In the opening scene, in Louis's Dining Room, on the left-hand side, there is a biblical landscape painting by van Rijn, Rembrandt called "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee". It was last reported stolen from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, in the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, which was one of thirteen Rembrandt and Vermeer paintings taken from the gallery. According to the stipulation in Jack's will (Isabelle Gardiner), the paintings were to remain where it stood, as such there is an empty frame which serve as a placeholder for these irreplaceable works of art.
Chalmette is a town right outside the City of New Orleans, south of the Mississippi River.
During Prohibition, where the use of alcohol in public establishments and private consumption was prohibited, speakeasies, underground bars popped up to fill the void. In order to get past the door, you had to "speak easy", know the right phrase that would not draw unnecessary attention.
Bruce provided a book called "Etiquette" to Claudia. Emily Post, the author , was the authority in the subject matter and praised by the American public for doing so.
Sylvia Plath was an author who wrote poems about depression and suicide. She ended her life by sealing the kitchen off from the rest of the house, turning on the gas, and placing her head in oven.