The ship that appears in the beginning is the RMS Aquitania built in 1914; the ship shown pulling into the pier is either the Bremen or the Europa, both German ships from 1929.
When Paul and Tayla go for a walk, a moving urban scene is projected behind the actors. The scenery is moving much too fast, and at one point a bird flies right up to the camera. Projecting the image behind the actors makes the bird appear to be about eight feet tall.
When the train pulls into the stop where Joe learns about the birth of his son, the film has been reversed as evidenced by the numbers on the front of the locomotive are backwards.
Joe Krozac is sent to Alcatraz in 1927, but Alcatraz didn't become a federal penitentiary until 1933.
All of Rose Stradner's clothing and hairstyles in the 1927 sequences are strictly in the style of 1937.