Best family movie mistakes of 1951

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Alice in Wonderland picture

Audio problem: During the Tea Party scene, the Mad Hatter and March Hare ask Alice to tell her story. After the Mad Hatter says "And when you come to the end, stop!" audio follows of the voice director saying "great," leftover from the original recording. (00:45:40)

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Superman and the Mole Men picture

Visible crew/equipment: The furry suits the "mole men" are wearing clearly show the zippers up the back when one of them is going down a well.

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Jerry's Cousin picture

Other mistake: In the opening titles, Irven Spence's first name is incorrectly credited as Irvin.

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Room and Bird picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester's owner tells him that she will get into the hotel, you can see that she is wearing a brooch on her shirt. But when she is carrying Sylvester around her neck in the next shot, the brooch has vanished.

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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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Ballot Box Bunny picture

Continuity mistake: When Yosemite Sam is doing his speech in the stand at the start of the cartoon, you can see beside him there is a stand with a jug and a glass next to it. But when we see Sam from behind in the next shot, the glass has 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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Canned Feud picture

Continuity mistake: When Sylvester discovers that the cupboard door has a lock on it at the end of the cartoon, he is holding a can opener in his right hand, but after we see a close-up of the lock, we return to Sylvester and the can opener has 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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French Rarebit picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs puts Francois (as a rabbit) into the jar in order to pickle him for the recipe, Francois' fake rabbit ears disappear, then reappear when Bugs puts him onto the table.

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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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Chow Hound picture

Continuity mistake: When the dog is grooming the cat, the front door of the house next to them is open, but when the two are at the door a little later on, it is now closed.

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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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Tweety's S.O.S. picture

Continuity mistake: When Tweety and Granny are resting on the deck, you can see inside Tweety's cage is a sunbed and nothing else. When Granny hears Tweety calling for help and puts on her glasses, a view of the cage shows that the sunbed has gone and a swing has appeared from nowhere.

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A Bear for Punishment picture

Continuity mistake: When we see Junyer Bear sleeping in bed at the start of the cartoon, you can see he has "Junyer" written on the end of his bed, but when he is sitting up a couple of shots later, the word "Junyer" has disappeared.

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Droopy's Double Trouble picture

Continuity mistake: Before Droopy takes Spike for his nap, you can see Spike's eyes are perfectly fine. When he is in bed, he now has a black eye, and when Spike takes off the bed clothes, the black eye has gone.

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The Fair Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: Before Bugs and Sam go to bed, Sam's boots are beside his bed but in the next shot they disappear.

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Cheese Chasers picture

Continuity mistake: When Hubie and Bertie first approach Claude, you can see that Claude is sleeping by a dark maroon chair. When Claude is in the bathroom and says "I must be dreaming", we return to the chair and there is now an end table occupying the floor space where Claude had been sleeping.

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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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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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