Sacha

18th Jul 2022

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When Higgins scares Eliza to force her into being her pupil she is either standing in front of a barometer or next to it. (00:43:10)

Sacha

18th Jul 2022

My Fair Lady (1964)

27th Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: Mr. Doolittle's friends are kicked out of the pub and roll on the floor, which makes the guy on the left's hat fall off. He sits up and crawls to grab it, but a frame later he is sitting up again, though now his hat on.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: During the "Bit of luck" song, Mr. Doolittle walks through a metal tunnel. On the next three shots he appears standing on a different spot, though he hasn't moved at all; plus the stick leaning against the wall also keeps changing places.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Deliberate mistake: When Eliza is about to be bathed, the mirror keeps turning around between shots to avoid reflecting the filming crew.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When Eliza is picking up flowers in the market and talks with her father, a man in the background suddenly appears between the first and second shot.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: During "Loverly", a man throws lettuces up in the air. The amount on the floor changes between shots.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When the "Loverly" song is about to start a man in a cart says to take the hats off. In the wide angles he is leaning on the cart, but in the close-ups he is grabbing a bag. This changes back and forth.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: Higgins leaves with Pickering and Eliza kicks a basket at them, which lands in the middle of a huge empty street. When she kneels down to pick it up, the whole place changes completely, and a curb and market stalls are barely a couple of meters away from her.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: Higgins, 5 meters away from Eliza, tells her she talks like a bird, to which she replies with a loud cry, then closes her mouth. From a different angle her mouth is open, her head is down and Higgins is standing a couple centimeters away from her.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When Higgins meets Pickering, Eliza says she can be anywhere she wants and raises her arm to her bosom, then lowers it. A frame later, from a different angle, it's up again.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: During the first song, Higgins sits by a column and talks to a fruit seller while Pickering's shadow is projected on the column. From a different angle the shadow is gone.

Sacha

22nd Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: After Eliza drops her basket and is kneeling on the curb, from her POV there are cars coming towards her, yet they disappear in the immediate opposite angles.

Sacha

18th Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When Eliza is about to bathe there's a shot from the fourth wall, behind the tub, which shows a very wide space beyond the tub and the copper kettle. From the opposite angle there's a wall inches away from the kettle.

Sacha

17th Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: Eliza bumps into a man looking for a taxi and drops her basket three meters behind. When she stands up the basket is on her hand.

Sacha

17th Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: The movie starts and people rush under a heavy rain. A group walks by the fruit stalls, and a sellers bumps into them and walks towards the camera. A frame later there's a quick cut and, though the angle remains the same, the people have vanished and been replaced by different actors, plus the seller has turned around and is walking away from the camera. Really odd. (00:04:35)

Sacha

17th Feb 2011

My Fair Lady (1964)

Continuity mistake: When the move starts and rain is pouring, a worker uncovers a tarp from a fruit stall, half a second later the tarp is on and he uncovers it again.

Sacha

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