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As a young child from a disturbed family back in the 60's, Mary Poppins gave me HOPE. She been like a best friend. Thank you for this look behind the curtains.

Pamela Travers was born in a regional Queensland city - Maryborough. Maryborough is Mary Poppins town, We have an annual Mary Poppins festival, a museum, statue, memorabilia, and even the traffic lights feature Mary Poppins. It would have been nice if the documentary made reference to this. We're keeping the dream alive x

I was in London recently and it was a cool, windy, early Spring day and the branches were blowing slightly in the wind and I was looking out the hotel window at the chimneys on the buildings and I truly wondered if Mary Poppins was going to go floating by…

1965 While sitting in 1st grade my dad showed up and told my teacher that I had to go to the Dentist. Oh bummer. Dad ended up surprising me and takeing me to see The Best movie ever MARRY POPPINS

I can not put in words what it means to me. I am Brazilian, 31 years old and I still cry of joy when I listen to those songs...

This lady is such an inspiration. Just because you had a rough start in life doesn't mean you can't achieve something amazing that will go down in history! And you never know when it will happen.

This is a brilliant video, one of the best on utube. Informational and the camera work excellent. People have often called me Mary Poppins which I never understood why. This helped me realize why. Though American I was educated in Ireland and have Irish bloodlines from my grandmother; she came here a journey alone at age 15 during the Potato Famine. Thank you

Some of the most wonderful stories are born out of tragedy.

I think this woman was far more intelligent, savvy and business wise than this documentary is willing to show.

When I was young, prior to the movie, my mother would read me the stories from the book she had as a child. It was a tan hardcover cloth book of the first two books, Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Returns. I still have that book, as well as Mary Poppins Opens The Door & Mary Poppins In the Park, and they are truly precious to me. When she heard rumors about Disney making the movie, we bought a few shares in Disney stock just for fun. When I visited London, a decade or so ago, Mary Poppins was playing on stage. My ex and I went, and I bought my mother a parrot umbrella, as she said that she always wanted one. She was elated when I gave it to her. Unfortunately, she passed a few years later, having never been able to use it. At her funeral, I leaned the umbrella against her coffin at the gravesite service. A breeze came up and knocked it over, breaking the beak. I've always felt that nobody should have used that umbrella, since she never did. I smiled, picked up the two pieces and have it in the original box as a memory. She never got to see Saving Mr. Banks.

Mary Poppins never scared me because I had already read unabridged fairytales. Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm are really dark. And there was also Alice in Wonderland.

The visual inserts in this program - clock face, old-fashioned kitchen items, door handle etc - many shown from child's-eye level - add terrific atmospheric depth.

A touching, beautiful film about a misunderstood author who fought for her vision of her own work.

Thank You for this wonderful back story to a wonderful movie. I saw it as a child when it first came out. Then shared it my child and grandchildren. We all enjoy it.

Here after watching Saving Mr. Banks, and I had to learn through non-Disney lenses how her story truly went down.

It is amazing how Mary Poppins has a deeper and even darker subtext when understand the backstory.

Whilst the movie was grand & full of excitement, the books have always in all ways been epic magic pulled not only from her enchanting words but from your ability to visualize the scenes in your own imagination thoughts . Her words were the vessel to sail off into your personal dream space.

There's a quote from Killing Joke that sums up PL Travers view of her life: "If I'm going to have a past. I prefer it be multiple choice."

Her life story shows us how important social heritage is. Our upbringing and environment shapes us! We parent our children the way we were taught by our parents, (if we don't actively learn to do it differently)!

Never had a clue as to who wrote these books, never thought about it. I'm very glad this video popped up in my feed. What an incredibly interesting story her life was! So much sadness, so much strength breaking through the neuroses. If I'd been asked to guess or fantasize the author of Mary Poppins books she would be nothing like Pamela Travers. Thank you for posting this video! 👍