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Dracula's Daughter (1936) More at IMDbPro »

• Errors in geography: Although the film takes place Mostly in London, telephones consistently ring one ring at a time, whereas British phones have always used a double ring.
  
  
• Continuity: Edward Van Sloan's character was named "Van Helsing" in the original film of 'Dracula'. He plays the same character in this sequel, but he is now named "Von Helsing."
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Van Helsing addresses one of the police officers as "constable", in spite of his obvious sergeant stripes. Although this may be Van Helsing's error, it is curious that the officer (who is established as a pompous, self-important character) does not attempt to correct him.
  
  

• Factual errors: The sergeant refers to the police station to which the body of Dracula has been brought as "Whitby Jail". The term "jail" is only used in the UK to refer to dedicated prison facilities (and mostly in a historical context: e.g. Newgate Gaol). It it not used to refer to police stations.
  
  
• Factual errors: Just before the sergeant leaves his constable alone in the station (just before Zaleska makes her first appearance), he hands him a pistol. Even in 1936, it is extremely unlikely that a non-metropolitan UK police officer would have access to or authority to issue firearms without exceptional circumstances (which would not have included guarding two corpses).
  
  
• Errors in geography: In the early part of the film, which follows directly on from Dracula (1931), one of the uber-British police officers specifies the location as "Whitby Jail". Furthermore, in the previous film, the location of Carfax Abbey is at first specified as Whitby and later as "near London": Whitby is over 200 miles from London. (This is presumably in reference to Bram Stoker's novel, much of which was set in Whitby.)
  
  
• Factual errors: "Scotland Yard" was the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police (the Greater London area police force). A murder committed in Whitby - under the jurisdiction of a separate force - would not have required the suspect to be sent all the way to London. This may be a consequence of Garrett Fort's apparent belief, as stated in "Dracula" (1931), that Whitby is "near London" (which it isn't).
  
  

• Plot holes: SPOILER: Garth is standing between Sandor and the Countess when she is shot by the arrow. From where Sandor fired, the arrow would have had to go through Garth first to hit her.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: Sandor is aiming his bow again when he is shot, but when the police examine his body, the bow is nowhere in sight.
  
  

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