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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

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From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted August 27, 2014 09:04 AM

Couldn't help but notice this today on the news...

"Today marks 50 years since the release of Walt Disney's seminal family adventure Mary Poppins.
Based on the book by PL Travers, directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, the film was an enormous success. A worldwide phenomena, it was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won five on its way to becoming a cultural mainstay for years to come.
For all its magic, and revolutionary use of cartoon animation mixed with live action actors, the film owes a lot to its child stars - who as the Banks children represent the heart and soul of a film which after all is all about them and their journey having met the titular nanny.
Fifty years on, we decided to find out what happened to child actors Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber..."

So tragic that Micheal (Matthew Garber) died at only 21 years of age!

The full story of both the childhood stars can be read on Yahoo's entertainment news page.

Hope to have this superb Derann feature once again very soon.

After my recent reply to Janice on the forum regarding a digital optical tachometer, I feel I must simply do the same to finally get this beauty back! [Wink]