See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1934, the writer P.L. Travers introduced Mary Poppins, who quickly ...

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See more of our coverage in your search results. As a film reviewer, a young British woman named P.L. Travers, writing about the movie “Snow White” in 1937, pronounced Walt Disney a shameless purveyor ...

The story of how Mary Poppins was made is generating much critical and popular buzz in the new film Saving Mr. Banks. The release comes on the eve of the movie's 50th anniversary next year and the ...

As the respective creators of Mickey Mouse and Mary Poppins, two of the most cheerful, beloved characters around, it’s odd to imagine studio head Walt Disney and author P.L. Travers quarreling. But ...

For over 50 years, Mary Poppins was, to most of us, the sweet-faced Julie Andrews in her feature film debut. From the second she floated down on her umbrella to Cherry Tree Lane in the 1964 Disney ...

Disney is rife with reboots, but Mary Poppins Returns is decidedly a "sequel, not a remake" — as Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter is eager to remind fans. Not only that, but it's based on books you can ...

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When P.L. Travers died in 1996, I wrote a tribute in the Los Angeles Times and confessed that I have pressed copies of "Mary Poppins" on friends who, only familiar with the Disney version, responded ...