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Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
3) Mary Poppins
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (139 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a banker's children lose their nanny due to her frustration with them, a change in the wind blows in a magical nanny who matches the children's qualifications, but not those of their very proper father. As Mary Poppins helps the children magically explore the world around them, their father grows increasingly disapproving of her methods, and he must eventually deal with his own distance from his children.
Author
Publisher
Disney Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Description
Ever since 1934, when Mary Poppins descended from the skies over London into Cherry Tree Lane in the beloved book by P. L. Travers, the world has adored the enchanting adventures and peculiar wisdom of this magical nanny. For more than eight decades, Travers's staunch but charming heroine has been beloved in the pages of eight popular books-and in media-from movies to stage, and music to television, all around the world. Now Mary Poppins has come...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
x, 401 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
The story of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical children's nanny, is remarkable enough. She was instantly hailed as a classic, then became a household name when Julie Andrews stepped into the role in Disney's hugely successful film. Now she is a Broadway sensation all over again. But the story of Mary Poppins's creator, as this first biography reveals, is just as unexpected and remarkable. Australian journalist Pamela Lyndon...
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