Continuity mistake: During the birthday party scene, as the close-ups and master shot are intercut, Anthony's hair changes back and forth from being combed straight forward to parted on the left and combed to the side. (00:15:10)
Jean G
2nd Aug 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When the Union soldier arrives on the horse, Lavinia points a shotgun at him, holding it at chest level. But when the shot cuts, she suddenly has it up to her cheek. (00:15:00)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Mind and the Matter - S2-E27
Visible crew/equipment: While Beechcroft talks to his boss in the men's room, the boom shadow moves across the wall at the upper right of the screen. (00:03:35)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Silence - S2-E25
Trivia: Midway through shooting, Franchot Tone got into a brawl that left him with facial abrasions on one side so severe they couldn't be covered with make-up. So, in the "glass room" scenes, shots of him are, bizarrely, in profile only or taken from behind barriers obscuring half his face. Some profile shots were reversed to create the illusion that in various takes, we were seeing both sides of him. (00:17:00)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Trivia: When the script called for 6-year-old Billy Mumy's character to be found floating in a fountain full of water, the child actor's mother objected, and the scene was changed. Says Mumy, "I wanted to do it. I was a very good swimmer. But Mom was terrified I'd get some weird ideas about suicide if I did."
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: When Chris escorts Grandma Bayles up the stairs, a blocking mark is plainly visible at the lower right, chalked on the carpet. (00:05:25)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Mr. Dingle, the Strong - S2-E19
Factual error: Though this episode is set in then-present-day 1961, the fistful of prop money the bartender is holding is not contemporary. It appears to be copies of 1880s U.S. Currency, though it's been reproduced as smaller, 20th Century sized bills rather than the larger ones that were standard in the 1800s. All in all, not something his bar patrons would likely be paying the bartender with in the 1960s. (00:16:40)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Revealing mistake: In the boarding house hallway, Ed yanks the pay phone's receiver off the hook - and the entire wall to which the phone is attached wobbles. (00:11:00)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Mr. Dingle, the Strong - S2-E19
Revealing mistake: Dingle lifts the bar bully over his head and twirls him around. But The Dummy used to achieve this effect has a distinctly lifeless, plastic face, and more than once, the wires suspending it are visible. (00:18:00)
29th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Odyssey of Flight 33 - S2-E18
Trivia: The most expensive footage ever shot for Twilight Zone occurs here, with the stop-motion dinosaur. The 10-second shot cost $2500 - a fortune in 1960 - and didn't even include having to build the model. The "toy" dinosaur was a borrowed prop from the movie Dinosaurus. (00:16:00)
29th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: The laser burns on the back of the old woman's left hand disappear when the knife is slicing at her through the door. They return a few shots later, though. (00:10:30 - 00:17:30)
29th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: The flying saucer the old woman hacks to pieces with an axe is noticeably not the same one that lands in her attic in the beginning. A cruder version was built for the axing scene because the model used was a studio keepsake - the original spaceship from the classic sf film "Forbidden Planet." (00:23:00)
24th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: When Sykes opens the Sheriff's office door to leave, the "sky" outside has a very large equipment shadow on it, hanging over the building across the street. (00:05:10)
24th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Revealing mistake: The sky behind the hanging scene at the end has several prominent wrinkles in it, betraying the fact that it's not a sky, but a cloth backdrop. In some shots, you can also see shadows on the cloth. (00:19:00)
23rd Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Audio problem: Throughout Corwin's scene with the two children on the street, and through Rod Serling's subsequent introduction to the episode, you can hear the loud hiss of fan blowers used to waft artificial snow onto the set. (00:04:50)
23rd Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
A Most Unusual Camera - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: The crooks in this episode appear to have obtained the same pile of funny money that the Castles received in "Man in the Bottle." The bills don't even vaguely resemble any real U.S. currency. (00:20:25)
23rd Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Trouble with Templeton - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When Booth grabs her, Laura's long string of beads breaks. When she starts dancing a moment later, though, they've somehow repaired themselves. (00:18:50)
14th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lateness of the Hour - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: As Robert is pouring Dr. Loren's drink, an equipment shadow moves across the top of Jana's head in the foreground. (00:08:20)
14th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lateness of the Hour - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: When Jana is screaming "No pain!" at the top of the stairs, a film crew member's shadow can be seen moving on the wall behind her. (00:22:30)
14th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lateness of the Hour - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: The boom shadow intrudes briefly at the upper left of the shot as Jana stands at the window and says, "Rest in peace." (00:16:15)
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