Mousetalgia Episode 266: The true story of Mary Poppins
Mousetalgia! - Your Disneyland Podcast
Jeff Baham
4.4 • 776 Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2013
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Disney Legend Dave Smith, Disney Archivist Emeritus, joins Mousetalgia this week to tell the true story of Walt Disney's pursuit of P. L. Travers to bring her book Mary Poppins to the screen. In anticipation of the upcoming feature film Saving Mr. Banks, we look into the history of the making of the iconic film and discover the true-life challenges the studio encountered as the film began production. We also talk to a Mousetalgia listener about his own experience dealing personally with P. L. Travers in an attempt to bring Mary Poppins to the stage, and Kristen reports from a preview screening of Saving Mr. Banks. Plus - we give thanks for our Disney blessings in honor of this holiday week, and take a moment to remember the life well-lived of Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's daughter, who passed away last week at the age of 79.
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| 0:00.0 | Mousalja is a member of the Micechat podcast network. |
| 0:05.5 | Micepod.com |
| 0:06.8 | Micechat.com |
| 0:09.8 | On to Carpe Kingdom. |
| 0:12.8 | You're listening to Mousaljaal listeners, this is Jeff. |
| 0:27.6 | And before we start today's show, we have heavy hearts. |
| 0:31.1 | You may have heard, along with us, that this past week, Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney's |
| 0:37.4 | daughter, died at the age of 79 |
| 0:39.8 | due to complications from a fall back in September. Of course, all of nostalgia, we've had |
| 0:46.6 | countless encounters with Diane Disney Miller at the Walt Disney Family Museum, which she |
| 0:52.2 | created to celebrate her father's legacy, |
| 0:56.0 | and to really give the legacy of Walt Disney and the Disney family a firm foundation from this point forward. |
| 1:04.0 | You know, of course, down in Los Angeles, Diane is highly regarded for championing the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which was designed by |
| 1:12.6 | the renowned architect Frank Gehry. |
| 1:14.6 | And there was one point in the development of that project that Frank Gary was almost ejected |
| 1:19.6 | as the architect. |
| 1:20.6 | And she fought and used all of her resources and her reputation to ensure that project stayed on target as a tribute |
| 1:29.8 | to her father at that time. And in subsequent interviews, Diana's gone on to say, because of the |
| 1:33.8 | success she had in that philanthropic role, she was encouraged to go ahead and create the Walt Disney |
| 1:40.5 | Family Museum, which is a jewel out here in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 1:45.0 | and probably her crowning achievement. |
| 1:47.0 | She has seven children, 13 grandchildren and a great grandchild. |
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