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MARY POPPINS (1964) (Patreon)

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2025-04-29 17:00:10
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Magic week is here!!! ✨✨✨

Excuse my long winded intro! You can skip and sync at 3:34 hahahah or enjoy my rambles🥹

🚨🚨🚨spoilers below🚨🚨🚨

Okay, I’m not gonna lie—while I think this movie IS magical, I couldn’t help but compare it to my all-time fave, The Sound of Music. I know—they're totally different films, made just a year apart, and there’s really no reason to stack them against each other. But still!

Even though every song in this movie plays an important role in the story, I did find myself wishing it were about 35 minutes shorter. I feel like it would've hit even harder for me with a slightly tighter runtime.

That said, I absolutely loved the story! Most of the musical numbers were fantastic, and those adorable kids totally stole the show. Plus, Julie Andrews and my personal fave, Dick Van Dyke, light up the screen every second they’re on it. I LOVE THEM.

What really blew me away, though, were the technical elements, especially for the time. The blend of live action with animation felt ahead of its time—it’s still impressive and fun today. From the chimney sweep dance scenes to the animated fantasy sequences, the creativity and execution are just wild. The effects, choreography, and practical tricks they used make it such a fun watch, especially knowing how groundbreaking that all was in the ‘60s.

Overall, it’s such a cool piece of film history, that I had no idea about. I really appreciate the imagination and innovation it brings to the screen. Makes it shoo-in for MAGIC week!

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!!!

Xx

Ames

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Noell G

yayy this is so cute!

PhantomRocker

I haven't seen this movie since the late 60's.

John Walters

A beautiful Canadian named Julie Nolke uploads weekly comedy skits to her Youtube channel, Ames, and it so happens that her most recent upload is entitled, "When you accidentally grab Mary Poppins' suitcase at the airport". You might like to check it out.

Walt

"Mary Poppins" used a process called "sodium vapor lighting" to composite its live action with animation. This link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk has an explanation of the process, why it hasn't been used much if at all since 1964, and an attempt to recreate the process, replacing Disney's custom technology with modern off-the-shelf components. (12 minutes)

RFK Fan

Wow.. One of my earliest memories was seeing this in the theatre. I remember my sister playing the album all the time so all the catchy songs and lyrics came flooding back and I was surprised by how much of it I remember. I was also a big Dick Van Dyke fan as a child with films like this, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Robinson Crusoe USN. Since you loved this film you REALLY need to watch the WONDERFUL movie about how it ever came to the big screen to begin with. The story of just how Walt Disney (brilliantly played by Tom Hanks) convinced the forever stubborn creator of Mary Poppins (P.L. Travers) to sell him the rights to bring it to the screen is an epic adventure unto itself and I was really surprised by how touched I was by it. Look for SAVING MR. BANKS (2013).. You wont regret it...

WastedPo

I love this movie. It's also exhibit A for people who gripe about how they wish mainstream entertainment was like it was in the "good old days" when movies (supposedly) had no messaging in it. Well, they must not have been paying attention when Mary Poppins came out. Also, I can understand how on a first watch this movie might seem overly long. But I think over time (if you rewatch it incessantly like I did growing up), you start loving everything about it, and you couldn't imagine the thought of anything being cut from it. (Especially if you wanted something on to do homework to, or if you wanted a full evening of entertainment.)

Wally Hartshorn

I was 2 years old when this movie came out, so it was definitely one that I saw multiple times when I was a kid. I think I even had some of the soundtrack. It's definitely a movie more aimed at children than "The Sound of Music" was, so it's more just a series of musical numbers with not much of a story. I agree that bits sort of drag a bit, but there are enough really fun numbers to keep my interest even today. Thanks for reacting to this!

