Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 1953

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the "Bye, Bye Baby" song the two girls are standing at the railing with two people in between them and the detective. When the shot cuts to their backs the two people in between the detective and the girls have disappeared.

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Genevieve picture

Continuity mistake: After the two children walk away after dropping their ice cream on the zebra crossing all trace off the ice cream has disappeared from the road.

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Roman Holiday picture

Continuity mistake: When Audrey eats her gelato on the steps of the Spanish Plaza, if you look closely, the time is about 12:00 when she buys the cone. However, when she starts eating it, you can see that it's past 3:00.

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Continuity mistake: When Speedy rushes out to take all the cheese in the trap that George and Benny have put out for him he is seen wearing a sombrero; however, for the rest of cartoon he is hatless, repeat, hatless.

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Calamity Jane picture

Continuity mistake: When Francis Fryer throws the cowboy he loses the scarf in his hand but when the camera angle changes he has it again.

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The Long, Long Trailer picture

Continuity mistake: In the part where Tacy and Nicky have just had their big fight and Tacy is sleeping on the couch; you hear all of the train and gun sounds and Tacy jumps up to run to the bedroom shouting, "Nicky! Nicky!" she accidentally slips in a "Ricky". So her shout sounds like this: "Nicky! Ricky! Nicky! Nicky!"

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The Band Wagon picture

Continuity mistake: On the marquee that advertises the show "Band Wagon", the name of the actress is listed as Gabrielle "Girard", but when the scene switches to a shot of someone holding the program for the show, her name on several pages of the program is spelled Gabirelle "Gerard".

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Hare Trimmed picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs drops the safe on Sam, you can see "Acme Safe Co." written on the top of it, but when Bugs opens the safe in the next shot, the words have disappeared.

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Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy sends the Martian an ultimatum, the ultimatum goes back into a bullet and lands on the floor of the Martian's spaceship. But when Daffy sends him an ultimatum saying "Ouch!" there is no sign of the bullet.

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Working for Peanuts picture

Continuity mistake: When Donald sees the box containing the Genuine Albino Chipmunks, you can see he is standing in the doorway, but when he has read the label, he is now standing by the railing.

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How to Marry a Millionaire picture

Continuity mistake: While Schatze's getting ready for her wedding, when Pola comes in she tries on the fur stole and instead of putting the fur stole back on the bed it slips onto the floor, but when Loco walks in with Eben the fur stole is lying on the bed beside the fur coat, though it wasn't touched. Pola's fur wrap near the flowers has also moved. (01:21:55)

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Punch Trunk picture

Continuity mistake: When the elephant walks up to the bowl of clothes pegs, the number of pegs in the bowl changes between shots.

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The Simple Things picture

Continuity mistake: Mickey Mouse is wearing a hat and fishing when a seagull lands atop his hat. The seagull is facing Mickey's right but when Mickey looks down to see their shadows, the shadow of the seagull shows him facing Mickey's left.

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Life with Tom picture

Continuity mistake: When Tom removes the packaging, you can see that it reads "Life with Tom by Jerry Mouse" on the front cover, but when we see Tom reading the book later on in the cartoon, the wording has disappeared.

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Bully for Bugs picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs bends Toro's horns on the bull shield, the horns change position between shots.

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Much Ado About Nutting picture

Continuity mistake: When the squirrel attempts to cut the coconut with the saw, the saw's teeth break off and fall around the coconut. But when the squirrel returns with an axe, the pieces of teeth have changed position.

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Don't Give Up the Sheep picture

Continuity mistake: When Fred (Ralph Wolf in disguise) says "Hello" to Sam at the end of the short, you can see that there is a card in both the top and bottom holes in the "In" section of the punch clock. But when Sam begins spanking Ralph, the bottom card of the "In" section has moved to the bottom hole of the "Out" section.

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