Mary Poppins is a musical with mixed live-action and animation which premiered on August 27, 1964, Mary Poppins

is a series of children's oo!s written " #$ %$ &ravers and originall" illustrated " 'ar" (hepard$ &he oo!s centre on a magical )nglish nann", 'ar" #oppins$ (he is lown " the )ast wind to *um er (eventeen +herr" &ree %ane, %ondon and into the ,an!s' household to care for their children$ )ncounters with chimne" sweeps, shop!eepers and various adventures follow until 'ar" #oppins a ruptl" leaves, i$e$, -pops-out-$ -#racticall" perfect in ever" wa"-, 'ar" #oppins ./ulie Andrews, winner of the ,est Actress 0scar Award1 comes down from the clouds in response to the ,an!s children's advertisement for a *ann"$ (he is not onl" firm in her use of authorit", ut !ind and gentle as well .a ma2or departure from the original oo!s, in which the character was strict and pompous1$ (he travels to help children ever"where when the" are most in need$ 3 1$1 'ar" #oppins, pu lished 1944 3 1$4 'ar" #oppins in the #ar!, pu lished 1952 3 1$6 'ar" #oppins and the 7ouse *ext 8oor, pu lished 1966

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Bert (Dick Van Dyke) is a Cockney; as well as being a jack-of-all-trades, and Mary's closest normal friend w o is notable in t at e is com!letely acc"stomed to er magic# Bert, as !layed by Van Dyke, was a com!osite of se$eral c aracters from %ra$ers' stories# &he first oo! was the main asis for the 9alt 8isne" film Mary Poppins, a musical with mixed live-action and animation which premiered on August 27, 1964, well into the first "ear of the ,ritish :nvasion$ :t was the (herman ,rothers, who composed the music and song score, and who were also involved in the picture's development, who suggested that the setting e changed from the 194;s to the )dwardian era$ /ulie Andrews, who was ma!ing her movie acting de ut after a successful stage career, got the prime role of 'ar" #oppins soon after she was passed over " /ac! 9arner and replaced with Audre" 7ep urn for the role of )li<a 8oolittle in his screen version of My Fair Lady, even though Andrews had originated the role on ,roadwa"$=4> Andrews later eat 7ep urn for the ,est Actress Awards in oth the ?olden ?lo es and Academ" Awards for their respective roles$ According to the 4;th Anniversar" 8@8 release of the film in 2;;4, 9alt 8isne" first

attempted to purchase the film rights to Mary Poppins from #$ %$ &ravers as earl" as 1946 ut was re uffed ecause &ravers did not elieve a film version of her oo!s would do 2ustice to her creation$ :n addition, 8isne" was !nown at the time primaril" as a producer of cartoons and had "et to produce an" ma2or live-action wor!$ Aor more than 2; "ears, 8isne" periodicall" made efforts to convince &ravers to allow him to ma!e a Poppins film$ 7e finall" succeeded in 1961, although &ravers demanded and got script approval rights$ &he roots of the word have een defined=4> as followsB super- -a ove-, cali- - eaut"-, fragilistic- -delicate-, expiali- -to atone-, and docious- -educa le-, with the sum of these parts signif"ing roughl" -Atoning for educa ilit" through delicate eaut"$Although the word contains recogni<a le )nglish morphemes, it does not follow the rules of )nglish morpholog" as a whole$ According to the film, it is defined as -something to sa" when "ou have nothing to sa"&he song occurs in the chal! drawing outing animated seCuence, 2ust after 'ar" #oppins wins a horse race$ Alush with her victor", she is immediatel" surrounded " reporters who pepper her with leading Cuestions and the" comment that she pro a l" is at a loss for words$ 'ar" disagrees, suggesting that at least one word is appropriate for the situation and egins the song$

West Side Story is a 1961 musical film directed " Do ert 9ise and /erome Do ins$ West Side Story is an American musical .19571 with a script " Arthur %aurents, music " %eonard ,ernstein, l"rics " (tephen (ondheim, and choreographed " /erome Do ins$ :t is an adaptation of 9illiam (ha!espeare's pla" Romeo and Juliet$ (et in *ew Eor! +it" in the mid-195;s, the musical explores the rivalr" etween the /ets and the (har!s, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic ac!grounds$ &he mem ers of the (har!s from #uerto Dico are taunted " the /ets, a white wor!ingclass group$=1> &he "oung protagonist, &on", one of the /ets, falls in love with 'aria, the sister of ,ernardo, the leader of the (har!s$ &he dar! theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social pro lems mar!ed a turning point in American musical theatre$ Dichard ,e"mer ./imm" ,r"ant, singing1 &on" 9"ce!, inactive co-founder of the /ets with est friend Diff, wor!s at 8oc's drug store *atalie 9ood .'arni *ixon, singing1 'aria *une<, ,ernardo's "ounger sister, +hino's fiancFe Diff %orton, leader of the /ets, est friend of &on"

