2.After working on adapting the book for two years, P.L. Travers came to Disney Studios and apparently "didn't like anything" that was written. In recordings and sketches from a 1961 meeting, Travers ...

A spoonful of sugar! With maybe just a touch of strychnine. Oldsters, who were kids in 1964, may still recall the hoopla and hysteria around "Mary Poppins," released 60 years ago this August 27.

According to the documentary, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of Mary Poppins, Disney personally flew to London in 1959 and met with Travers to once ...