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Author P.L. Travers was notoriously wary of signing over the rights to her famous children’s character, Mary Poppins, to Walt Disney. In fact, an entire movie—2013’s Saving Mr. Banks—was made about ...
For 60 years, generations of families have had spoonfuls of sugar, dancing penguins and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious delightfully woven into their lives, thanks ...
According to the documentary, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of Mary Poppins, Disney personally flew to London in 1959 and met with Travers to once ...
2.After working on adapting the book for two years, P.L. Travers came to Disney Studios and apparently "didn't like anything" that was written. In recordings and sketches from a 1961 meeting, Travers ...
This reboot comes 25 years after the original. There are some familiar characters in "Mary Poppins Returns." Almost all will take on new roles and cameos. The 1964 movie-musical "Mary Poppins" has ...
Many Disney fans are still in mourning for composer Richard M. Sherman, who died May 25 at age 95. He and his brother Robert created dozens of classic movie songs, including the Oscar-winning “Chim ...