Behind the scenes of Mary Poppins
Ed Wynn and Dick Van Dyke in “Mary Poppins”
Dick Van Dyke for “Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.”
“Dick never had any dance trainer. Can you believe that? I can’t believe that.
There’s a take that Dick jumps off, does a roll, runs up, jumps up to another place, does another back roll and continues doing the dance step. That’s incredible! Even a dancer would have trouble!”
Dee Dee Wood
Dick Van Dyke for Mary Poppins
Dick Van Dyke and Dorothy Provine in “Never a Dull Moment” - 1968
Dick Van Dyke and Nancy Kwan in “Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.” - 1966
Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” - 1964
“I … read where he said he wouldn’t appear in a movie he couldn’t take his children to see. Right away I knew he was my choice, my only choice for Mary Poppins.”
Walt Disney