Just re-watched and enjoyed Robert Stevenson’s 1964 musical-comedy, MARY POPPINS.Stevenson was a British writer-director who (with Hitchcock) came to Hollywood in 1939 to work for David O. Selznick. In 1957, he was hired by Walt Disney Studios, where he went on to helm twenty live-action films.
Stevenson earned an Oscar nomination for POPPINS, though it is the genius of brothers Robert and Richard Sherman that make his film a true classic. Most deservedly, the Sherman Brothers won Best Song at the 1965 Academy Awards for their melancholy chimney sweep folk ballad, “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”
Co-stars Julie Andrews (Best Actress winner for this role) and Dick Van Dyke (with strong support from David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns) add to the film’s lasting appeal.
I’ve never met a boy who didn’t want to be like Van Dyke’s Bert...or a girl who didn’t love him.
God, I had the most gigantic crush on Julie Andrews. I loved her so much when I was a little boy that I'd cry at the end of "Sound of Music" because the movie was over. So long, farewell ... aaaaaahg!!
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