I just love the difference between Julie Andrews and the rest of the women there. She is so delicate and timeless, nothing too pompous, her hair is stylish and modest at the same time, same for her dress. As opposed to the rest of the women, all sparkling dresses and big hair. Truly a lady, truly a queen.

When I watched this my mind was blown. I've never seen the 1960s look so real..

Mr. Disney's choice of Julie Andrews for Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke as Bert was perfect!

I was working at the Chinese Theater as an usher in 1964, and worked the night of the premier. Two weeks before the premier, the Chinese was playing Disney's Fantasia. At about 9 P M, on a weeknight, Mr. Disney, went to the box office, bought a $2 ticket, and gave me the ticket to tear. I had never before seen him in person, and I was excited, and enthusiastically said "Good evening, Mr. Disney! " Walt didn't like kiss asses, so his reply was a slightly annoyed "Humph". There were just a few people in the audience, and nobody seemed to notice him. I only saw him enter and leave, but he stayed not longer than 20 minutes, probably to check out the interior, as the Chinese had been beautifully remodeled and updated in the mid 1950's, and had the then state of the art screen, largest in the world, and full stereo sound, and the best projectors and projectionists. On the night of the premier, after the audience had taken their seats, Mr. Disney went to the podium to the left of the screen, and said "We're very proud of this. I hope you like our little picture." Then he thanked Technicolor for donating the cost of the premier (it was a charity fundraiser), and said he had used Technicolor exclusively since his first color short, "Flowers and Trees", yet never had more than a handshake contract to use them. The after show party was held in a huge white tent in the parking lot next door. The tent was decorated with props from the movie, including the carousel used in the animated segment of the film. The movie's chimney sweeps, in full costume and smudgy makeup, danced to "Chim-chim-chiree". Mr. Disney was drinking champagne, and spoke to whoever came up to him. The foregoing is from my memory, so I apologize in advance if I've missed some detail. By odd coincidence, I got to know Tom Hanks, who masterfully plays Mr. Disney in the Mary Poppins biopic, "Saving Mr. Banks", by way of his "Bosom Buddies" co-star, Peter Scolari. Peter was a friend and customer of my BMW car repair shop.

Julie Andrews was so beautiful that it almost hurts to look at her.

To be able to time travel and witness this live first hand would be truly amazing!

Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke did such an incredibly WONDERFUL job in the most SPECTACULAR movie Mary Poppins.

Julie Andrews is without doubt one of the greatest Stars there has ever been.

An original 1964 world premier of one of my favorite movies of all time IN COLOR???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IWOULD KISS WHOEVER UPLOADED THIS VIDEO!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time Dicky smiles it warms my heart ❤️❤️

This is really cool. Thanks to whomever put this together and thanks to whomever posted it. This is another example of what makes youtube so cool.

Who’s watching this in 2020 🤚🏻🤚🤚🏾🤚🏿

I love this! Mary Poppins is one of my all time favourite movies! It's so funny to see how young Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were. The opportunity to see Walt Disney speak live is great! Some of those famous celebrities that were at the premier are no longer with us but they still remain some of the most revered actors and actresses ever and they were certainly some of the hottest stars of their time.

Julie Andrews *-* she's so beautiful!

Julie Andrews is perfection!

I love the 60s... the way they were dressed 😍😍😍

oh.. this man should have lived for ever..

Tom hanks sounds so much like Walt Disney,in Saving Mr Banks

Saving Mr. Banks really recreated everything!! Well from Disney point of view atleast. The movie doesn't explain about the author's sad life! But it is still great!!

Amazing footage! Very cool to see P.L. Travers getting interviewed.

Definitivamente una de las mejores películas infantiles que he visto, con una dupla perfecta Julie and Dick! So perfect couple in a marvelous movie! Nanny PcPee es una copia de esta peli, pero no la igualara nunca, MARY POPPINS practicamente toda perfección.

Wow!🤩 What a night that was! It really does remind you of those days way back during the golden age of Hollywood. I am absolutely starstruck! Also the highlight for me of this premiere is all the characters walking around. 🥰 I can spot a few of my favourites back there.

It's gems like this that make KZfaq one of the greatest inventions of our lifetime. What gracious stars...polite and enthusiastic crowds...and Walt Disney himself. He would be gone less than two years later. What an incredible man...I've heard that he was a child at heart until the day he died.

I love the fact that Walt just can't take his hands of his wife, they were so adorable, is rare couples stay in love for so long like them

♥ I want to live in this time

Watched Saving Mr. banks two times already! I cried at the end both times!

