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"The first thing I noticed as Cohan was being led into FDR's office was the line of Presidential portraits on the wall, and a couple of flags along the way.  Discussion of the flag between Cohan and the valet, referring to it as grand then and still grand now.  Enter the office, and I see nothing but photos on the walls of ships, many appearing to be involved in combat.  Was this a deliberate act to make the audiences think of Pearl Harbor?  If so, do you think that would rile and rally the audiences to feel patriotic and root for the U.S.A. in the ongoing WWII?  That's what I took out of this first and foremost.  Also, of course, more mentions of the flag during the FDR-Cohan conversation, with the President saying Irish-Americans wear that love of country out like a flag.\n \n\n\n\tI like that the movie opened this way.  It is obvious that we're going to see and hear what brought Cohan to this point where he's in the Oval Office shaking hands and conversing with the President of the United States.  I'm not sure the film would have been better or worse if it opened with the parade, but that's neither really here nor there in my opinion.  I think the biography could have still been effective in either case.\n "
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