Norman Rockwell
I really enjoyed the way the movie worked in two of Rockwell's painting in the story :
- the Thanksgiving dinner (obviously)
- the Gossips, when the "rumor" gets around at the telegraph's office (it even goes full circle back to the wife).
As it is a period film, it probably made sense to use Rockwell's art as a visual reference, and I thought it made the movie all the more enjoyable.