Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is often considered the finest of Disney's personally ...

Janelle Nelson, a retiree in Minneapolis, talks with Scott Simon about a movie she hadn't seen until recently: Robert Stevenson's "Mary Poppins,"... Movies you missed: 1964's 'Mary Poppins' SCOTT ...

For some, Mary Poppins is not just a Disney classic, but a perfect rewatch during the holidays — and those fans will be happy ...

The Sherman brothers were struggling Hollywood songwriters when Walt Disney assigned them to his adaptation of “Mary Poppins.

It's so fun to revisit, as an adult, the things you loved as a child. From the schoolyard in your hometown that suddenly seems so small, to your favorite novel from college that means so much more now ...

The Disney movie, which came out in 1964, stars Julie Andrews as magical governess Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as her chimney-sweep sidekick, Bert. It snared 13 Oscar nominations — including one ...

A spoonful of sugar! With maybe just a touch of strychnine. Oldsters, who were kids in 1964, may still recall the hoopla and hysteria around "Mary Poppins," released 60 years ago this August 27.

The British film industry’s rating agency has decided to raise the rating of the 1964 classic film “Mary Poppins” to “PG” from “U,” suggesting that “discriminatory language” in the film warrants ...

Never need a reason, never need a rhyme: Mary Poppins is out of step with the times. That's according to an Oregon professor who wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times that asserts the 1964 film ...

Released in 2018, Mary Poppins Returns is a direct sequel to the 1964 classic featuring an Oscar-winning Julie Andrews. But the story only picks up roughly 20 years later, as the grown-up Michael ...

Glynis Johns, the actress famous for her role as Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100. After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living ...

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