Did Someone Pay Closer Attention to the Early Scenes than Me?
I was only half listening and not watching the screen during the early scenes of the movie, when they were rooting for "Roosevelt's" (Theodore Roosevelt) election. The 'Goofs' section says that they erred in the movie because at the ball ca. 1901 they played "In My Merry Oldsmobile," which was not published until 1905. Well, Theodore was not elected President until 1904 and his first inaugural ball would have been in April (January?) 1905. In 1901 he ascended to the Presidency when McKinley died of the wound inflicted by Leon Czolgosz. He had been elected Vice-President on that ticket in 1900.
Was anyone else out there paying closer attention than me? If so, did the movie portray the 1900 election and 1901 inauguration ball or the 1904 election and 1905 inaugural ball?