A Rogue Apostrophe in The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth features a lengthy flashback sequence, during which we find out a little more about the origins of the disease that has all but wiped out the human race. An immensely unconvincing...
View ArticleHarvey’s Height in Harvey
In Henry Koster’s 1950 comedy Harvey, James Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, a good-natured sort who’s befriended Harvey, a giant invisible rabbit. At least, he seems to be a giant rabbit, by the way that...
View ArticleThe Wrong Year in The Odd Couple
Here’s an onscreen mistake that makes the misplaced apostrophe in The Last Man on Earth look like a huge, movie-wrecking blunder. During the opening titles in The Odd Couple, somewhere between Felix...
View ArticleLondon Buses in The Third Man
Although The Third Man is (famously) set in Vienna, and makes use of numerous locations around that city, much of the studio work and other shots were filmed in London. This would apparently include at...
View ArticleDavid Lean’s Reflection in Doctor Zhivago
When Zhivago returns home from not-quite meeting Lara on a tram in Lean’s epic, as he opens the door of his house, a slightly ghostly reflection appears in the glass window of the vestibule. The...
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