Mary Poppins Returns hits screens with premiere in LA

– Flying through the clouds with a black parrot umbrella and holding her signature carpet bag, whimsical British nanny Mary Poppins made her “practically perfect” movie comeback on Thursday, more than 50 years after first charming audiences worldwide.

Mary Poppins Returns, set about 20 years after the film that made Julie Andrews a star, had its world premiere in Los Angeles, featuring a new

cast and new music, but with a nostalgic nod to the original.

The 1964 film Mary Poppins starring Andrews and Dick van Dyke as a cheerful chimney sweep brought a best actress Oscar for Andrews.

In Mary Poppins Returns, Emily Blunt plays the singing nanny who descends on London in the early 20th century to take care of the children of the now adult Banks siblings.