Best movie continuity mistakes of 1942

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Bambi picture

Continuity mistake: When Thumper is scolded for poking fun at Bambi, he places both arms behind his back and recites a quote from his father. But in the following shot where Bambi rises to his feet and walks away, Thumper's arms are now instantly out in front of him. (00:10:25)

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Casablanca picture

Continuity mistake: In the final scenes at the airport, when Rick is talking to Major Strasser, the epaulettes on Strasser's shoulders alternately appear and disappear. (01:40:05)

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The Pride of the Yankees picture

Continuity mistake: Near the start, when the kid is holding the card of Babe Ruth in his hand, the position of his fingers on the card changes between shots.

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Flying Tigers picture

Continuity mistake: When Woody has the landing gear lowered on the burning airliner, only the right main gear comes down. When Pappy warns him that the other gear isn't down, he pulls up and goes around. As the camera pans over the plane, it shows the left gear down, and the right up. Then when Woody retracts the gear, once again the right one is down.

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Holiday Inn picture

Continuity mistake: After their first number, Ted and Jim are in their dressing room, Jim is buttoning his left cuff and then pulls down his right sleeve. In the next shot, he does this again.

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Ride 'Em Cowboy picture

Continuity mistake: When Abbott and Costello are on the train. Costello walks over to see the guys playing poker. In the background a man closes the back door of the train. As Costello passes you see the door is open again and the same guy closes it again. (00:17:10)

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Woman of the Year picture

Continuity mistake: When Spencer Tracy takes Katharine Hepburn to the baseball game (about 20 minutes into the film), several plays supposedly from that game are shown. Some of the plays take place on a diamond that has a well manicured dirt path from the pitchers mound to home plate, while others take place on a diamond with an all grass infield and no path.

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Saboteur picture

Continuity mistake: The closeup of the Soda City calendar shows a much heavier coating of spider webs than the previous shot.

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Yankee Doodle Dandy picture

Continuity mistake: In the dressing room scene just before Mr. Albee's visit, as Jerry Cohan is talking he wraps a scarf around his neck. He leaves one end outside of the dressing gown, but in the next shot, both ends are tucked in.

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Road to Morocco picture

Continuity mistake: When Princess Shalmar, Orville, and Jeff are confronted by Kasim as they are escaping, Orville is wearing a flat topped hat to carry a load on his head with. Kasim uncovers the "hidden" Jeff, Orville steps back into scene and he is now wearing a different hat that looks like a fez wrapped in a turban.

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Arabian Nights picture

Continuity mistake: During the final battle scene, there are two shots showing a kicking horse lying on the ground, with one of Haroun al Rashid's soldiers (dead, most likely) pinning it down at its neck. In the first shot, one of Kamar's soldiers lies in front of its flailing hooves, but in the next shot, an al Rashid warrior drives a Kamar soldier backwards, tripping him across the lying horse - and the Kamar warrior from the first shot is gone. My guess is that the cuts were originally in reversed order but re-arranged for the scene.

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Sky Trooper picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald reports to Sergeant Pete's desk, Pete has initially some papers in front of him, but in the next shot the papers have gone and a fountain pen and ink holder has appeared.

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Case of the Missing Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is playing "Red Light" with Ala Bahma, you can see that the hat on the table has been boarded up with wood and nails, but when Ala Bahma pulls out his shotgun towards the end of the cartoon, the wood and the nails on the hat have disappeared.

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Puss n' Toots picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry runs onto the record player, he runs next to a button panel and there are four buttons on it: Fast, Stop, Start and Change. But when he is pressing random buttons later on in the cartoon, a "Record" button has been added and the "Change" button has disappeared.

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The Wabbit Who Came to Supper picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer says "Step right this way" before escorting Bugs out of his house, you can see the handle is on the right hand side of the door, but when we see Bugs in the next shot on the other side, the handle is on the right hand side as well. This means that the door handle where Elmer is should have been on the left.

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Continuity mistake: When Bugs hides in the hole from Elmer, he puts the cow skull over the hole. Elmer then takes away the skull and then puts his head in the hole. At this point, you can see that the background is a desert, but when Elmer takes his head out of the hole, it has changed to a cliff. The background goes back to a desert when Bugs appears in the next shot.

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Donald Gets Drafted picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Donald Duck at the beginning of the cartoon, he is holding a piece of paper in his left hand, but in the next shot the paper has disappeared.

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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror picture Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Holmes reveals that Sir Evan is the mole, the Nazi gives a big smile and we can see that his entire right cheek is shadowed. In the next shot, there is no shadow on his face and he remains serious. In the next shot, Sir Evan smiles again and the shadow has returned. (00:58:56)

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Continuity mistake: Holmes says "One last warning" and looks at the Nazi on his left. In the next shot, he's now looking at the Nazi on his right. (00:03:48)

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Continuity mistake: Near the end, as a plane is getting ready to run down the airstrip, Bogie knocks the gunman out, then uses the gun to shoot the plane in its tracks. When the machine gun starts to fire, it has a long strip of bullets, then fewer, and so on.

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