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Mary Poppins
The songs, the sets, the accent. Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke star as magical nanny and cockernee chinmey sweep respectively in this much-loved, Oscar-garlanded, part-animated musical from Uncle Walt
After her stage triumph as the 'Fair Lady Liza', Andrews failed to get the part on screen, and her movie debut was as Mary Poppins, in a Disney spectacular. She notched up a Best Actress Oscar, as much for the loss of the other plum part as for her delightful performance as the woman who magically arrives in a conventional British household and transforms the lives of all around her, especially the children, for whom fun and fantasy become part of a new world. Van Dyke is fine as the chimney sweep with some great numbers and a grating accent, and the film was deservedly a mega-hit. |
