Capone's resemblance to actor Wallace Beery is mentioned in some scenes. Beery played "Scorpio," a Chicago gangland boss based loosely on Capone in the 1931 movie "The Secret Six" co-starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable.
The look, sound, and style of the movie newsreel that fascinates Capone is based on the look and style of the then-current "March of Time" series.
Ironically, Wallace Beery, the Oscar-winning actor said to have a resemblance to Capone in this episode, was once married to future megastar Gloria Swanson very early in their careers. Joseph Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy clan, reportedly later had Swanson as his mistress during the Twenties.