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* [[Acting for Two]]:
** Dick Van Dyke played Bert and
** In addition to playing Mr. Banks, David Tomlinson performed the voice for Mary Poppin's umbrella. He also voiced some of the characters in the chalk drawing scene.
** Julie Andrews whistled for the robin and was one of the female pearlies during "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
** In the musical, depending on the production, the actress who plays Miss Andrew also plays either Queen Victoria or the Bird Woman.
* [[Creator Backlash]]
* [[Development Gag]]: "Stay Awake" uses a slowed-down version of Mary Poppins' rejected [[Leitmotif]].
* [[Development Hell]]: Walt Disney had first considered making a live-action adaptation of ''Mary Poppins'' as early as 1938, but P.L. Travers didn't think it could do justice for her books, mainly because Disney hadn't done any live-action films at the time.
* [[Enforced Method Acting]]:
** Used a couple of times with the young actors playing Jane and Michael.
** The medicine bottle that pours different colors was a real working prop. The children were not informed of its purpose, so Karen Dotrice's shriek of delight is real.
** The children were unaware that Mr. Dawes Sr. was played by
** Likewise, Karen Dotrice says that in the scene in which the children run away from the bank and get grabbed by a mysterious figure, they weren't told beforehand that the soot-covered figure was actually Bert, who was trying to calm them down.
* [[Fake Brit]]: Dick Van Dyke. That accent. Ironically, he also plays
** Hell, not even the child actors ''in the movie'' knew it was him until they saw the credits of the finished film.
* [[Fake Irish]]: American Dal McKennon voices an animated [[Oireland|Oirish]] fox.
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** Most of [[Disney's Nine Old Men]] worked on the animation in the chalk drawing scene.
** This was David Tomlinson's first Disney film, but he would go on to appear in ''[[The Love Bug]]'' and ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', both of which were directed by the aforementioned Stevenson.
** This was also Irwin Kostal's first assignment for Disney as conductor and music arranger, but he later performed similar duties on ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', ''[[Pete's Dragon]]'', and ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'', while his assistant, James MacDonald, was the featured percussionist for ''[[Fantasia]]'' as well as Walt Disney's replacement as the voice of [[Mickey Mouse]] and the original voice of [[Humphrey
** The Sherman Brothers wrote music for several Disney films, mostly in the '60s and '70s.
* [[The Red Stapler]]: Inverted in that modern nannies now have an impossibly high standard to live up to with employing families in the Western world. Case in point the [[wikipedia:Norland College|Norland Nannies]], whose [https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/norland-nannies-reveal-new-look Poppins-esque uniforms] and extensive training in the finer points of childcare made them a status symbol amongst the elite. In recent years Norlanders are trained even in aspects such as [https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/169483-british-nannies-norland-college-counter-terror-training/ counter-terrorism and self-defence] especially considering how some of their charges are children of prominent individuals and oligarchs.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: For [[Julie Andrews]]. ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' came out shortly after this, solidifying it (and giving Andrews a lot of [[Typecasting]] she tried to shake off).
* [[Throw It In]]:
** Mr. Dawes Sr.'s trouble walking down the stairs was something
** Bert's [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|Cockney accent]] is this, basically. Mr. Van Dyke tried doing a serious Cockney accent but found he could only manage a bad one.
** Mary's "Cheeky!" comment when her reflection starts showing off was ad libbed by Julie Andrews.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** Disney
*** After the film's success, Disney approached Travers for rights to film the other books, but given her absolute hatred of the movie, she unsurprisingly refused.
** Walt was negotiating to have the rights to film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' in case negotiations for the rights to ''Mary Poppins'' fell through.
** The book had a chapter in which Mary Poppins and the children use a magic compass to visit different countries. The Sherman Brothers wrote a wide assortment of songs to use for their journey, but the chapter ultimately went unadapted.
** Although [[Julie Andrews]] was marvelous in her Oscar-winning turn as the magical nanny, you can't help but wonder what might have been if an earlier choice for the role had been the last; [[Angela Lansbury]] was seriously considered before Andrews was finally cast.
** P.L. Travers suggested dropping a few hints that Mr. Banks used to have Mary Poppins as his nanny.
** Mrs. Banks has no name in the books. The planned name for her was Cynthia but PL Travers wanted a more English sounding name - and they came up with Winifred. The names that Bert lists during the "Jolly Holiday" sequence are among those that were considered for her.
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