Mary Poppins Opens The Door - Film Adaptation

Film Adaptation

One segment of the book, The Cat That Looked at a King, was adapted by DisneyToon Studios as a 10-minute short film for the Walt Disney Company 40th anniversary DVD release of the 1964 Mary Poppins film. Combining animation with live action, the film opens on the same set where Dick Van Dyke's character, Bert, was shown as a pavement artist in the earlier film. Julie Andrews appears in the short, but it is left ambiguous as to whether she is portraying a modern-day version of Mary Poppins. However due to her shadow wearing Mary Poppins' hat, because she uses Mary Poppin's catchphrase "Spitspot", mentions the penguin waiters and since she quotes Poppins from the movie ("I have no intention of making a spectacle of myself, thank you very much."), it's quite possibly that Andrews portrays a modern-day version of the nanny.

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
Books
  • Mary Poppins (1934)
  • Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)
  • Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
  • Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)
  • Mary Poppins From A to Z (1962)
  • Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975)
  • Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982)
  • Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1988)
Characters
  • Mary Poppins
  • Mr. Banks
  • Mrs. Banks
  • The Banks children
  • Bert
  • Miss Lark
  • Admiral Boom
  • The servants
Adaptions
  • Mary Poppins (film) (1964)
  • Mary Poppins, Goodbye (musical miniseries) (1983)
  • Mary Poppins (musical) (2004)
Songs
  • "Sister Suffragette"
  • "The Life I Lead"
  • "The Perfect Nanny"
  • "A Spoonful of Sugar"
  • "Jolly Holiday"
  • "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
  • "Stay Awake"
  • "I Love to Laugh"
  • "Feed the Birds"
  • "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank"
  • "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
  • "Step in Time"
  • "A Man Has Dreams"
  • "Let's Go Fly a Kite"
Related
  • Saving Mr. Banks (film) (2013)

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