They tell him that they are on their way to the park. Soon, she appears along with the Banks children, Jane and Michael, for whom she has been employed as a nanny. He has drawn pictures depicting his adventures with Mary Poppins. Later, Bert is shown trying to earn money as a street artist. Upon arrival, he is surprised to hear loud arguing coming from inside. Binnacle, that the Banks' home is dealing with "heavy weather". Along the way, he introduces the viewer to some of the residents, and is warned by Admiral Boom and Mr. After being asked, he shows the viewer the route to 17 Cherry Tree Lane, home of the Banks family. After impressing the crowd with various songs, as well as impromptu poetry, he notes a change in the weather, which he notes as a sign of events to come. He also sports a straw hat.īert appears at the beginning of the film, trying to earn money as a one-man-band. While in the street picture of the English countryside, Bert wears a red, orange, and yellow suit with a blue bow tie. While working as a chimney sweep, his face is covered in soot. Nevertheless, he compassionately looks after them until George returns.īert is a slender man with dark hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. However, he shows a deeply empathetic side to his personality when Jane and Michael run from the bank - he expresses his sympathy for their father, George in that he is shaped and pressured immensely by the financial world that has imprisoned him. He is incredibly energetic and easygoing, never losing his temper or raising his voice with anyone at all and always looking on the bright side. He is shown to be very much at ease with her magic and implies that she has helped numerous families using her powers. He is a long time friend of Mary Poppins, though their relationship is noted to be strictly platonic (but there are hints to suggest a more romantic interest between them). He never stays with one trade too long and adapts to current conditions. "I'll wait!" And thus a Classic was born! A multiple 1964 Oscar winner (including 'Best Actress' for Andrews, who got to share the stage with her "Lady" costar, Rex Harrison, who won 'Best Actor'), the film was a major hit, worldwide, and quickly achieved the legendary status it holds today.Bert is a jack-of-all-trades with a Cockney accent. But it was the casting of Julie Andrews, in her first film, as Mary Poppins, that truly 'made' the film! Passed over by Jack Warner for the movie version of her stage hit, "My Fair Lady" (he opted for Audrey Hepburn), Disney caught her performance in "Camelot" on Broadway, knew, instantly, that she was the right 'Mary', and approached her for the role. Veteran stars Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Owen, Arthur Treacher, and Jane Darwell (as the Bird Woman, in her last screen appearance), headed the strong supporting cast. Popular British actors Glynis Johns and David Tomlinson would play the preoccupied parents, with Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber (from "The Three Lives of Thomasina") as the neglected children. While American stage and TV star Dick Van Dyke was an odd choice to play a Cockney chimneysweep, he was a gifted mime and physical comedian, and had such a wholesome exuberance that Disney knew British audiences would forgive his shaky accent. With Travers' grudging approval, casting began. Years of negotiations only whetted Disney's desire to make a definitive, truly 'special' film, and by 1960, despite the box office failure of another fantasy-themed 'pet' project, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People", he was more confident than ever in the story's potential, bringing together a remarkable array of talent, including songwriting brothers Richard and Robert Sherman, production head Bill Walsh, and the brilliant artist Peter Ellenshaw to 'visualize' 1910 London through his matte paintings. Travers' tales of a magical nanny who arrives to bring families closer, the rights to the stories had been pursued by Disney since 1938, but Travers had seen what studios had done to other authors' works, and withheld her approval unless she could maintain some creative control. Certainly the crowning achievement of Walt Disney's remarkable career, both story-wise and technically, the film remains an unsurpassed achievement! Based on P.L. "Mary Poppins" is one of that select group of films that can truly be called 'Classic', a project conceived in love and filled with so much child-like wonder that it will never grow old or 'out-of-date'.
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