at the table in the restaurant, look closely at the red chair behind them. When she first walks in, the seam is under the wood post in the center of the screen. In the next shot, it's been moved about two feet to the left. (00:45:50)
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14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Evelyn Mulwray meets Jake at the restaurant, look closely at the table behind them in the center of the screen. Two men are eating there and the tablecloth and napkin in the man's lap are rearranged between shots. (00:45:45)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Evelyn Mulwray meets Jake at the restaurant, the maitre d' walks away from them. In the next shot, he's standing looking at them with the waiter by his side. (00:45:45)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Evelyn Mulwray meets Jake at the restaurant, the spots on her veil change between shots after we first see her. (00:45:45)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake says to Evelyn Mulwray, "Whoever set your husband up, set me up" and the shadow on the house behind her moves several feet to the left as the scene progresses. (00:28:45)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake has tea at Evelyn Mulwray's house and she agrees to drop the charges against him. Evelyn is wearing a scarf that she unties but does not take totally off her neck. In the next shot it's off her neck. (00:28:55)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake walks into Hollis Mulwray's office and there's nothing on the green desk mat in front of his secretary. In the next shot her right arm is leaning on an appointment pad. (00:20:45)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake opens the middle draw of Hollis Mulwray's desk and then closes it. Several shots later he opens the right draw of the desk and we see that the middle draw is still open. (00:21:10)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake walks back into his office after getting a shave at the barber shop and his hair is combed backwards. Later in the scene as he tells the joke about the Chinamen his hair is still parted in the middle but combed sideways to the left and right. (00:18:30)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: Jake walks back into his office after getting a shave at the barber shop and sees Duffy standing by the water cooler which has a tank that is one-quarter full. Two shots later as he tells his joke about the Chinamen the water tank is half full. (00:17:50)
14th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: The left side of Barney the barber's bowtie is tied differently between shots as he gives Jake a shave. (00:17:10)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: George Loomis strangles Marilyn who falls to the floor of in the bell tower holding a yellow scarf near her face. In the next shot it's held away from her body. (01:06:25)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: Two Canadian motorcycle police drive up and speak to the boat keeper about George Loomis, and a prominent tire mark is on the side of the road in front of the black car. The next time we see this spot as Ray and Mr. Kettering run to the boat it's not there. (01:12:20 - 01:17:10)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: At the Rainbow Cabins, Polly Cutler speaks to the Kettering's and holds a bouquet throughout the scene, and it keeps changing positions between shots. (00:45:05)
13th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: As Jake gets a shave in the barber shop we see the picture he took of Katherine Cross and Hollis Mulwray in the newspaper. If you look closely it's obvious that these are not the same actors we saw in the previous scene. (00:16:20)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: Before George Loomis strangles Marilyn in the bell tower she knocks everything out of her pocketbook looking for a dime to make a call on the second floor pay phone. We see the items on the floor as George walks past on his way to kill her, but later when he returns and picks up her lipstick everything has been moved. (01:07:25)
13th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: As Jake gets a shave in the barber shop look at the rings holding up the lower drapes in the front window and you'll see that they move between shots without anyone going near them. (00:17:15)
13th Jan 2007
Chinatown (1974)
Continuity mistake: In the barber shop as Jake gets a shave look closely at the shaving cream on his face. In the first shot it reaches all the way up to his lower lip, but when he gets out of the barber's chair to yell at the banker, it's nowhere near his bottom lip. (00:17:05)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: When the Canadian motorcycle police drive up and speak to the boat keeper about George Loomis they're all in direct sunlight with no trees anywhere near them. When they leave several shots later it must be an entirely different time of day because shade from the trees across the street covers the entire set. (01:12:25)
13th Jan 2007
Niagara (1953)
Continuity mistake: After fishing on the Niagara river with the Cutler's, Mr. Kettering pulls his boat up to a dock that is in the shade. In the next shot the dock is in the sunlight. (01:11:30)
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