Mary Poppins

Director: Robert Stevenson

1964 / 139min / 35mm

Disney brings the Edwardian England of P.L. Travers—an ever-present consultant on this film’s set—and her flying nanny to vividly colored life in a song-and-dance extravaganza beloved by generation after generation, starring Julie Andrews, in her film debut, in the title role, and a cockney Dick Van Dyke as her jack-of-all trades pal Bert, leaving everything on the field in the film’s show-stopping 14-minute chimney sweep number. Blending live-action, animation, animatronics, and a bevy of practical effects to consistently enchanting results, Mary Poppins would net an astonishing 13 Academy Award nominations, and prove conclusively that the magic of Disney wasn’t limited to the world of cartooning.

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios/20th Century

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