Mary Poppins (film)
Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers. The screenplay is by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, based on P. L. Travers's book series "Mary Poppins". The film, which combines live-action and animation, stars Julie Andrews in her feature film debut as Mary Poppins, who visits a dysfunctional family in London and employs her unique brand of lifestyle to improve the family's dynamic. Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, and Glynis Johns are featured in supporting roles. The film was shot entirely at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California using painted London background scenes.
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Brothers Robert and Richard Sherman had written the scores to several Disney movies such as "Mary Poppins" and "The Jungle Book". In the mid 1960s, Disney staff scriptwriter, AJ Carothers rediscovered the motion picture "St. Martin's Lane" and approached the Sherman brothers with the idea of purchasing the rights to the film and making a stage musical out it. The Shermans and AJ Carothers did just that in 1969, writing the musical "Piccadilly". But nothing more became of it until 1982 when interest was rekindled, and the project was rewritten and renamed, "Blow Us a Kiss". Still, nothing happened with the property until later in the same decade when interest was again sparked, and Tommy Tune became attached to the show.