Best movie mistakes of 1940

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You Ought to Be in Pictures picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig is beating up Daffy Duck off screen, some paper flies out and lands in front of the doorway. When Porky comes out after finishing the fight, another piece of paper appears from nowhere.

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A Wild Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer first sees rabbit tracks, there are two big tree trunks in the background, but when we cut to Elmer in the next shot, the trunks have disappeared.

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Donald's Vacation picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald Duck relaxes in his folding chair, you can see his hat is on his lap, but when the chipmunks run up to him, the hat has disappeared.

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Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip picture

Continuity mistake: After Mickey hides Pluto in his suitcase in Burbank, Mickey picks up his cane and runs to the train, then when Mickey actually jumps onto the train caboose he's only carrying his suitcase, he does not have his cane, nor does he have Pluto's suitcase (which had been filled with bones) with him. The cane reappears on the train later, and at the end Pluto's suitcase mysteriously reappears when Pete throws it at the duo in Pomona.

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: When Elmer is reading his book at the beginning of the cartoon, you can see it reads "How to Photograph Wild Life" on the spine, but when we see Elmer in the next shot, the words have gone.

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My Favorite Wife picture My Favorite Wife mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Ellen tells her mother-in-law about her whereabouts in the Indian Ocean, Irene Dunn's hand is held high up on the column, and at the base in the following shot. (00:09:35)

Sammo

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Saps at Sea picture

Continuity mistake: Stan puts the half-folded newspaper down on the boat's galley table. One shot later, the paper is completely unfolded and covering the table. (00:46:05)

Jean G

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The Mark of Zorro picture

Continuity mistake: In the climactic sword fight between Power and Rathbone, the Captain hand Diego a sword and they immediately start a classic duel. At end, Diego pulls off a dueling glove that he had never put on.

Fgreene

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Foreign Correspondent picture

Other mistake: In the windmill scene, the windmill reverses directions twice to signal the airplane. However when Joel McRae enters the windmill and we see the machinery it is obvious that there is no mechanism to reverse the windmill against the wind.

aftucci

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