On the soundtrack, a balletic overture of violins and woodwinds plays, as the camera pans down from a gilded proscenium above the stage of a derelict, abandoned opera house/casino, a symbol of collapsed civilization.[Cohan""s real birthday was July 3rd.](Voice-Over)It was in Providence, Rhode Island, on the Fourth of July.There weren""t so many stars then in the flag or on the stage.But folks knew that more were coming.They were optimistic, happy, and expectant.The beginning of the Horatio Alger Age...The flashback slowly dissolves into the image of a billowing American flag in the late 1870s, and then the camera pans down to a Main Street in a typical American town where everyone is celebrating the Fourth of July.Henri excuses his graying hair and older age:Let""s just say I""m old enough to know what to do with my young feelings."As the newly-reunited couple walked along the beach coastline, she was definitely uncertain about reigniting their relationship:I just don""t know if I""m up to it anymore.