"I probably knew every frame as well as Walt Disney himself, who invested 20 years in bringing it to the screen. The culmination of his live action achievements, Mary Poppins remained the project Walt was most proud of. A sophisticated, multi-Oscar-winning musical that proved the House of Mouse was about more than just cartoons, its box office success enabled him to expand his Florida ambitions for Disney World resort and shore up the company's financial future."
"His accessible and slightly scholarly tome invites us to view the beloved movie, not through its star, Julie Andrews (then nervously making her Oscar-winning screen debut, aged 29), but through its unsung heroes. Really, it is a biography by stealth of Bob and Dick Sherman, the songwriting duo who redefined the Disney sound with hits including It's a Small World (After All), one of the most performed songs of all time."
"Do you know what a nanny is? Disney asked the brothers. Yeah, a goat, Bob Sherman replied The immigrant sons of a Kyiv-born musician, the Shermans were jobbing LA songwriters when their work caught the ears of Walt Disney. For reasons Pierce never fully probes, Walt soon tasks the boys (as he called them), who had never developed a screenplay before, with realising his long-cherished Poppins project."
Mary Poppins (1964) was Walt Disney's culminating live-action achievement and financially enabled expansion of Disney World. The film's sophistication and multiple Oscars demonstrated Disney's ability beyond animation. Bob and Dick Sherman, immigrant sons of a Kyiv-born musician, became central figures by composing songs that reshaped the movie's narrative. The Shermans had been LA songwriters and were asked to realize P.L. Travers' episodic book without a prior screenplay or treatment. They composed tunes and then strung them together to create a cinematically satisfying storyline. Cultural gaps and unfamiliarity with British sensibilities influenced early misunderstandings during development.
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