The popular success of the film in undoubtedly due to wonderful songs, that were written by the brilliant team of the Sherman Brothers. The song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is one of the stand out songs for the film, and the word entered the pop culture lexicon for being the longest word in the English language (which actually is not true). The song's writers stated that the word originated from their memories of creating double-talk speech as children, and took them only two weeks to write.
"We remembered this wonderful word from our childhood, " said Richard Sherman who co-wrote the song with his brother Robert. The Pearly Band is a group of musicians who are all dressed in clothing adored with pearl buttons. They perform the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and the group is composed of a lady in a magenta dress playing a tambourine, a short man in a black suit playing a bass drum, a tall man in a black suit playing the double spoons, another short man in a black suit playing a type of string instrument resembling a vertical banjo with a cymbal attached to the top, and a lady in blue dress playing a violin. Pearly Band members voices were provided by Julie Andrews, J. Pat O'Malley, Richard M. This is a rare original production animation cel of the complete Pearly Band from the film, Mary Poppins. " The Band appears and performs the famous song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious with Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke performing lead vocals. An iconic image and a great addition to any animation art collection! Condition: See pictures of the actual cel, which is in excellent overall condition as shown above! All items we sell are from a smoke-free/mold-free home/workplace and are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted.I own every work pictured for sale and I stand behind every item. Please follow/bookmark me as a favorite and keep and keep checking back for more items for sale in the coming weeks. For now, please check out my other Animation Drawings and Cels and other original modern and contemporary artwork for sale! Size - The Pearly Band: 6 1/4 x 10 1/4", Image 9 1/4 x 15". The item "1964 RARE WALT DISNEY MARY POPPINS PEARLY BAND ORIGINAL PRODUCTION ANIMATION CEL" is in sale since Friday, October 4, 2019.
This item is in the category "Collectibles\Animation Art & Characters\Animation Art\Production Art". The seller is "shadowline" and is located in Durham, North Carolina.
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