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Title

  • Mary Poppins

Summary

  • A musical fantasy about a British nanny who takes over the household of a proper London banker and his busy suffragette wife and introduces their two lonely children to a world of imagination in which people fly, carousel horses come alive, and tea parties are held on the ceiling.

Names

  • Stevenson, Robert, 1905-1986, film director
  • Walsh, Bill, 1913-1975, screenwriter
  • DaGradi, Don, screenwriter
  • Andrews, Julie, actor
  • Van Dyke, Dick, actor
  • Tomlinson, David, 1917-2000, actor
  • Johns, Glynis, actor
  • Travers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996
  • Walt Disney Productions, production company
  • Buena Vista Distribution Co., film distributor
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Buena Vista Distribution Co., 1964 ; United States : [Walt Disney Home Video, 1983]

Headings

  • -  Poppins, Mary--(Fictitious character)--Drama

Genre

  • Children's films
  • Live-action/animation films
  • Fantasy films
  • Fiction films
  • Feature films
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  LP28936 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Walt Disney Productions; 18Aug64; LP28936.
  • -  Copyright notice on disc: Walt Disney Productions ; 1964.
  • -  Animation director, Hamilton S. Luske ; music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ; director of photography, Edward Colman ; film editor, Cotton Warburton.
  • -  Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn.
  • -  Summary taken from MI Film and Television catalog card.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: 23AS.
  • -  Based on the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers.
  • -  Two videodiscs in one jacket.
  • -  Sources used: videodisc label and jacket; Copyright catalog, motion pictures 1960-1969.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Not viewed.
  • -  Non-viewing print renumbered: FGB 7553-7560 to ZGA 0070-0077.

Medium

  • viewing copy 2 videodiscs of 2 (optical) (approximately 139 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
  • non-viewing print 8 film reels of 8 on 16 (approximately 139 min., approximately 12,500 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 1590 (viewing copy)
  • ZGA 0070-0077 (non-viewing print)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96506407

Access Advisory

  • non-viewing print Restricted: material extremely fragile; cannot be viewed.

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Stevenson, Robert, Film Director, Bill Walsh, Don Dagradi, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, et al. Mary Poppins. produceds by Walt Disney Productionsuction Company [United States: Buena Vista Distribution Co., ; United States: Walt Disney Home Video, 1983, 1983] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/96506407/.

APA citation style:

Stevenson, R., Walsh, B., Dagradi, D., Andrews, J., Van Dyke, D., Tomlinson, D. [...] Copyright Collection. (1983) Mary Poppins. Walt Disney Productionsuction Company, prod [United States: Buena Vista Distribution Co., ; United States: Walt Disney Home Video, 1983] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96506407/.

MLA citation style:

Stevenson, Robert, Film Director, et al. Mary Poppins. prod by Walt Disney Productionsuction Company [United States: Buena Vista Distribution Co., ; United States: Walt Disney Home Video, 1983, 1983] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96506407/>.