A 1964 American musical fantasy about a magical English nanny who arrives at a strained Edwardian London household and rearranges its priorities.
Production
Walt Disney spent two decades persuading author P. L. Travers to license her Mary Poppins novels. Robert Stevenson directed for Walt Disney Productions, with Julie Andrews making her film debut in the title role and Dick Van Dyke as the chimney sweep Bert. The film combined live action with hand-drawn animation in several extended sequences.
Reception
The film earned around $103 million on a $6 million budget on initial release and received 13 Academy Award nominations, winning five. Andrews won Best Actress in her debut.
Legacy
The film became the highest-grossing Disney release of the 1960s and validated the studio’s hybrid live-action-and-animation approach. A 1965 song from the score, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” entered general English speech.