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Mary Poppins Original Lobby Card

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Mary Poppins Original Lobby Card
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Mary Poppins was directed by Robert Stevenson and screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi. It was released on August 29, 1964 by Walt Disney Productions and runs for 139 minutes. Julie Andrews is Mary Poppins, Dick Van Dyke is Bert/ Mr. Dawes Senior, David Tomlinson is Mr. Banks, Glynis Johns is Mrs. Banks, Karen Dotrice is Jane Banks, Ed Wyn is Uncle Albert, and Matthew Garber is Michael Banks. In 1965 the movie won Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role by Julie Andrews, Best Effects Special Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Music Original Song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” and Best Music Score-Substantially Original. It was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Color, Best Cinematography Color, Best Costume Design Color, Best Director, Best Music, Best Picture, Best Sound, and Best Writing. Julie Andrews won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress- Comedy/Musical. The movie was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Best Motion Picture Actor Dick Van Dyke, and Best Original Score. It also won a Grammy for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Show by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The author of the "Poppins" books, P.L. Travers, approved heartily of the casting of Julie Andrews after hearing her only on the telephone. Andrews granted the interview from her bed after the delivery of her daughter, Emma Walton. Prior to the 1964 premiere, Walt Disney had not personally attended a studio premiere since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Many of the nannies in the large queue of applicants for the job at the start of the film were actually men in drag. The "Step in Time" sequence had to be filmed twice because of a scratch on the film from the first take. The entire sequence took a week to film. Mary Poppins and Mrs. Banks never speak to each other in the film.