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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: In the big fight and dance at the barn raising, the brothers change locations rapidly.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: Obvious stand-in for Ephriam (Jacques d'Amboise) when Milly is giving birth.
  
  
• Continuity: Gideon's shirt as he's doing handstands.
  
  

• Continuity: Frank's flap on his red shirt changes from a v shape like Ephraim's to a square like Gideon's throughout the same scene.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" there are live birds flying ont the set, but they clearly were confused by the backdrop and several crash into it (the director acknowledges this in a documentary).
  
  
• Anachronisms: The "Cook Wanted" sign shown after Milly leaves is clearly written in permanent marker.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: During "June Bride", the icicles on the eaves of the porch are swaying
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Caleb says, "There was no 'F' names in the Bible, so Ma named him Frankincense, 'cause he smelled so sweet." However, there are in fact three "F" names in the Bible: Felix (referenced in Acts 24:27); Fes'tus (referenced in Acts 24:27, 25:1, 25:4, 25:9, 25:12, 25:13, 25:14, 25:22, 25:24, 26:24, 26:25, and 26:32); and Fortunatus (referenced in 1 Corinthians 16:17).
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the final scene, when the six brothers are marrying the girls, Gideon and Alice both look behind them for the approval of the fathers. However, there are only five fathers behind them because Alice's father is the parson and in front of them.
  
  
• Continuity: When Adam climbs out of the window to get into the tree, the leg he puts out first changes between shots.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: During "Going Courting", when Calebs groans, he groans longer than his mouth is open for.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Milly is ringing the bell for dinner, she is striking it with a spoon and steadying it with her right hand. This would have muted the bell, but the sound rings true.
  
  
• Anachronisms: In the last scene, after all the brothers are married, and Milly and Adam are kissing, there is a picture of Abraham Lincoln in the background. The movie is set in the spring of 1851.
  
  
• Continuity: Milly's white dress is long at the barn raising and when she returns home to minister to the brawling brothers. However, when she's dancing with Frank it's a little above her ankles.
  
  
• Continuity: When Adam is showing Milly the house, he opens the front door twice.
  
  
• Continuity: During the barn dance, there is a part where Frank, Ephraim and Caleb are dancing with the girls, Frank is dancing with Alice and in the shot immediately after, Alice is standing behind Gideon at the side of the dance floor.
  
  
• Continuity: During the barn dance after Gideon's axe jumping, he Daniel and Caleb dance with the girls until three townsmen jump from the roof and take the girls away. In the shot immediately after, Daniel has turned into Frank when they slide underneath the wooden beam.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Milly allows Adam to come back in the house he is supposed to be walking on tree limbs to get back in the window, but you can see that he is obviously stepping on flat ground.
  
  

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