Best movie continuity mistakes of 1951

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Captain Horatio Hornblower picture

Continuity mistake: When the Sutherland engages the four French ships, her masts are shot to doll rags, with the upper masts and fighting tops plunging to the deck. However, the lower shrouds and ratlines, which are attached to the tops, remain intact.

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Drip-Along Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Nasty Canasta's drink, you can see there are holes on the counter next to the glass when the bartender puts two ice cubes in it. When Daffy Duck dares Nasty Canasta to drink it, the holes have disappeared.

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A Bear for Punishment picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Junyer Bear sleeping in bed at the start of the cartoon, you can see he has "Junyer" written on the end of his bed, but when he is sitting up a couple of shots later, the word "Junyer" has disappeared.

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The Fair Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' home at the start of the cartoon, there is nothing around the hole. When the camera pans in on the hole, pieces of carrot have appeared.

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Cheese Chasers picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the cheese where Hubie and Bertie have been eating from, there are two holes and by the left hole there are pieces of cheese. When Hubie emerges from the hole, the pieces have disappeared.

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Chow Hound picture

Continuity mistake: In the overheard view of the dog grooming the cat, you can see there is nothing beside them, but in the next shot a blue ribbon suddenly appears.

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Putty Tat Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester and the orange cat take Tweety Pie's nest, you can see the outside of the nest is covered in snow. But when the two cats reach the bottom of the pole, the snow has gone.

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Rabbit Fire picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer realises there are no more bullets in his gun, you can see there is a tree behind Bugs. But when we see Bugs in the next shot, the tree has disappeared.

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Symphony in Slang picture

Continuity mistake: When the young man says "What's cooking?" to St. Peter at the beginning of the short, St. Peter is holding a feather in his right hand. In the next shot, the feather has disappeared.

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Rabbit Every Monday picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs takes out the bubble gum, you can see he is holding the gum between two fingers and a thumb. But in a close-up, he is holding the gum at the bottom of the wrapper.

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Canned Feud picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester tries to open the front door, you can see there is nothing under the handle, but when Sylvester opens the letterbox in the next shot, a key hole has suddenly appeared.

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Droopy's Good Deed picture

Continuity mistake: The flagpole on the ledge of the skyscraper with Spike's milk bottle on it was not there originally when Droopy rescued Spike.

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Ballot Box Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When the man comes along to buy one of Yosemite Sam's cigars, the lid of the box says "ATOM" but changes to "ATOMIC" in the next shot.

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Cock-a-Doodle Dog picture

Continuity mistake: When Spike grabs the bomb (painted as an apple) from the cockerel, he takes a bite out of it. You can see that when Spike is about to eat it, the eaten part of the bomb is facing his mouth, but in the next shot the eaten part is now facing downwards.

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The Wearing of the Grin picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig falls off the cliff, he has a shrunken harp around his hands and is wearing green shoes. But when he falls into the pot of gold, the shoes and harp have vanished.

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Sleepy-Time Tom picture

Continuity mistake: After Tom says goodbye to his friends, he goes to sleep on the window ledge. At this point, you can see it's night time, but when we see him sleeping from inside the house in the next shot, it is daylight outside.

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Daredevil Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: At the start of the shooting the balloons sequence, Spike is about to shoot and you can see the bottom shelf of the prize stand has two polar bears and two dolls. When Spike has finished his round, all of the prizes on the bottom shelf are polar bears.

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Distant Drums picture

Continuity mistake: Lt. Richard Tufts arrived at Capt. Quincy Wyatt's camp. A child walks up to him and starts checking his cavalry sword out. The position of the kid's hands keep changing between shots, and when Monk tells him he's the son of the captain, Tufts' hand is suddenly on the handle of the saber. (00:07:10)

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Cold Turkey picture

Continuity mistake: When the cat opens the fridge, there is a turkey on the top of shelf. When Pluto and the cat have a race to the fridge, the turkey has disappeared, and when we see the cat guarding the fridge, it is back in its original position.

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Jerry's Cousin picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is throwing dynamite into Jerry's mouse-hole, you can see he is surrounded by sticks of dynamite, but when Muscles marches out of the hole with the dynamite, the sticks have disappeared.

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