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Anachronisms

posted 14 years ago by Harold_Robbins
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Sure, they happen, despite the best of intentions and preparation, so I'm not going to gripe - a review I read mentioned that a shot of early 1960s New York City included the World Trade Center.

However, although I'm hardly that far along, as I've only just begun the first episode, I've already found a glaring anachronism that fans and collectors of a certain beloved American novel (such as myself!) will be quick to notice:

Episode 1 begins on VE Day, 1945 - 6 minutes and 52 seconds in, Julie Prescott (Susan Blakely) is shown reading GONE WITH THE WIND to a wounded soldier. Problem is, she's reading an almost-new copy of the Avon Books mass-market (rack-size) paperback edition that Avon Books didn't publish until April, 1973!!! She should have been reading to him from a hardcover copy of more contemporary vintage, as other than an oversized movie-tie-in edition printed in December 1939 and January 1940, GWTW wasn't available in paperback (least of all rack-sized) until the early 1950s, when it was issued by Perma-Books with a cover price of 75-cents!

"'Nature,' Mr. Allnut, is what we are put here to rrrrrriiiiise above!"

[–] phillindholm 14 years ago

OOPS!

[–] Harold_Robbins 13 years ago

Episode 6 (I think) picks up in 1954, and again mentions going to Sing-Sing to protest the forthcoming execution of the Rosenbergs who, as it happens, were executed on June 19, 1953.

"'Nature,' Mr. Allnut, is what we are put here to rrrrrriiiiise above!"

[–] phillindholm 13 years ago

OOPS!

[–] Balberith 10 years ago

Not to mention that some of men had hair a bit too long for the 1950s such as Bill Bixby's character.

"A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"

[–] Quentin36 8 years ago

Fortunately there was no IMDB then

[–] 8 years ago

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