Jamie Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Has anyone ever noticed movie mistakes, either in dialogue, props, outtakes, bloopers or scenery? EX: *Wizard of Oz: There is a big bird right behind the Tin Man when Dorothy discovers him (know that there are several more "mistakes") *Mommie Dearest: Joan Crawford was named "Box Office Poison" by L. B. Mayer right before he let her go; That title, unfortunately, went to Katharine Hepburn. *Meet Me in St. Louis: The movie is set in 1900. Trolleys came about some two years after. Now we have a popular Judy song. Humor me, TCM-ers! hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljenson71 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 Meet Me in St. Louis is set in the fall and winter of 1903, and then in the summer of 1904, when they held the World Fair. One interesting "mistake" is in The Godfather Part II, and maybe some other movies as well. There's a shot of the Statue of Liberty. At the time of the setting, the Statue was actually brown - the original color. Now, the ocean has tinted it to it's current greenish color, and that's what we see in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 In THE UNTOUCHABLES there are glimpses of blue and white mail boxes. In the time frame of the film,USPS boxes were green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappy3500 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 In "2001" when Dr Heywood Floyd sips food from his tray, the liquid slips back down when he stops sucking on it. In zero gravity it would stay in the tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappy3500 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 In "The Thrill of it All" when Doris Day is back out on the street in her convertable, after going thru the carwash with the top down, the scene is speeded up for comedic effect. However this causes cars to appear and disappear magically in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappy3500 Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 I posted this in the "genre" section but maybe it will get new readers here... In "War of the Worlds" while Los Angeles is being stomped flat by the Martians, we see that the looters are stealing cars and trucks to flee the city. "If it has wheels they'll grab it! You can't buy a ride for love or money!" A short while later from the camera's point of view we are in a shop facing the street thru a large broken window. Two looters appear from behind the camera and leap thru the window and take off up the street. They are carrying ROLLS OF FABRIC!!! We have just seen guys punch a man offering a suitcase full of money for a ride and throw it into the street untouched. But these two guys are stealing curtains and slipcovers???!! What are they, interior designers? Finicky gentlemen who want to redecorate so they can be destroyed in a tasteful apartment by the heat ray? I have watched this film at least 2 dozen times over the years and only on the 20th viewing did this scene's ridiculousness strike me. Laughed like heck too. Anybody else miss or notice this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealfuster Posted January 3, 2005 Share Posted January 3, 2005 a pain, since I love your topic of movie mistakes...as I constantly look for them, but I don't think there is any problem with the trolley cars being in the film, "Meet Me in St. Louis". That's set in the time period of 1904, as stated in another post and there were trolleys around for sure in 1900, and even earlier as I recall. I just saw a photo online of a trolley built in 1900. I do love anachronisms in film though, as in Roman warriors wearing wristwatches, so this topic is fun. Seems to me that in "Anatomy of a Murder" Lee Remick is dancing in one scene in a skirt, and then walks out of the scene wearing slacks....or maybe the reverse. I notice it every time I see the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveoldmovies04 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 In wizard of Oz there (I think it is when she meets the Tin man) that her hair is short at one point and long at the next, supposably this scene took a while and they had a long while imbetween it. * this isnt really a mistake but it is kind of funny, last night I was watching the movie Midnight and Robert Osbourn told us that John barrymore was looking off the screen alot because he was reading his lines off cards. Also mary Astor was pregnant and had to wear all sorts of scarves and other clothing to hide it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Slappy3500--I love you. In GWTW, when she's getting ready for the BBQ at 12 Oaks she leaves with no jewelry on. Then when she's eating at the BBQ she has on a coral necklace and earrings. I noticed that about the 20th time I saw it. I know there's other production inconsistancies but that's one I noticed on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path40a Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 loveoldmovies04, I was asking in another folder here what Robert Osborne had to say about Midnight. I'd watched it before on TCM, thanks to a recommendation by feaito I believe, but wasn't able to catch "Bob's" before and after comments last night. Did he say anything else? Much obliged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 No, no, no, therealfuster, you are not being a pain. I just brought up the trolley thing to get ppl. talking here. If there was a trolley built in 1900, I want a ride on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveoldmovies04 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 You know path I cant quite remember but I am pretty sure that is all he said afterwards other than how well claudette colbert's performance was. I missed the very beginning of this movie so I didnt get to see what Bob said before the movie. sorry I wasnt of much help! -phoebe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotamork Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Robert Osborne also discussed that Midnight was made during John Barrymore's "drinking years" and that his wife was given a small part in the movie to help keep him in line. I still enjoy his performance very much and Midnight has become one of my favorite movies to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 > In THE UNTOUCHABLES there are glimpses of blue and > white mail boxes. In the time frame of the film,USPS > boxes were green. Not to mention that it was then the U.S. Post Office, rather than the Postal Service. