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'Mary Poppins' won five Academy Awards including
Best Actress for Julie Andrews, Best Original Music Score, and Best
Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee."
In a six-month period in 1964-65, three movie musicals premiered: Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and The Sound Of Music.
Each film swept across American movie theaters and the Billboard
charts, and collectively they were nominated for 35 Academy Awards --
going on to win 18.
And they effectively killed the movie musical, says Matthew Kennedy, author of the new book Roadshow: The Fall Of Film Musicals In The 1960's. In a conversation with Soundcheck host John Schaefer, Kennedy explains how the these much-loved blockbuster musicals led to bigger expenses, even bigger expectations, and Hollywood putting commercial success over artistic decisions.
And they effectively killed the movie musical, says Matthew Kennedy, author of the new book Roadshow: The Fall Of Film Musicals In The 1960's. In a conversation with Soundcheck host John Schaefer, Kennedy explains how the these much-loved blockbuster musicals led to bigger expenses, even bigger expectations, and Hollywood putting commercial success over artistic decisions.
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