Post by Coricopat on Jun 28, 2007 12:18:31 GMT -5
Mary Poppins
Quoting herself when she reads her tape measure: "Practically perfect in every way". She comes down from the clouds in response to the Banks children's advertisement for a nanny. Her personality can be abrasive at times. She is also vain and acerbic, but she is not very sympathetic to the kids other than in the Disney movie adaptation. This is a contrast to the movie incarnation where she is portrayed as not only firm in her use of authority, but kind and gentle as well. ~ Reserved For Razzy
She was played by Julie Andrews. As a result, the role has caused her to suffer from immense typecasting; she has portrayed a benevolent caretaker of children in several films since this one, including The Sound of Music, the movie version of Eloise in which she played "Nanny," and The Princess Diaries films.
Bert
Bert, portrayed by thingy Van d**e, is a jack-of-all-trades and Mary's closest normal friend who is notable in that he is completely accustomed to her magic. Bert has four jobs during the movie: a chimneysweep, a one-man band, a sidewalk chalk artist, and a kite seller. Bert also hints at selling hot chestnuts. ~ Coricopat
Mrs. Banks
Mrs. Winifred Banks is the wife of George Banks and mother of Jane and Michael. She is more fully developed in the movie than in the books. She is depicted as a member of Emmeline Pankhurst's suffragette movement; a scatterbrained woman who appears to neglect her children for her duties as a suffragette. Her main outfit is a blue and orange Edwardian-style dress with a white and blue sash that reads "Votes for Women" in black letters. She wears white gloves in the film (as did most Edwardian English women). Her song in the movie is "Sister Suffragette". The part was played by Glynis Johns.
Mrs. Banks' four "Votes for Women" sashes from the movie have all survived. One can be seen being "pulled out" of Richard M. Sherman's "special musicians' trunk" on the Musical Journey seen on the 2004 DVD release.
Mr. Banks
George Banks is Mary Poppins' employer. He works at the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank in the City of London, and lives at 17 Cherry Tree Lane with his wife, Winifred, and their children. He is a very cross man who hates the women's suffrage movement but later on in the movie his attitude changes. Melodies in the score punctuate the children's need for their father's attention and love, and most of the dramatic tension in the film involves his journey from disconnected family autocrat to fully engaged family man. He was played by David Tomlinson.
According to the Special Edition Soundtrack Bonus Disc, Mary Poppins was George's own nanny when he was a child. Travers intended to have the script hint this strongly in a few places, but it was largely left out of the movie, except for the following words in Bert's opening song, "Can't put me finger on what lies in store... But I feel what's to 'appen, all 'appened before...!" and George's own statement to the elder Mr. Dawes that "Poppins" was "my nanny".
The Banks' children
While the Banks family in the original novel had several children, only Jane and Michael appear in the movie. They were played by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber.
Jane ~ Coricopat
Michael
Minor characters:
Ellen, the maid
Mrs. Brill, the cook
Admiral Boom, the Banks's neighbor
Mr. Binnacle, Admiral Boom's first mate
Constable Jones
Katie Nanna, the disgruntled nanny who quits the Banks family.
Mr. Dawes Sr., the director of the bank where Mr. Banks works
Mr. Dawes Jr., the director's son and member of the board
Uncle Albert
The bird woman
Quoting herself when she reads her tape measure: "Practically perfect in every way". She comes down from the clouds in response to the Banks children's advertisement for a nanny. Her personality can be abrasive at times. She is also vain and acerbic, but she is not very sympathetic to the kids other than in the Disney movie adaptation. This is a contrast to the movie incarnation where she is portrayed as not only firm in her use of authority, but kind and gentle as well. ~ Reserved For Razzy
She was played by Julie Andrews. As a result, the role has caused her to suffer from immense typecasting; she has portrayed a benevolent caretaker of children in several films since this one, including The Sound of Music, the movie version of Eloise in which she played "Nanny," and The Princess Diaries films.
Bert
Bert, portrayed by thingy Van d**e, is a jack-of-all-trades and Mary's closest normal friend who is notable in that he is completely accustomed to her magic. Bert has four jobs during the movie: a chimneysweep, a one-man band, a sidewalk chalk artist, and a kite seller. Bert also hints at selling hot chestnuts. ~ Coricopat
Mrs. Banks
Mrs. Winifred Banks is the wife of George Banks and mother of Jane and Michael. She is more fully developed in the movie than in the books. She is depicted as a member of Emmeline Pankhurst's suffragette movement; a scatterbrained woman who appears to neglect her children for her duties as a suffragette. Her main outfit is a blue and orange Edwardian-style dress with a white and blue sash that reads "Votes for Women" in black letters. She wears white gloves in the film (as did most Edwardian English women). Her song in the movie is "Sister Suffragette". The part was played by Glynis Johns.
Mrs. Banks' four "Votes for Women" sashes from the movie have all survived. One can be seen being "pulled out" of Richard M. Sherman's "special musicians' trunk" on the Musical Journey seen on the 2004 DVD release.
Mr. Banks
George Banks is Mary Poppins' employer. He works at the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank in the City of London, and lives at 17 Cherry Tree Lane with his wife, Winifred, and their children. He is a very cross man who hates the women's suffrage movement but later on in the movie his attitude changes. Melodies in the score punctuate the children's need for their father's attention and love, and most of the dramatic tension in the film involves his journey from disconnected family autocrat to fully engaged family man. He was played by David Tomlinson.
According to the Special Edition Soundtrack Bonus Disc, Mary Poppins was George's own nanny when he was a child. Travers intended to have the script hint this strongly in a few places, but it was largely left out of the movie, except for the following words in Bert's opening song, "Can't put me finger on what lies in store... But I feel what's to 'appen, all 'appened before...!" and George's own statement to the elder Mr. Dawes that "Poppins" was "my nanny".
The Banks' children
While the Banks family in the original novel had several children, only Jane and Michael appear in the movie. They were played by Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber.
Jane ~ Coricopat
Michael
Minor characters:
Ellen, the maid
Mrs. Brill, the cook
Admiral Boom, the Banks's neighbor
Mr. Binnacle, Admiral Boom's first mate
Constable Jones
Katie Nanna, the disgruntled nanny who quits the Banks family.
Mr. Dawes Sr., the director of the bank where Mr. Banks works
Mr. Dawes Jr., the director's son and member of the board
Uncle Albert
The bird woman