“Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim-chim cher-ee, when you’re with a sweep, you’re in glad company.” So sings Julie Andrews in a memorable moment from the classic movie “Mary Poppins,” but Andrews’ ...

Legendary actor Dick Van Dyke, nearing his 100th birthday and book release, reminisced about 'Mary Poppins'. He fondly recalled the opening chimney sweep scene as a favorite and shared amusing ...

Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is often considered the finest of Disney's personally ...

The Sherman brothers were struggling Hollywood songwriters when Walt Disney assigned them to his adaptation of “Mary Poppins.” Their tunes helped send the film aloft.

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 ...

What follows is the review of the original "Mary Poppins" film that appeared in the Sept. 25, 1964, edition of Newsday. A sequel, "Mary Poppins Returns," starring Emily Blunt as the nanny, hits ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) - Social media is in uproar after a U.S. academic accused Disney's 1964 classic film "Mary Poppins" ofpromoting 'blackface' in the famous chimney sweeping scene. In an opinion ...

Mary Poppins is about to make a new, magical appearance on the big screen in the upcoming "Mary Poppins Returns." The sequel, set to be released this coming December, will feature Emily Mortimer as ...