Mary Poppins (film) indicated that more than 30 songs were written at various stages of the film's development. No cast recordings of any of these songs have been released to the public, only demos or later performances done by the songwriters — with the exception of the rooftop reprise of "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and the "smoke staircase yodel" mentioned below. The Compass Sequence, a precursor to "Jolly Holiday", was to be a multiple-song sequence. A number of possible musical components have been identified: "Mary Poppins" premiered on August 27, 1964, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Travers was not extended an invitation
David Seymour (photographer) from which they had been cut off during the fascist years and war years. After Capa's death in 1954, Chim became president of Magnum Photos. He held that post until his death on November 10, 1956. On November 10, 1956, Chim was killed while driving to photograph an exchange of wounded soldiers at El Quantara (along with French photographer Jean Roy) by Egyptian machinegun fire four days after the armistice of the 1956 Suez War, ten days before his 45th birthday. Chim's work remains available by way of Magnum Photos and his estate is managed by nephew Ben Shneiderman and