61 years ago today (August 27,
1964) “Mary Poppins” first came out in theaters.
It became the highest grossing
Film of 1964 making $103 Million Dollars ($384 Million in 2025 Dollars.)
It received a total of 13 Academy
Award Nominations—a record for any Film released by Walt Disney
Studios—including Best Picture, and won 5: Best Actress for Andrews, Best Film
Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Visual Effects, and Best Original Song
for "Chim Chim Cher-ee".
Matthew Garber (Michael Banks)
died in 1977.
David Tomlinson (Mr. Banks) died
in 2000.
Glynis Johns (Mrs. Banks) died in
2024.
Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) will
be 90 in October.
Dick Van Dyke (Bert) will be 100
in December.
A Sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns”,
was released on December 19, 2018 - making it the longest interval between film
Sequels in Cinematic History, at 54 years.
My Mom loved this movie and I
used to watch it with her.
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