Precious Moments 193101 Disney Mary Poppins Let's Go Fly a Kite Musical Snow Globe WATERBALL, One Size, Multicolor

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For over 20 years Walt Disney tried to convince P.L. Travers and he finally succeeded in 1961 with Travers asking to keep the rights to script approval. Filming took place between May and September in 1963 with post production and animation taking a further 11 months.

The fact that the snow globe made it into the Archives in the first place is a pretty remarkable story itself, as recounted by Disney Legend and Walt Disney Archives founder Dave Smith: “Shortly after I founded the Archives in 1970, I started searching through attics, closets, basements, and storerooms to find any items or files that I felt had historical value and should be in the Archives,” Smith says. “The basement of the Animation Building held a treasure trove, with hundreds of boxes and file cabinets stashed down there and forgotten. Everywhere things could be stored, they were.There were even huge air-conditioning ducts in which boxes had been placed when there was no space for shelving.” Actor Stanley Holloway was considered for the role of Admiral Boom but instead he went on to star in the film My Fair Lady instead.

Let’s talk about the nitty-gritty of the work you do, especially considering what a deep archive Disney has. What’s an average day like for you? And you still haven’t gotten to the work you do with the actual assets you take care of from film and TV productions. Julie Andrews had huge success in the West End and Broadway prior to her transition into film and future stardom. In 1963, Julie Andrews began working in the titular role of Mary Poppins. Walt Disney himself had seen her performance on stage in Camelot and subsequently offered her the role. The film Mary Poppins was based upon the first novel in P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins series. It was because Walt Disney‘s daughters loved the book so much that their Father promised to make a film based upon it.

Mary Poppins herself was originally written as strict and pompous in the books but Disney made her kind and gentle as well as keen on discipline. Disney rented a house for Andrews and her family in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles during the production. Andrews referred to the production of Mary Poppins as unrelenting and physically exerting but said that it was the best introduction she could’ve had to the film industry. During the room tidying scene, there was originally a moment when all of the toys came to life. It proved to be too scary for children so it was cut out of the final script. However, the idea was re-used in the Broadway musical of Mary Poppins.I’ve been with Disney since 1989. I started not too long after college, so I’ve been here for 33 years, and 29 of that in the Walt Disney Archives. So, it’s obviously very important to me, a very big part of my life. I’m very emotionally attached to Disney; I love the company, and I love what I do. I often get questioned by people who say, ‘Oh, you have my dream job.’ And I have to admit that, well, yes, I do. I have my dream job. It’s such an honor and a real blessing in my life to be able to work with the people that I work with. I think probably my favorite part is working with all these extremely talented people and supporting the work that they do. The film inspired the eighth season episode of The Simpsons entitled "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", featuring a parody of Mary Poppins called "Shary Bobbins" who helps out the Simpson family when Marge loses her hair due to stress. It also includes spoof songs, "The Perfect Nanny", "A Spoonful of Sugar", "Feed the Birds" and "The Life I Lead".

I’ve always thought that Mary Poppins is David Tomlinson’s movie as much as it is Julie Andrews’. When, as Mr Banks, he gets his hat punched inside out and his bosses destroy his umbrella, he plays the scene with a pathos that, to a child of seven or eight, does terrible violence to the notion of parental infallibility. Tomlinson is the great heart of the movie, the warmth to Andrews’ splinter of ice, who, while sustaining the film’s line in jokey verbosity, still manages to be moving. Another sky high secret in the production of Mary Poppins, is that the wires holding up Julie Andrews were darkened with shoe polish to reduce reflection from the studio lights. Matthew Garber, who played Michael Banks, was paid 10 cents for each take in the tea party scene. He was afraid of heights, so a crew member offered to pay him a "bonus" of 10 cents for every take.Experience the enchantment of our globe light with mesmerizing color-changing features with music, enhancing your Christmas ornaments and creating a sparkling glitter globe centerpiece. A song about Admiral Boom was written but didn’t appear in the film. You can hear the music composed for it in the score. When a film or television series wraps, tell me about the asset collection process. How are those decisions made on what gets preserved from, say, a Disney+ series like Moon Knight or a film like Jungle Cruise? David Tomlinson was allegedly nervous about not being good enough for the part of Mr. George Banks, as he had never sung professionally before.