Making Mary Poppins

The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

When Bob and Dick Sherman—two relatively unknown songwriters—walked onto the Walt Disney Studios lot to pitch a song for Annette Funicello, they had no idea that they’d end up meeting Disney himself or that a few months later they’d be developing the songs and story line for the studio’s biggest live-action film ever. In this captivating book, Todd James Pierce details the process from conception through production, including the challenges faced in dealing with author P. L. Travers. While the Shermans and their songs are at the heart of the book, there are also lively anecdotes about the casting of the film, the innovative special effects and the relationship between “Mary Poppins” and the larger Disney world. Making Mary Poppins tells the fascinating story behind an iconic film.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-11
Mått:160 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:436 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9781324111078

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Todd James Pierce is an author, professor of English, and host of the popular Disney History Institute podcast. He lives in Orcutt, California.

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"[A]n illuminating microhistory of the brothers, their relationship with Walt Disney and the classic film that became the highest-grossing picture of 1964.... ‘Making Mary Poppins’ may seem a niche attraction, but there’s plenty here to interest the general reader."