Thursday, August 27, 1964: 'Mary Poppins'

Adapted by Walt Disney Productions from the books by P.L. Travers, "Mary Poppins" premieres in Los Angeles. The movie was a financial and critical success -- No. 1 at the box office for the year and nominated for 13 Academy Awards (winning five, including best actress for Julie Andrews and best song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee").

* Movie trailer: @

* Footage from premiere: @

* Review (Life magazine, September 25, 1964): @

* "At last Hollywood 'discovers' the toast of Broadway" (Life, November 13, 1964): @

* ' 'Mary Poppins' Lifts Disney to New Heights" (Associated Press, June 1965): @

* Official film site: @

* Entry from Turner Classic Movies: @

* Entry from "Movies of the '60s" (2004): @

* "Becoming Mary Poppins" (The New Yorker magazine, December 2005): @

* "How we made Mary Poppins" (The Guardian, December 2013): @

* "Mary Poppins, She Wrote: The Life of P.L. Travers" (Valerie Lawson, 2013): @

* "Myth, Symbol and Meaning in 'Mary Poppins': The Governess as Provocateur" (Giorgia Grilli, 2007): @ 

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