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Mary Poppins.


Mary Poppins (Disney, 1962). More than four decades after she blew into the Banks' London household, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE (born Julia Elizabeth Wells[1] on 1 October 1935[2]) is an award-winning English actress, singer, author and cultural icon. ) remains the break-the-mold model for magical musical nannies. Dropping to the rescue after the children had broken their previous governess, the umbrella-toting Poppins cures the youngsters of their brattish manners, offers the Mrs. and (especially) the Mr. of the house a lesson in the magic of parenting, and enriches the English vocabulary with the addition of "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

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Title Annotation:quick review of the film
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Movie Review
Date:Aug 1, 2003
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