MikeLL

First musical on the channel? Forgotten Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers already in Swing Time? I think it's time for another Astaire/Rogers film then! LOL /kidding I have great memories about this film seeing it as a child in the theaters. I loved that my parents took me to see it. And I was so mad that they took me to see The Sound of Music, because I thought that movie was the corniest thing I had ever seen. I hated it! And of course now as an adult I dearly love that movie, even more than Poppins. Dick Van Dyke probably got that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang movie role due to the popularity of his role in this movie. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this movie. Even though he is famous for a terrible British accent here, however, Van Dyke's physicality and comic skills really shines through in his performance. I love all the songs here, and I think the Feed the Birds number is one of the most beautiful songs in any musical. Once you rewatch the film, that song will really grow on you. And there is a great debt owed here to Jack Warner, the studio head who refused to cast Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady, giving Walt Disney the opportunity to give Julie Andrews her first film role here. I think My Fair Lady greatly suffers from Andrews absence in the role she made famous on Broadway, but she is a gift to the ages in this (almost) perfect movie. Yes, you are right, Aames. The movie is just too long. It would benefit from a shorter run time. But I don’t know what they could take out!

VivendoBem

Think I'm gonna watch S.O.B. again after this.

Teemu Laitinen

I would also like to thank Mr. Jack Warner for making this happen. Pity that we couldn't see Julie and Rex together on screen though. In the surface MP and SOM might have many thnigs in common. I mean both are musicals with children whose father needs an attitude adjustment. Both also have Julie as a magical nanny in their own way. But they are so different when you dig deeper in their tone and the whole animation thing. Also not as much romance in Mary Poppins although everybody seems to love her. Well why not since she is practically perfect in every way. I think after your comments Ames we might have to think about how do you solve a problem like Ames? 😉 I have never felt that MP needed trimming. Love all the magical Sherman brothers songs. I think all the actors do the songs justice. I think apart of course from Julie and Dick I really liked David Tomlinson in this. He had great songs and loved his interactions with Julie and Dick. Love this era of Disney when they were still innovating and not just making remakes. I have to agree with MikeLL that Feed the Birds is absolutely fantastic.

Kinokind

Repeated viewing and advanced age caused me to realize that the movie isn't about Mary Poppins or the children at all, it's about saving Mr. Banks. David Tomlinson's performance in the latter part of the film is heartbreaking. His walk to the back to the bank always brings me to tears. Anyway, fun facts: Mr. Daws Junior (Arthur Malet) is the grave keeper who shows Dr. Loomis to Judith Myers' grave in "Halloween". Katie Nana (Elsa Lanchester) was the original Bride of Frankenstein, and was married to Charles Laughton, who played Quasimodo, in the 1939 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Look at all the horror movie connections! And of course "Mary Poppins" also might remind one of "Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang" because both scores were composed by the brilliant Sherman brothers. Feed the Birds made Walt Disney cry, and he would often ask Richard Sherman to play it for him on the piano in his office. And lets take a moment to thank the late, great Jim Fetherolf for his magnificent matte paintings of the rooftops of Edwardian London.

James Rogers

I think you hit the nail on the head when you talked about seeing this for the first time as an adult rather than as a child. I was 8 when this came out so I didn't notice any of the filler that I recognize as an adult. I got the soundtrack album after seeing the movie and played it every night for months. I literally wore it out. If any movie can bring out what's left of my inner child its this one. Thanks for the memories.

Hold Down A
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So cool James! I see the magic in it so much I’m so happy it’s a great memory for you!!!

samuel Jakob

I love this movie, one of my favorite movies as a kid, and I still love it and it will always have a special place in my heart.

Brian

Magic is the correct word. My mother took my brother & I to the theater to see this back in ‘77? Maybe ‘78? One of the 1st movies I ever remember seeing in the theater, along with the 1st Star Wars movie. Her & my father had divorced, and she hadn’t yet met her 2nd husband. I was maybe 4 or 5 at the time. And it was magical. That’s what I remember from seeing this as a very young boy, at the time. I know I saw it a few times here & there back in the late 70’s / early 80’s, but soon reached that older boy point where musicals were no longer cool. So I probably haven’t seen this in nearly 45 years. This brought me right back to being a kid again, rewatching today. Just flooded with memories of seeing this with my brother & mom for the 1st time back in the late 70’s & being one of the 1st movies I ever remember seeing at the theater. My mom LOVED musicals like this. She still jokes with me that, as I got older, I began referring to films like this as “boring jolly movies”! 🤣😊 “Childhood slips like sand through a sieve…” 😭🥲😭🥲