Never need a reason, never need a rhyme: Mary Poppins is out of step with the times. That's according to an Oregon professor who wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times that asserts the 1964 film ...

Sixty years after its original release and the Mary Poppins cast is still remembered fondly. This Disney classic came out in 1964 and went on to win five Academy Awards, including for the song "Chim ...

2.After working on adapting the book for two years, P.L. Travers came to Disney Studios and apparently "didn't like anything" that was written. In recordings and sketches from a 1961 meeting, Travers ...

'Mary Poppins' — a sequel starring Emily Blunt hits theaters Dec. 19 — topped the box office in 1964 (and earned an Oscar for star Julie Andrews), allowing Walt Disney to buy 27,000 acres near Orlando ...

A spoonful of sugar! With maybe just a touch of strychnine. Oldsters, who were kids in 1964, may still recall the hoopla and hysteria around "Mary Poppins," released 60 years ago this August 27.

The 99-year-old actor opened up about his career at a recent charity event Dick Van Dyke almost didn't get the role of Bert in Mary Poppins At a recent Vandy High Tea event, he talked about his ...

The Disney movie, which came out in 1964, stars Julie Andrews as magical governess Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as her chimney-sweep sidekick, Bert. It snared 13 Oscar nominations — including one ...

Glynis Johns, the actress famous for her role as Mrs. Banks in “Mary Poppins,” has died. She was 100. After a career spanning eight decades, Johns died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living ...