"Mary Poppins" finally premiered on August 27, 1964, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Walt Disney Studios pulled out all the stops; it was a glorious, old-fashioned kind of premiere.
Dame Julie explained, ‘I just had a baby yesterday, I’m feeling a bit out of it ... and she hid it in her attic for years. As a child star Andrews had hated her early singing lessons with her ...