When Mr Bebe is in his office having his hair cut by his assistant while talking about Frances, in the long shot of him at his desk the lamp to the left of the screen is on. The next shot is a close up of Mr Bebe in the and the lamp is off.
Among the framed portraits of actresses under contract to Paramount Pictures hanging on Mr. Bebe's office walls is one of Joan Crawford. But Crawford was an MGM contract player at the time portrayed in the scene and never worked for Paramount.
The recreated movie marquee for "Come and Get It" incorrectly spells Joel McCrea's name as McCrae.
The clapper board for "Flowing Gold" shows Paramount as production company. "Flowing Gold" was produced by Warner Bros.
After she recites her essay and wins its first prize ($100.00), the in-theatre news flashes on its screen and her own dialogue of her being a "16 year high school junior" were wrong. In spring, 1931, she (Frances) was a 17 year old high school senior weeks away from graduating with the West Seattle High School graduating class of that year, 1931.
A shot of the outside of a New York building shows many modern window air-conditioners, although this was supposed to be the 1930s or 1940s.
A sign on the Steelworkers Union building when in Seattle in 1931 when Frances is walking up a hill says "USA 1208 CIO" when the CIO wasn't even created until 1935.
When Frances is at the party and is warned that she's being "bugged" by the Feds, a boom mic is clearly visible over her head.