 Debbie Reynolds (I) (qv) appears briefly as herself in several  shots; her face appears on the cover of the August 8th, 1949 issue  of "Life" magazine seen in several scenes. The cover was her first  for "Life". For the filming, the real cover of the "Life" issue was  used, but the pages of the Jackson Pollock (qv) article inside are  reproductions of the original, with Ed Harris (I) (qv)s image  substituted for Pollocks.