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loveoldmovies04 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Thats very interesting dakotamork about john barrymore;s drinking during the movie and his wife having to be there! -phoebe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosinryanz Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Joan Crawford was listed as box office poison in 1938, along with Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Mae West, and Marlene Dietrich. All of those stars were on career declines (Garbo had just made her biggest flop, Conquest, which lost $1.5 million). None of the others were faring much better. However, Crawford did not leave MGM until 1942. Ironically, that year, the other two last original silent film stars of MGM, Norma Shearer and Garbo, both parted from the studio. Mommie Dearest is extremely chronologically incorrect, as you probably already know, and many events, like the Oscar winning night, were very much changed. Ironically, Christina Crawford never liked the picture version of her book - she said it missed the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicsfan1119 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I find it curious that Christina Crawford didn't like the movie version of her book, and said that it "missed the point". I read the book, and saw the movie, and felt that Christina's "point" was more than made if it was to seek vengence by attempting to destroy her mother's image forevermore, when she and her brother were left out of Crawford's Will. Perhaps I missed the point, too, although it would have been a little hard to miss! ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayresorchids Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I read Christina Crawford's book many years ago, and I must say, I thought she was sympathetic to her mother's obvious mental illness. I suppose she could have hidden all that happened for the sake of her mother's image, but after all, Joan Crawford rather publicly cut two of her children out of her will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappy3500 Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 One more for Brak. Frank Sinatra played a Spanish patriot fighting Napoleon's army in the 1957 film "The Pride and the Passion", also starring Cary Grant & Sophia Loren (which is how they began their affair). Frank wanted an authentic accent so he hired a dialogue coach to give him a Spanish accent. Unfortunately, the guy was an Argentine, which makes Frank sound like a Gaucho, instead of a Spanish rebel. So.... we have lines with an argentine "J" sound instead of a Spanish "Y" sound. "Jess, jue are a jello coward." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhryun Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Another movie mistake is in Casablanca. There is no fog in the desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loliteblue Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 In the movie "Father Of The Bride" the Spencer Tracy version Kay slams the car door on Buckleys hand & knuckles before the wedding. But during the wedding scene buckley takes off his gloves and their is no injury to his hand! Either editors goofed or Vincent Minnelli did! lolite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nygirl1089 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 In the wizard of oz when the cowardly lion is singing "if i were king of the forest" theres a shot where the crown is facin 1 way n then the next shot its facin another. in singin in the rain Gene Kelly messes up in "fit as a fiddle". his foot goes 1 way n donald o'conners goes another its towards the end of the dance. in An American In Paris when Jerry is talking to henry,b4 they sing "S'wonderful, henry's glass is full, empty, and has had a sip taken out but he never drinks it. it took a rele rele long time 2 find these many hours of movie wathcing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargzn Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Sorry for the delay, but I'm just catching up with the threads. Indeed, by 1904, the trolley car had been a mode of transportation for many, many years, in St. Louis. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/cyclone/1896p7.htm This is a link to photos from the 1897 cyclone, which includes a trolley which had been smashed to the ground, from the Eads bridge. The fair was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) but was delayed, and opened April 30, 1904, and closed December 1, 1904. As someone has already pointed out, Meet Me In St. Louis took place in 1903 and 1904. The story is based on the author's own family, which she wrote about in short story form, in the New Yorker magazine. Sally Smith Benson changed the ending to reflect what she wished would have happened -- that her family continue living in St. Louis. I have a brick from the Smith St Louis home, which was torn down some years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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