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* ThrowItIn: Carol Channing was supposed to blow a raspberry, but misunderstood. The result is her character instead gleefully chirping out "raspberries!" to the ''very'' confused other characters.
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* FakeNationality: Pat Morita and Jack Soo were both Japanese playing Chinese henchmen. Philip Ahn was Korean.

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* FakeNationality: Pat Morita and Jack Soo were both Japanese playing Chinese henchmen. Philip Ahn Creator/PhilipAhn was Korean.

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* ActorAllusion: Anthony Dexter has a small part as a tango-dancing gigolo - as a reference to his role in ''Valentino''.



* CutSong: Creator/MaryTylerMoore claims she originally had a solo song that got cut from the film.



* RealitySubtext: The opening montage features Millie deciding to bob her hair as she starts her new life. Julie Andrews herself had long hair on the stage but bobbed it as she filmed ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Mary Tyler Moore claims she originally had a solo song that got cut from the film.
** The studio wanted Robert Wagner for Jimmy, but he was played by James Fox.

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* RealitySubtext: RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: The opening montage features Millie deciding to bob her hair as she starts her new life. Julie Andrews Creator/JulieAndrews herself had long hair on the stage but bobbed it as she filmed ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
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** Mary Tyler Moore claims she originally had a solo song that got cut from
SuppressedMammaries: A rare adult example: Creator/JulieAndrews did this in order to achieve TheRoaringTwenties-appropriate pettanko "flapper" look and lampshaded it within the film.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
The studio wanted Robert Wagner Creator/RobertWagner for Jimmy, but he was played by James Fox.Fox.
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* ActorAllusion: Anthony Dexter has a small part as a tango-dancing gigolo - as a reference to his role in ''Valentino''.
* CreatorBreakdown: Beatrice Lillie was showing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease and had trouble remembering her lines. Julie Andrews would stand off-camera and repeat her lines for her so Beatrice could finish the scenes. This would be her last film.
* TheDanza: James Fox plays James van Hossmere. Ditto for his singing voice Jimmy Bryant.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Miss Dorothy was originally the main character. When Julie Andrews was cast, the studio had her role beefed up so that Millie was now the lead.
* FakeNationality: Pat Morita and Jack Soo were both Japanese playing Chinese henchmen. Philip Ahn was Korean.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: Originally conceived as a light comedy to help make Mary Tyler Moore the "next Doris Day", when Julie Andrews came on board it was changed to a musical.
* NonSingingVoice: Jimmy Bryant dubbed James Fox for his singing.
* RealitySubtext: The opening montage features Millie deciding to bob her hair as she starts her new life. Julie Andrews herself had long hair on the stage but bobbed it as she filmed ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Mary Tyler Moore claims she originally had a solo song that got cut from the film.
** The studio wanted Robert Wagner for Jimmy, but he was played by James Fox.

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