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 Returns before the bowl breaks apart again, sending them back to the real world. Back in the nursery, Mary tells the children that their mother lives on in their memories ("The Place Where Lost Things Go"). The next day, Mary, Jack and the children go to visit Topsy, Mary's eccentric cousin, to see if she can fix the bowl ("Turning Turtle"). Lost on their way home, Mary, John, Annabel and Georgie run into Jack, who, alongside other lamplighters, leads them on their way home ("Trip a Little Light Fantastic"). Development on a sequel to "Mary Poppins" had long been gestating in