With a little bit of serendipity thrown in for good measure — Nancy is mistaken for Jessica (the would - be date) in part because she happens to be holding the same book Jack has been reading — our adventure plods onward through the streets of downtown London and into pubs. (digitalshortbread.com)
The craziest bit of serendipity though: the genius producer of the 1920s Irving Thalberg (the man most responsible for the creation of the studio system) is played by a young Robert Evans, who would go on to be the genius producer of the 1970s (after the collapse of that same studio system). (theendofcinema.net)