Most mistakes in 1949
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| Rank |
Film |
Mistake |
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| 1 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
When Stryker is killed at the end, it shows him lying on his back. Then, it cuts to a shot that shows the name on the back of his uniform. Who turned him over?
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| 2 |
Adam's Rib |
When the acrobatic witness lifts Adam in the air, you can see the wires that really lifted him up.
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| 3 |
Samson and Delilah |
In the final destruction-of-the-temple scene, the huge statue of Dagon starts to topple head first, but in later shots it is sliding towards the camera feet first. This is because director Cecil DeMille was not satisfied with the first take and had the temple re-erected then collapsed a second time. Shots from both destructions are spliced together in an exciting sequence, but rather puzzling architectually.
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| 4 |
The Secret Garden |
In the scene where Mary is eating her oatmeal while Martha is talking to her, take a look at Martha. While talking to Mary she spits out a piece of bread she was eating and this causes the little girl who plays Mary to momentarily slip out of character and smile (almost ready to laugh).
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| 5 |
The Third Man |
When the butler tells of Harry Lime's death, at the start of the conversation he can hardly speak English. As the conversation goes on, his English gets better and better, until at the end it's perfect with just an accent.
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| 6 |
Little Women (1949) |
In the scene where Jo comes home from New York and sees Beth sick on the sofa, she gives Beth a music box. Beth opens the lid to the music box and in the next shot, the camera is pulled back and Beth opens the lid again.
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| 7 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
Immediately before the attack on Pony-That-Walks' village Capt. Brittles states that it's 12 minutes to midnight,and orders the attack. The attack is a surprise attack, yet all the warriors pile out of their tipi's fully clothed, painted and with their eagle feathers braided into their hair.
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| 8 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
A wire is visible, attached to Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne's hot air balloon, as it sails across the screen.
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| 9 |
On the Town |
In the opening scene where the three sailors have just gotten off their ship and are talking to the crane operator (singing "New York, New York"), Frank Sinatra is holding nothing in his hands, then the camera angle changes and he has his guidebook in his right hand.
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