Practically Poppins in Every Way: A Magical Carpetbag of Countless Wonders

by Jeff Kurtti, Thomas Schumacher (Foreword by), Rob Marshall (Introduction), Craig Barton (Contribution by), Brian Sibley (Contribution by)

Overview

Practically Poppins in Every Way is a magical carpetbag containing countless wonders and “a bit o’ magic” that will captivate, inform, and entertain readers of all ages.


Ever since 1934, when Mary Poppins descended from the skies over London into Cherry Tree Lane in the beloved book by P. L. Travers, the world has adored the enchanting adventures and peculiar wisdom of this magical nanny.


For more than eight decades, Travers’s staunch but charming heroine has been beloved in the pages of eight popular books—and in media—from movies to stage, and music to television, all around the world. Then Mary Poppins lit up cinema screens again in a magical, musical incarnation. Mary Poppins Returns—a colorful and charming new story and a sequel to the 1964 classic—featured an all-star cast and brought to life by a stellar creative team.


Practically Poppins In Every Way is a showcase of the varied creative forces that have brought Mary Poppins to life, generation after generation. It is accompanied by erudite and informative text, essays, and observations by creative luminaries such as Cameron Mackintosh, Thomas Schumacher, Gavin Lee, and John Myhre, as well as renowned Disney authorities Brian Sibley, Jim Fanning, Paula Sigman Lowery, Craig D. Barton, and Greg Ehrbar. This colorful and lavish showcase is a rich, vivid, and frequently surprising visual document of the development behind the stories of Mary Poppins on the page, screen, and stage.




A perfect gift for the Disney movie fan in your life!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368022576
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/06/2018
Series:	Disney Editions Deluxe (Film)
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jeff Kurtti is a leading authority on The Walt Disney Company, its founder, and its history. He is the author of more than twenty books, a writer-director of award-winning documentary content, and a respected public speaker. Kurtti worked as a production coordinator on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival, followed by two years as the assistant to the president of the California Institute of the Arts. For several years, he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering, the theme park design division of The Walt Disney Company, and then for the Corporate Special Projects department of Disney. Since 1995, Kurtti has enjoyed a career as an author, write, and consultant in the motion picture, theater, and theme park entertainment industries. He was creative director, content consultant, a media producer for The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco and a producer of The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story, a critically acclaimed documentary about the famed songwriters.

Editorial Reviews

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". . . a perfect gift for any Disney fan (even if it’s you, yourself)."
—Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian

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"This is a book I have wanted to own for about the last 20 years! . . . ready be picked and arranged on your Christmas mantelpiece!"—Brian Sibley, writer, broadcaster, and Disney scholar

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"Explore the characters, stories, history, and currency of Disney in a whole new way. . . ."—Nerds and Beyond

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One of "20 Books Every True Disney Fan Should Have in Their Collection"—POPSUGAR

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". . . chronicles the production team’s research trip to China and the creative development of the pic . . ."
—Variety

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". . . no small feat to do what Jeff Kurtti has done . . ."—Jason Cochran, Editor-in-Chief, Frommers.com


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"Highly recommended!"—John Canemaker, NYU professor and head of Animation Studies

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PRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY
"Kurtti traces the history of the Poppins books and their enigmatic author, P. L. Travers; tells the astonishing saga of how Walt Disney managed, against the odds, to acquire the film rights and take Mary Poppins from book to the movie. He also examines the movie’s triumph both as a film and a merchandising phenomenon; and recounts how Mary Poppins went on to recreate her unique brand of magic on the West End and Broadway stage before, bringing the story up to date, with background insights into the making of the sequel."—Brian Sibley, writer, broadcaster, and Disney scholar

PRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY
"This coffee table–worthy book by Jeff Kurtti is much more than a visually appealing celebration of the franchise. It covers the history of Mary Poppins in all her incarnations."—Broadway Direct

PRAISE FOR PRACTICALLY POPPINS IN EVERY WAY
"This handsome hardcover is officially a tie-in book for the new Disney release Mary Poppins Returns, but in truth it is more. Prolific Disneyphile Kurtti has taken the opportunity to profile not only author P. L. Travers but several of the great talents who made the 1964 movie so great. He has also called on a number of fellow Disney experts like Jim Fanning (who discusses a TV adaptation from the 1950s starring Mary Wickes), Greg Ehrbar (whose specialty is soundtrack albums), Disney artwork curator Fox Carney, and Disney scholars Paula Sigman Lowery and Brian Sibley. You’ll also read appreciations of the Sherman Brothers, an interview with Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell, and thoughts from other members of the current film’s creative team, beginning with director Rob Marshall. Practically Poppins goes above and beyond the mandate of a movie tie-in to become a valuable book for any Mary Poppins fan."—Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian

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