Last week I went to the movie theater to see the 2018 Disney release “Mary Poppins Returns”. I wanted to see it on the big screen. It was well done – it had to be, to compete with the original movie “Mary Poppins” with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. The sequel had a lot to live up to, but Emily Blunt, the actress who played Mary Poppins, did a good job, along with all the other actors and actresses. It was magical.
The first “Mary Poppins” was released in 1964. I would have turned 11 years old that year. I remember I had a birthday party and three friends went with me to see “Mary Poppins”. Of course we saw it on the big screen, at the Hollywood Theater in NE Minneapolis. All movies were on the big screen at that time. The idea of watching a movie at home was unheard of.
What I remember most about the party is a gift I received. After the movie we went back at my house to eat cake and ice cream and open presents. One of the girls gave me an umbrella – which was clever of her, and memorable for me. For Mary Poppins, her umbrella was magical…and now I had a magical umbrella too.
Interestingly, this is the only birthday party I remember having as a child.
I agree the umbrella was the perfect gift. Memorable. Fitting.
I, too, saw Mary Poppins as a child, one of the few movies I got to attend. And I got one birthday party. At age nine.
So similar…doesn’t surprise me.
I wonder what you did for your birthday party?
I remember an outdoor treasure hunt and some game of looking for pictures in magazines. Mostly I remember that my friend Robin gave me a mini troll with pink hair. It was a pin to wear and I still have it.
Ahhh, trolls…I have a couple saved from my childhood too.
The original Mary Poppins was one of my favorites when I was young, but it sounds like to new release is also entertaining – will have to go see it!
Let me know what you think…where do you go to the movie theater?