The Hoose-Gow

The Hoose-Gow (1929)

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Revealing mistake: When Stan and Oliver are working with the road gang, Oliver's hat falls off and Stan impales it with his pick. When Stan moves Oliver's hat around, you can see holes in the hat from previous takes.

Continuity mistake: When the warden catches Stan and Oliver trying to get back into the van after Stan accidentally trod on his foot, the warden says "Over here!" and he is seen pointing his finger to the ground before puts his hands on his hips. In the next shot, the warden is pointing his finger to the ground and he puts his hands on his hips a second time.

Continuity mistake: When Stan stands up after being kicked into the bed of rice from the radiator of the governor's car, his bowler hat has a large amount of rice on it. When he is looking at the warden in the next shot, the rice has disappeared.

Continuity mistake: When the governor hits the lady with rice during the rice fight at the end of the short, the left side of her face is covered in rice, but in the next shot it now appears completely clean.

Trivia: When Stan and Oliver are working with the road gang, Stan nicks Oliver in the rear with his pickaxe. The pickaxe that Stan Laurel was using was a real one and Oliver Hardy received a nasty cut to his rear.

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