Mary Poppins scene I "think" I remember

[foofee]

I first saw Mary Poppins when it came out in theatres all the way back in the 60's. It was the first movie I remember. Now, what I remember isn't in any of the videos I have so far! I have just ordered the new DVD, so it might be there.

Was there ever a scene in the movie were Mary Poppins was sitting by the fireplace, darning socks, and her Parrot Umbrella talked to her about the children?

No one else seems to remember that scene and I don't think I made it up!

TIA

[Wonderlicious]

Your memory is probably playing up on you. These events did happen, but seperately. Mary dries socks by a fire in one scene, the next scene she sits down (not by the fireplace, however) and at the end, we see Mary talking about the children to the umbrella parrot just as the film ends.

[foofee]

Joe,,

Thank you for your reply. Maybe it was my memory. I guess I wanted the parrot to talk more. I had a Golden Book with pictures in it, I might have confused it too.

[Chris]

It's interesting that you mention the Golden Book, foofee. When you were describing your memory, I thought of the Golden book as well, and that illustration in there of the umbrella leaning against the fireplace and her sitting in the chair knitting on the next page. I loved that book. The illustrations are very nice.

Here is one of them:

[Poppins#1]

I would say it's definitely your memory playing tricks on you. Mary Poppins is the one movie that the Disney studious have been disinclined to tamper with (editing-wise). This is probably because of the fact that Walt considered it one of his proudest achievments. While other similar Disney projects such as "The Happiest Millionaire" and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" were edited down after their Roadshow premieres, "Mary Poppins" has always been shown theatrically and on video in it's original 139 minute cut. I'm sure there have been times when it's been edited to fit into TV time slots, but that's about it.

Which brings me to a new point. After all the reverence this film has been given through the years, why has Disney decided to make some major alterations to the soundtrack in the new "Enhanced Home Theater Mix" by re-recording the foley effects? Don't believe me? Check out this review: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htforum ... id=2483748 But to be fair, they did include the unaltered original soundtrack as a bonus, although I would have preferred if it had been in 5.1 and had been the default sountrack.