Mary Poppins (film) Banks as a junior partner. With her work done, Mary Poppins flies away, with Bert bidding her farewell, telling her not to stay away too long. The first novel in the "Mary Poppins" series was the film's main basis. According to the 40th Anniversary DVD release of the film in 2004, Disney's daughters fell in love with the "Mary Poppins" books and made him promise to make a film based on them. Disney first attempted to purchase the film rights to "Mary Poppins" from P. L. Travers as early as 1938 but was rebuffed because Travers did not believe a
Mary Poppins (song) Ryan Willis (as "Pewcey"), Jonny Purchase (as "Presley") and Rafe Watts (as "Parker"). They are also featured on the Original Edinburgh Cast Recording. "Mary Poppins" is the second track of that recording. The songwriter's father and uncle, Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (known collectively as the "Sherman Brothers") wrote the original song score from the 1964 movie of the same name. However the Sherman Brothers never wrote a song entitled, "Mary Poppins". The song as well as the show, were very well received by both members of the audience and critics. Glasgow Theatre Blog commented: "Despite its setting