What follows is the review of the original "Mary Poppins" film that appeared in the Sept. 25, 1964, edition of Newsday. A sequel, "Mary Poppins Returns," starring Emily Blunt as the nanny ...

Mary Poppins is not a saccharine figure. She is, in fact, a stern, haughty, vain one—and a great power. In the trailer, she comes from the sky, brought in on a kite just as in the book "Mary ...

There aren’t that many characters who can be immediately identified by their costume, but all you need is is a white dress and maybe an umbrella to figure out you’re looking at Mary Poppins.

It's one thing to land a job playing an iconic superhero or a famous historical figure, but a role like Mary Poppins­ — or, for that matter, any of the whimsical characters who pop up in the ...