History Trivia / MaryPoppins

** A possibly apocryphal tale is that the two child actors didn't know it was Dyke until his name unscrambled in the credits at the premiere!

* CreatorBacklash / DisownedAdaptation: P.L. Travers absolutely ''hated'' the film, due to it's changing of several elements of her original stories (In the books, Mary is a complete JerkAss throughout) and the inclusion of the animated sequence. So much so, that at the premiere, she approached WaltDisney before it's first screening, demanding the sequence be removed. Disney refused, and later, when the film had concluded, Travers broke down crying, not because the people hated the film, but because ''[[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/19/051219fa_fact1?currentPage=all they were giving it a standing ovation]]''.

* LastOfHisKind: This was Treacher's final on-screen role.

* CreatorBacklash: P.L. Travers called the second chapter of the first book, "The Day Out", the worst ''Mary Poppins'' story she ever wrote. However, she apparently never said how much of her hatred stemmed from Creator/WaltDisney using its concept of jumping into chalk drawings as a way to shoehorn animation into the movie.

* CreatorBacklash: P.L. Travers called the second chapter of the first book, "The Day Out", the worst ''Mary Poppins'' story she ever wrote. However, she apparently never said if she hated it even before Creator/WaltDisney used its concept of jumping into chalk drawings as a way to shoehorn animation into the movie.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: 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.
** Disney did offer to do an animated adaptation of ''Mary Poppins'', but Travers felt [[AnimationAgeGhetto no one would take the movie seriously if it was animated]].

** Although JulieAndrews was marvellous 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; AngelaLansbury was seriously considered before Andrews was finally cast.

** Disney did offer to do an animated adaptation of Mary Poppins, but Travers felt [[AnimationAgeGhetto no one would take the movie seriously if it was animated]].
** Walt was negotiating to have the rights to film BedknobsAndBroomsticks in case negotiations for the rights to MaryPoppins fell through.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The Banks' children's prior nanny, Katie Nanna, is the BrideOfFrankenstein herself, Elsa Lanchester.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The Banks' children's prior nanny, Katie Nanna, is the BrideOfFrankenstein herself, Elsa Lancaster.

* CreatorBacklash / DisownedAdaptation: P.L. Travers absolutely ''hated'' the film, due to it's changing of several elements of her original stories (In the books, Mary is a complete JerkAss throughout) and the inclusion of the animated sequence. So much so, that at the premiere, she approached WaltDisney before it's first screening, demanding the sequence be removed. Disney refused, and later, when the film had concluded, Travers broke down crying, not because the people hated the film, but because ''they were giving it a standing ovation''.

** In addition, Hermione Baddeley, who played Ellen, the Banks' parlormaid, also was the voice of Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in ''Disney/TheAristocats''.
** The film's vocal coach, J. Pat O'Malley, also appeared in numerous Disney films; he was also in ''Alice in Wonderland'', voicing Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and he was also Colonel Hathi in ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.

** This was also Irwin Kostal's first assignment for Disney as conductor and music arranger, but he later performed similar duties on ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''Film/PetesDragon'', and ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'', while his assistant, James [=MacDonald=], was Walt Disney's replacement as the voice of MickeyMouse as well as the original voice of HumphreyTheBear.

** This was also Irwin Kostal's first assignment for Disney as conductor and music arranger, but he later performed similar duties on ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''PetesDragon'', and ''MickeysChristmasCarol'', while his assistant, James [=MacDonald=], was Walt Disney's replacement as the voice of MickeyMouse as well as the original voice of HumphreyTheBear.

** This was also Irwin Kostal's first assignment for Disney as conductor and music arranger, but he later performed similar duties on ''BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''PetesDragon'', and ''MickeysChristmasCarol'', while his assistant, James MacDonald, was Walt Disney's replacement as the voice of MickeyMouse as well as the original voice of HumphreyTheBear.

** The film's vocal coach, J. Pat O'Malley, also appeared in numerous Disney films; he was also in ''Alice in Wonderland'', voicing Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Colonel Hathi in ''Disney/TheJungleBook''.

* Walt was negotiating to have the rights to film BedknobsAndBroomsticks in case negotiations for the rights to MaryPoppins fell through.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The Banks' children's earlier nanny, Katie Nanna, is the BrideOfFrankenstein herself, Elsa Lancaster.

* CreatorBacklash: P.L. Travers absolutely ''hated'' the film, due to it's changing of several elements of her original stories (In the books, Mary is a complete JerkAss throughout) and the inclusion of the animated sequence. So much so, that at the premiere, she approached WaltDisney before it's first screening, demanding the sequence be removed. Disney refused, and later, when the film had concluded, Travers broke down crying, not because the people hated the film, but because ''they were giving it a standing ovation''.

* CreatorBacklash: The author of the original story hated the movie.