In an early scene, Moss Hart (George Hamilton) hears a radio news broadcast reporting that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has just returned from an Asian excursion and that the "former president was in excellent spirits". This refers to an actual news event reported on September 10, 1929, but it was President Roosevelt's son, also named Theodore, who made the trip. The former president had died in 1919.
The radio also reports that the New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-3 the previous day, but the game occurred two days earlier and the previous day's game had been postponed because of rain. The news report is read nearly verbatim from the New York Times' account of the game.
The radio also reports that the New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-3 the previous day, but the game occurred two days earlier and the previous day's game had been postponed because of rain. The news report is read nearly verbatim from the New York Times' account of the game.
As the train heads to Atlantic City, it is being pulled by a steam locomotive but the sound it makes is that of a diesel horn.
Although Kaufman bullies everyone, especially Hart, it takes him forever to complain about Hart's cigars.
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