3. RIGHTS TO BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS WERE BOUGHT BEFORE MARY POPPINS.
On account of the film Saving Mr. Banks, it’s clearly known that Walt Disney had a tough time negotiating film rights with Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers. Nevertheless, he wasn’t excessively stressed: He advised the Sherman Brothers not to stress over not securing the rights to Mary Poppins since he would simply utilize their melodies in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Whenever Mary and the Banks kids at last got the nod, Disney chose to push the “other” film about magic back by many years since the two stories were alike.
4. ONE OF THE FILM’S SONGS WAS COMPOSED FOR MARY POPPINS.
Walt wound up being correct about the songs being fit for either motion picture. As it is, the Sherman Brothers really repurposed one of their disposed of tunes from Mary Poppins for Bedknobs and Broomsticks. “The Beautiful Briny” would have been performed while Mary and the kids cruised off in an adventure in Admiral Boom’s ship house.