Walt Disney was a genius for picking Julie. She is not practically perfect she is perfect ! Dick Van Dyke is great as Bert! The magic, the animation flawless! Phenomenal STARS they are both super talented!

After the film was over Mrs. Travers went up to Walt and said "We've got a lot more work to do." She had several ideas on how to "improve" the film, including having some scenes cut entirely. Walt replied "Pamela. The ship has sailed." and he walked away. It was the last time they ever spoke or saw each other.

This is wonderful, thank you thank you so much for posting this precious video!!

This is great! Actual footage of an old Hollywood film premiere of a movie I've aways loved!

I bet the premiere took place during the filming of The Sound of Music. Julie has the exact same haircut/color that she had as Maria Von Trapp.

This is fabulous! Thank you so much to sharing.

Julie Julie the world is a better place bcoz of you

I love Julie ! No other sequel or remake will ever take my heart away from the original world class legend that made Mary Poppins a classic!

I just watched the movie first time and after that search for this primer ....such a ever green movie...and genuinely unmatchable star cast.....

people changed a lot since then .. look at their behavior ...its so surreal ..its another time ...

Wow. That color film quality was awesome! Looked like it was filmed yesterday!

After watching Saving Mr. Banks, I get now why Mrs. Travers was hesitant about signing over the rights, but if she hadn't, we would not have had the joy of this wonderful picture, even the sequel was brilliant.

Good thing they were able to get an interview with P. L. Travers, because she's the one who created Mary Poppins. 11:57

It’s a shame that P.L Travers hated the movie. The people at Disney had worked so hard to get this far 😢

Everyone were so polite

thanks so much for sharing this with us-- what a treat for a kid who remembers when the movie came out! Julie was stunning... and still is.

It's amazing seeing all these people like PL Travers and Mr. Disney himself!

15:44 "The genius of Julie Andrews and the genius of Walt Disney have made probably one of the all-time great motion pictures that we've ever made in this crazy town of Hollywood." The reporter hit the nail on the head with that one.

The Sound of Music was filmed from March 26 through September 1, 1964. This premier is happening on August 27, 1964. That's 100% Maria von Trapp standing there. Within days of filming the "Something Good" scene. Either a few days after or a few days before. (Following the last two scenes shot in the gazebo-for the songs "Something Good" and "You Are Sixteen"-principal photography concluded on September 1, 1964.)

Hollywood Bld looked so much cleaner back then. I've been to Hollywood now, and God is it disgusting. :(

I really enjoyed watching this, thank-you for sharing it.

The best film ever.

Nostalgie de l'année 1964 quand tu nous tiens, on voit la différence, pas de service d'ordre pour la première de Mary Poppins à Los Angeles

Recuerdo esta película con mucho cariño, en ese año yo tenía 8 Años, hoy Mayo 22 del 2020, hoy tengo 64 años y la recuerdo con mucho cariño ♥️ porque mi Madre me llevo al Cine Maya de la CDMX antes D.F. Madre Ahora que estas en el cielo te doy las gracias por esos bonitos recuerdos que supiste darme.😀

It’s fascinating watching this knowing the time line of Hollywood history. With comments such as “in the days of Louis B Mayer”. It’s an indication that the ‘golden’ age of Hollywood had already started to come to an end as early as mid 60s. Beautiful treasure.

Whomever created this from multiple audio/video sourced: Appreciate the effort.

Then Julie Andrews became a legend...

This was truly the Pinaccle of Walt Disneys distinguished career.

I can sum this all up in one word... "magical"

This is so beautiful I got so excited! The end is so beautiful. And July cares about Walt not to be behind Dick, so wonderful love it

I was 13 yyears old when it came out i love the show my brother got me the sound track and its my favorite nanny mary poppins julie andrews. Always will be

hard2 believe Annette Funicello was there for da big premiere !!!!! So sad she's physically gone but what a true Disney legend who shall never be forgotten at all, RIP Annette Funicello God has your back now.

I so enjoyed that and to see my favourite childhood author P.L.Travers too!!! Thank you for uploading this! :)

How in the world have I never see this!!!! I noticed the title of the video. I wanted to see what it was about. My mother and I lived in Hollywood then. We used to go to every premier and parade. When I saw shots of the crowd in the video, I wondered if we were filmed. OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Well at 15:09 The woman with glasses, wearing a white sweater and black top, holding the white strap of her pocketbook is my mother Helen!!! I'm the little boy to her right, Anthony. I was 10. Holy Mackerel!!! Thank you for posting this video. You've inadvertently made an old man happy!

