The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 258 mistakes

Continuity: In the first shot of the movie we see Dorothy and Toto running and as she comes to stop he's at her right. In the next shot he's behind her.

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie Dorothy comes running into the farm and starts to, but doesn't completely unfasten the strap around her books. In the next shot the strap is in her hand.

Continuity: When Dorothy comes running into the farm at the beginning of the movie, there's a lone cow in the pen behind her and a couple of white chickens that she ends up chasing in the direction of the camera as she runs near the house. Two shots later the cow disappears and the white chickens are now in the pen.

Continuity: When we first meet the three farmhands Hunk is leaning on the wagon's break pad. In the next shot he's not.

Other: In the first shot of the movie we see Dorothy and Toto running home. Several shots later when we first meet Hunk, Zeke and Hickory we see the exact same background spot used again behind them. Dorothy was also running in the wrong direction.

Visible crew/equipment: After we first meet the three farmhands, Dorothy asks Zeke what to do about Miss Gulch. As he walks off to feed the pigs he steps into the camera's shadow.

Continuity: In the beginning while Dorothy is still on the farm, she walks along the pig pen fence and then falls in. When Bert Lahr picks her up out of there her dress is perfectly clean.

Continuity: When Hunk hits his hand with the hammer there are two brooms leaning against the barn behind him. In the next shot they're gone.

Visible crew/equipment: When Dorothy first walks on the pigsty the shadow of the boom mike can be seen moving on the bottom left of the screen.

Continuity: When Dorothy walks on the pig sty Zeke walks to his right, looks into, than passes the bucket on the right because it's empty. He than picks up the bucket behind it on the bench and proceeds to feed the pigs. He empties the first bucket than picks up the second empty bucket, which is now three quarters full.

Continuity: When Dorothy first walks on the pig sty the piece of wire that tangles around her foot is dead center right between the two fence posts. When we eventually see her fall in, the wire has been moved about a foot to the right.

Continuity: When Dorothy is walking on the pig sty platform and talking to Zeke, he is pouring the pig feed into something. The amount of feed he is pouring changes between shots.

Continuity: After Dorothy falls into the pig sty Zeke holds his left hand over the right side of his chest. In the next shot his hand is over the left side of his chest.

Visible crew/equipment: Aunt Em gives Dorothy a cruller and says to her, "…and find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". Just as Aunt Em runs away you can see an equipment shadow fall across Dorothy's dress.

Continuity: Aunt Em gives Dorothy a cruller and she takes a tiny nibble out of it. In the next shot it's half gone.

Continuity: In one of the most endearing scenes from one of the greatest movies of all times, nobody noticed that as Dorothy sings “Over the Rainbow” the haystack she’s standing next to just materializes between shots. Later it disappears long before the twister reaches the house. If you watch the movie you’ll see the exact spot where the haystack should be seen as Aunt Em gives Dorothy a cruller and says to her, “…and find yourself a place where you won’t get into any trouble”.

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie Miss Gulch parks her bike on the fence in front of the Gale's house and it's obvious that the fence continues in the same direction past the gate. When Dorothy comes back during the storm the fence now curves around right after the gate.

Continuity: There's a big mistake when we first see Prof. Marvel's wagon. If you look closely, the entrance steps that can be seen reflecting the light are upside down and would have to be set right before they could walk inside.

Continuity: Prof. Marvel reaches to open the door of his wagon as he walks Dorothy in. In the next shot the door is already open.

Continuity: In the beginning, the fortune teller tells Dorothy to close her eyes, and he takes a picture of Auntie Em out of her basket. In the closeup of the picture, his hand holding the picture is not visible, although it should be.