Dick Van Dyke (Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, Mary Poppins)—he can sing! he can dance! everytime i watch chitty-chitty bang-bang i fall in love with him all over again! we love a funny guy. vote this guy.
George Peppard (Breakfast at Tiffany's)—no propaganda submitted
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[editor's note: this one ended too early by accident so here it is again]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious
What's that, you say? A touch of black has crept into our white costumes? Oh, just ignore it. I'm sure it means nothing.
This movie is set somewhere between 1900 and 1910, but this costume really just suggests it without going for strict historical accuracy. I'm pretty sure boas like that were not for day wear, and just what is that thing on her head? Nevertheless, it's cute, and good for dancing in. Looking at this in comparison with a couple other costumes from around the same time, I'm getting the feeling that piping was a popular thing around the end of the 1960s.
Notice the faint polka dots on the bow on the bodice front!
Nothing is better than watching old movies by yourself at night, wearing your favorite pajamas, softest socks, with the best blanket and a warm bowl of popcorn.
Thoughts on: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ("we have Mary Poppins at home")
I laughed so hard at this description. LISTEN. YOU'RE NOT WRONG. And Mary Poppins is an objectively better movie. But I love Dick Van Dyke and have extremely precious memories of watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with my childhood best friend and I am very fond of this very silly movie. Also Caractacus Potts/Truly Scrumptious was a formative ship:
In 1969, Mattel did their first foray into the media tie-in doll, with two dolls released that year in pop culture likeness.
These were Truly Scrumptious from the 1968 movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and the titular Julia from the 1968 - 1971 sitcom Julia.
The Julia Barbie was only the third doll in the Barbie line to be portrayed as Black, following Francie and Christie.
You will see a lot of Julias on the secondary market today with reddish hair - this is because of how the hair they used for her oxidized over time.
Mattel did a special rerelease of Julia for their 50th anniversary celebration series, with a reproduction of the original Julia doll and still with the same photograph of Julia actress Diahann Carroll on the box.
To the best of my knowledge there have been no new versions of Truly Scrumptious, nor any other Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Barbies.
You won’t convince me Chitty Chitty Bang Bang isn’t the best musical to ever hit the silver screen.
My childhood was built on this film—the script is fantastical. The music is brilliant. Choreography is inspired. The romance is pure. Wild imagination. Van Dyke is unparalleled.
1000/10 if you haven’t seen it. It’s a classic. An absolute must.
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, and Lionel Jeffries, opened in the U.S. 55 years ago today.