Best movie continuity mistakes of 1951

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Captain Horatio Hornblower picture

Continuity mistake: When the Sutherland engages the four French ships, her masts are shot to doll rags, with the upper masts and fighting tops plunging to the deck. However, the lower shrouds and ratlines, which are attached to the tops, remain intact.

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Drip-Along Daffy picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Nasty Canasta's drink, you can see there are holes on the counter next to the glass when the bartender puts two ice cubes in it. When Daffy Duck dares Nasty Canasta to drink it, the holes have disappeared.

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Bride of the Gorilla picture

Continuity mistake: When Raymond Burr emerges from the door at the beginning of the movie, in the first shot he is in the background while Mrs. Van Gelder is dancing. Notice that the decoration to the left of the door frame casts no shadow, but in the next shot the ambient lights have changed so much that now the hanging sculpture projects a huge one. (00:02:50)

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Three Guys Named Mike picture

Continuity mistake: After the first training montage, Alice is worried she might have flunked Meteorology and asks Marcie a question. When the door opens and everyone laughs, they both are in wildly different position than in the previous shot. (00:09:05)

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Distant Drums picture

Continuity mistake: Lt. Richard Tufts arrived at Capt. Quincy Wyatt's camp. A child walks up to him and starts checking his cavalry sword out. The position of the kid's hands keep changing between shots, and when Monk tells him he's the son of the captain, Tufts' hand is suddenly on the handle of the saber. (00:07:10)

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Droopy's Good Deed picture

Continuity mistake: The flagpole on the ledge of the skyscraper with Spike's milk bottle on it was not there originally when Droopy rescued Spike.

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Symphony in Slang picture

Continuity mistake: When the young man says "What's cooking?" to St. Peter at the beginning of the short, St. Peter is holding a feather in his right hand. In the next shot, the feather has disappeared.

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Cheese Chasers picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the cheese where Hubie and Bertie have been eating from, there are two holes and by the left hole there are pieces of cheese. When Hubie emerges from the hole, the pieces have disappeared.

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Cold Turkey picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the short, we see a wrestling match on the television and underneath the screen are two knobs; the left knob is between "Light" and "Dark" and the right knob is between "Vert." and "Hor." When the cat wakes up and sees a turkey advert on the television, all the words have disappeared.

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Rabbit Every Monday picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs takes out the bubble gum, you can see he is holding the gum between two fingers and a thumb. But in a close-up, he is holding the gum at the bottom of the wrapper.

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The Fair Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see Bugs' home at the start of the cartoon, there is nothing around the hole. When the camera pans in on the hole, pieces of carrot have appeared.

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Daredevil Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: At the start of the shooting the balloons sequence, Spike is about to shoot and you can see the bottom shelf of the prize stand has two polar bears and two dolls. When Spike has finished his round, all of the prizes on the bottom shelf are polar bears.

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Rabbit Fire picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer realises there are no more bullets in his gun, you can see there is a tree behind Bugs. But when we see Bugs in the next shot, the tree has disappeared.

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Theeves is speaking to Droopy while he is packing, there are three suitcases on the floor. In the next shot, the cases have disappeared.

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The Wearing of the Grin picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky Pig arrives at the castle, he appears completely dry. But when he opens the door in the next shot, he is soaking wet, and when we see Porky a few shots later, he is dry again.

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Jerry's Cousin picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom is throwing dynamite into Jerry's mouse-hole, you can see he is surrounded by sticks of dynamite, but when Muscles marches out of the hole with the dynamite, the sticks have disappeared.

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Sleepy-Time Tom picture

Continuity mistake: After Tom says goodbye to his friends, he goes to sleep on the window ledge. At this point, you can see it's night time, but when we see him sleeping from inside the house in the next shot, it is daylight outside.

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Putty Tat Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester and the orange cat take Tweety Pie's nest, you can see the outside of the nest is covered in snow. But when the two cats reach the bottom of the pole, the snow has gone.

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Tweety's S.O.S. picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester is at the medicine cabinet, he takes out a bottle of Seasick Remedy and starts drinking it. But when we see Tweety in the cabinet in the next shot, the Seasick Remedy bottle is still on the shelf when it should be in Sylvester's hand.

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Chow Hound picture

Continuity mistake: In the overheard view of the dog grooming the cat, you can see there is nothing beside them, but in the next shot a blue ribbon suddenly appears.

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