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form y separately published work icon Mary Poppins single work   film/TV   children's   fantasy  
Adaptation of Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , 1934 single work children's fiction
Note: Lyrics by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman
Issue Details: First known date: 1964... 1964 Mary Poppins
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Film Details - Walt Disney Productions , 1964

Producers:

Bill Walsh

Production Companies:

Walt Disney Productions

Director of Photography:

Edward Colman

Editors:

Cotton Warburton

Production Designers:

Carroll Clark
William H. Tuntke

Composer:

Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman

Music:

Irwin Kostal (music arranger/supervisor)

Cast:

Incl. Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins), Dick Van Dyke [billed as Navckid Keyd] (Bert / Mr. Dawes Senior), David Tomlinson (Mr Banks), Glynis Johns (Mrs Banks), Hermione Baddeley (Domestic - Ellen), Reta Shaw (Domestic - Mrs Clara Brill), Karen Dotrice (Jane Banks), Matthew Garber (Michael Banks), Elsa Lanchester (Katie Nanna), Arthur Treacher (The Constable), Reginald Owen (Admiral Boom), Ed Wynn (Uncle Albert), Jane Darwell (The Bird Woman), Arthur Malet (Mr Dawes, Junior), James Logan (Citizen), Don Barclay (Mr Binnacle - Admiral's servant), Alma Lawton (Mrs Corry - Old woman in park), Marjorie Eaton (Miss Persimmon - Old woman in park), Marjorie Bennett (Miss Lark - Old woman in park). The following are uncredited: Robert Banas (Chimney Sweep), Marc Breaux (Cow - voice), Daws Butler (Turtle / Penguin - voices), Cyril Delevanti (Mr Grubbs), Paul Frees (Barnyard Horse - voice), Betty Lou Gerson (Old Crone), Clive Halliday (Mr Mousley), Sam Harris (Citizen), Bill Lee (Ram - voice), Doris Lloyd (Depositor), Lester Matthews (Mr Tomes), Sean McClory (Hound / Reporter #4 - voices), Dal McKennon (Fox / Hunting Horse / Reporter #1 / Carousel Guard / Penguin / Hound - voices), Alan Napier (Huntsman / Reporter #3 / Hound - voices), Marni Nixon (Geese - voices), J. Pat O'Malley (Pearly Drummer / Master of Hounds / Huntsman / Hound / Horse / Penguin / Reporter #2 / Photographer - voices), George Pelling (Hound / Reporter #5 - voices), Thurl Ravenscroft (Hog / Andrew's Whimper - voices), Larri Thomas (Woman in Carriage), Ginny Tyler (Lambs - voice).

Release Dates:

1. Premiered on 27 August 1964 (Los Angeles, California). Released commercially in the USA on 29 August 1964. Other release dates include Brazil (11 September 1964); Argentina (3 December 1964); Australia (1 April 1965); Denmark (16 July 1965); Sweden (23 August 1965); UK (23 August 1965); Finland (3 September 1965); France (15 September 1965); Italy (2 October 1965); Hong Kong (21 October 1965); West Germany (22 October 1965); Spain (2 December 1965); Austria (10 December 1965); Japan (18 December 1965).
2. Re-released in Japan (21 February 1976); Italy (20 October 1976); Finland (18 February 1977); Japan (4 March 1995); Italy (22 June 1995); Denmark (14 July 1995); USA (12 November 2000 - Wisconsin International Children's Film Festival); Israel (14 July 2005).
3. Released on videocassette format in ca. 1997 by Disney. Re-released on DVD format by Disney in 2000. A 40th Anniversary edition was also released in 2004.

Location:

  • Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California.

Awards:

  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Andrews (winner)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Film Editing - Cotton Warburton (winner)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Effects, Special Visual Effects - Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, Eustace Lycett (winners)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Music, Original Song - Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, for 'Chim Chim Cher-ee' (winners)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Art Direction/Set Decoration - Carroll Clark, William H. Tuntke, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Cinematography - Edward Colman (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Costume Design - Tony Walton (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Director - Robert Stevenson (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment - Irwin Kostal (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Picture - Walt Disney Bill Walsh (nomination)
  • Academy Awards, USA (1965) Best Sound - Robert O. Cook (nomination)

Notes:

1. Choreographer: Dee Dee Wood
2. Also known as Maija Poppanen (Finland).
3. The rights to Travers's Mary Poppin stories had been pursued by Walt Disney since 1938, but the author was distrustful of the film industry, having seen what studios had done to other authors' works. She subsequently demanded to have some creative control over any cinematic adaptation. By the 1960s, Walt Disney Productions realised that it would have to meet Travers's demands or risk losing the rights. The years of negotiations had also served to increase the company's desire to make a definitive and 'truly special' film. Although Disney had recently failed at the box office with the fantasy-themed project Darby O'Gill and the Little People, the company was confident that Mary Poppins had the potential to be a world-wide hit. The film's success was also very much a response to the original compositions by the Sherman brothers.

Subjects:
Settings:
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
Influence on:
Mary Poppins Returns
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