,ernardo *une<, leader of the (har!s % e &ets and ' arks arri$e at t eir agreed location for t e r"mble, a fenced dead-end "nder a stretc of (ew )ork ig way# *s t e +fair fig t+ begins between Bernardo and ,ce, %ony arri$es and tries to sto! it, b"t is met wit ridic"le and mockery from Bernardo and t e ' arks# -nable to stand by and watc is best friend be "miliated, .iff angrily las es o"t and !"nc es Bernardo (+The Rumble+)# Drawing t eir kni$es, .iff and Bernardo fig t eac ot er# /nce .iff gets t e "!!er and, %ony sto!s im# 0owe$er, .iff breaks away and r"ns back into t e fig t, only to be stabbed by Bernardo# .iff colla!ses w ile anding t e knife to %ony and Bernardo looks s ocked at w at e as done# 1nraged, %ony kills Bernardo wit .iff's knife, res"lting in a f"ll-fledged melee# '"ddenly, !olice sirens blare o"t and t e gang members flee, lea$ing be ind t e bodies of .iff and Bernardo# Blissf"lly "naware of w at as a!!ened, Maria is waiting for %ony on t e roof of er a!artment b"ilding# /ne of t e ' arks, C ino (&ose DeVega), w om Maria as been !romised to, arri$es and angrily tells er t at %ony killed er brot er# %ony arri$es, and initially Maria las es o"t at im in anger, b"t %ony e2!lains w at a!!ened and asks for er forgi$eness before e !lans to t"rn imself in to t e !olice# Maria decides t at s e still lo$es %ony and begs im to stay wit er# % ey reaffirm t eir lo$e (+Somewhere+), kiss, and make lo$e for t e first time (offscreen)# % e !rod"cers ad not originally t o"g t of (atalie 3ood for t e role of Maria# ' e was filming Splendor in the Grass wit 3arren Beatty and was romantically in$ol$ed wit im off-screen# 3 en Beatty went to screen test for t e role of %ony, 3ood read o!!osite im as Maria as a fa$or beca"se s e ad been !racticing wit im# % e !rod"cers fell in lo$e wit t e idea of 3ood as Maria b"t did not cast Beatty# Bot 3ood and Beymer tried to do t eir own singing for t e mo$ie, and .ic ard Beymer does sing t e o!ening lines of +Maria+, b"t t eir $oices were "ltimately deemed to be too "nrefined, and t ey were o$erd"bbed by &immy Bryant and Marni (i2on, res!ecti$ely# 3ood's contract stated t at s e wo"ld !re-record all er songs# 3 en 3ood str"ggled wit t e c allenging so!rano role er $oice was blended wit Marni (i2on's# (atalie sang t e lower !ortions and Marni's !ro$ided t e ig er $ocals, (t is is similar to Marni's work d"bbing some of t e $ocals for Marilyn Monroe on t e song Diamonds *re a 4irl's Best 5riend)# 3ood filmed to t e mi2ed $ocal recordings# D"ring !rod"ction, s e was led to belie$e t at t ese $ersions wo"ld be "sed (wit 3ood singing t e majority of t e $ocals), alt o"g m"sic s"!er$isors

'a"l C a!lin and &o nny 4reen ad already decided er singing $oice wo"ld later be com!letely d"bbed by Marni (i2on# &he song has een recorded " man" artists, and released as a single " several, including +aterina @alente, %en ,arr", ,ar ra (treisand, &he (upremes, #hil +ollins, /ohnn" 'athis, 'att 'onro, /ulian %lo"d 9e er, Aretha Aran!lin, ,o " 8arin, 8evo, &om 9aits, #$ /$ #ro ", 0scar #eterson, :l 8ivo, 8utch roc! and Ginatra, 8onald ,raswell ::, #et (hop ,o"s, :an 'c+ulloch, H"lie 'inogue, /ane 'c8onald, +harlotte +hurch, /osh ?ro an, /ennifer 7udson, %a &o"a %ondon, %eona %ewis, +eline 8ion, +eltic 9oman, /ac!ie )vancho I Hatharine 'c#hee$ 'ost recentl", singing accountant +hristopher (tone sang a rendition of the song in the 2;1; final of Britain's Got Talent$ :t had previousl" featured in the 2;;9 final of the same show pla"ed " /ulian (mith on his soprano saxophone$$ -(omewhere- was released as a single " the ,ritish music group #et (hop ,o"s in 1997 to promote their -(omewhere- residenc" at the (avo" &heatre in %ondon, which was named after the song, and to promote a repac!age of Bilingual$