Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Dick Van Dyke Turns 100: Put on a Happy Face

12.12.25 | Gary Cahall | Tags: 1960s Movies, 1960s TV, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins, The Dick Van Dyke Show | no comments

A song he wrote was performed live by a rock-and-roll idol on The Ed Sullivan Show. Along with his fellow chimney sweeps, he danced and cavorted on the rooftops of London. He even constructed a airborne automobile. And yet…

Hayley Mills and the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Windmill

08.23.20 | Constance Metzinger | Tags: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke, Flashback Friday, Hayley Mills, Sunday Funday | no comments

Every fan of the 1968 musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang remembers inventor Caractacus Potts’ beautiful workshop, but what many do not know is that the windmill where it was filmed was once owned by Hayley Mills, the star of numerous…