She even presented a photograph of 50 Smith Street ‘so they could see the Banks house was quite like hers, except with more to the garden’. In 1952 she published the fourth Mary Poppins book, Mary Poppins in the Park.ĭisney made the offer to produce a film of Mary Poppins in early 1959, and two years later Travers attended pre-production meetings in Los Angeles, championing points such as the Edwardian setting of the movie. She raised her adopted son, John Camillus Hone, at number 50 and split her time between London and New York. Travers lived at 50 Smith Street from about 1945–46 until December 1962 – a period of around 17 years. Travers had resisted selling the rights to the films for 20 years, but while living at 50 Smith Street she finally agreed to let Mary Poppins transition onto the big screen. Despite the success of the books, it was the Walt Disney musical that transformed the character of Mary Poppins into an icon.
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