Absolutely superb footage. Thank you to all concerned for making this available. These archival events are such a bonus.

Como quisiese estar en esa época para conocer en persona ala quien interpreto ala bellísima mery popins y al gran genio de las grandes películas animadas al gran walt disney😦😍😄

Thanks for putting this together .. It's wonderful!

Love Julie Andrews

I saw Mary Tyler Moore❤️

Dick Van Dyke WAS SOOOOOOOOO HANDSOME WHEN HE WAS YOUNG!

A lot of the stars on here, looked so young, nice to see Dick without a grey hair on his head, Julie looks about 25, roddy looks about 18, no wonder he played a high school youth in "lord love a duck" at the age of 37! This is utterly superb, and thanks for your hard work.

Saving Mr banks is also a good one based on the story of making of marry poppins..

Funny Story: When the Sherman Brothers arrived a little girl who was looking for celebrities looked into their car and said "They're not anybody." Then Robert Sherman's wife Joyce stuck her head out the window shouted "We are too somebody!" and they were by the time the night was over.

Beautiful letting the balloons go!!

what a great piece of history. thank you for sharing

Poor Walt Disney. And to think that during that time he had cancer growing in his lungs and didn't even knew it. :(

Opening night of Mary Poppins was the pinnacle of Walt Disneys Career.

This makes the 60s back to life!!!!!❤️❤️

An amazing job of assembling the various film and sound elements! Just brilliant. Thanks to all responsible.

Mary poppins was in cinema for almost 2 years! And was the most succesfull movie of 1965! Julie andrews became a concurant of herself when the sound of music was released, this movie was in cinema for,almost 3 years!

P.L. Travers looks like she was forced to go to the premier by gun point.

It was great to see all the old stars!

The premiere was limited in august 1964. Mary poppins was in cinema for over 2 years! It was the nr.1 movie of 1965 in the USA!

This was very nicely done. Thank you for sharing!

Dang Walt Disney was A MACK---he got Justin Beiber Screams-- - just saw the saving mr banks and they recreated this scene pretty well

Just came here after watching saving mr. Banks movie by Tom Hanks.

This is when people had class. Everyone is appropriately dressed and well spoken.

This is so exciting. Can you imagine the energy!

Mary poppins was the most succesfull movie of 1965!

A real treasure trove! I love the random stars that you don't see that often.

Amo esta película y siempre será una de mis preferidas❤ Argentina

Wow, so many legends....

Omg I remember the times when these were first introduced to the public!

Call me crazy but I wish I could've met PL Travers.

This is fantastic!

I wish i could just travel back in time and see this all fold out and meet disney without changing anything though

Celeste Holm lookin mad great

Great to see all those stars ....Loved this video so much I want to watch it a few times more...FANTASTIC> Loved the movie tooo. I met Louis Quinn one of the interviewers back in the 1960's...Thanks so much for the video::)))

On this day, 50 years ago.

1964 amazing year for movies and music…Mary Poppins came out and of course the Beatles.

Just a few days before Operation Snake Eater! Saving Mr. Banks was better than I thought it would be, Tom Hanks was always a helluva good actor, and really delivered as the legend Walt Disney himself!

Awesome to see this video of premiere of “Mary Poppins”, as if you’re right there in Hollywood at Chinese Grauman’s Chinsese Theater in 1964. Movie stars all glamorously dressed up like red carpet at the Oscars. Speaking of Oscar, Julie Andrews won Oscar for Best Actress as Mary Poppins for her very first movie role, beating Audrey Hepburn who was also nominated for Best Actress for “My Fair Lady”, the role Julie made famous on Broadway, but was denied the movie role. And Julie could sing all the songs as Eliza, whereas Audrey was dubbed. Quite interesting to see the real P.L. Travers who came to premiere, tho unescorted, as her story with Mr. Disney made famous in movie “Saving Mr. Banks”. Dame Andrews looked beautiful as did Dick Van Dyke & his family. Mr. Disney wanted Julie for Mary Poppins when he saw her on Broadway’s Camelot and Rodgers & Hammerstein wanted Julie as Maria for “Sound of Music” when they saw her as nanny Poppins. And now “Mary Poppins” has become award-winning Broadway musical. In 1964, they truly celebrated this family musical with fanfare and that the picture made everyone happy. Too bad they don’t make movie musicals anymore , but we can still enjoy them as revivals in musical theater.

For 1964, it looks almost new. It's crazy.

wow, this is so awesome to see this. It's so clear too.