Precious Moments 193101 Disney Mary Poppins Let's Go Fly a Kite Musical Snow Globe WATERBALL, One Size, Multicolor

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The Sherman Brothers composed the score to the film Mary Poppins but they were also involved in the development of the film and its storyline. They were the ones who suggested that the setting be changed to the Edwardian era from the 1930s when the book was set.

Another sky high secret in the production of Mary Poppins, is that the wires holding up Julie Andrews were darkened with shoe polish to reduce reflection from the studio lights. Fans of the Disney classic Mary Poppins and Disney collectible decor will truly appreciate this thoughtful gift Give this most delightful present to a Disney fan for birthdays holidays or just about any occasion For more than 40 years Precious Moments has been devoted to making the world a kinder place by helping people share love A timeless brand Precious Moments helps you celebrate everyday moments and commemorate special occasions with hand-painted porcelain figurines and ornaments as well as contemporary kitchenware home decor baby gifts and more A unique inspirational message lies at the heart of every Precious Moments product thoughtfully designed so you can turn your special moments into memories that last a lifetime The word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" was not created for Mary Poppins. A variation was first used in a 1949 song by Gloria Parker and Barney Young. They did sue Disney for plagiarism, but lost after the lawyers showed that a similar word had been used by Helen Herman in the "Syracuse Daily Orange", a college newspaper, on March 10, 1931. Herman wrote: "Several years ago, I concocted an expression which, to me, includes all words in the category of something wonderful...I believe that I am the sole originator of it, or at least, I have my own interpretation of its pronunciation… it implies all that is grand, great, glorious, splendid, superb, wonderful." Measuring approximately 6”H this Disney Showcase snow globe is crafted from cold-cast resin and glass and is carefully hand-paintedCline’s also a passionate advocate for the preservation of these priceless cultural artifacts and brings genuine joy to what she calls her dream job. We had a chance to chat with her about the tireless but never boring work of an archivist, how her job has changed alongside filmmaking technology, and the movie that ignited her enchantment with all things Disney. Adriana Caselotti was the live-action reference model for the character of Snow White Mrs Banks is depicted as a member of Emmeline Pankhurst Votes For Women suffrage movement. She was originally named Cynthia but was then changed to a more English sounding name Winifred. To re-create that base, Cline hired well-known designer Kevin Kidney in 2007. No stranger to designing for Disney, Kidney has worked on everything from theme park show props to collectible merchandise. “The original snow globe was handmade by one of my art heroes—Disney Legend Rolly Crump,” says Kidney.“The glass portion with the cathedral was on display in the Archives, but the metal base had been missing for nearly 50 years. I was able to re-create it from production stills and screen shots.” Larri Thomas plays the woman in the carriage who blows a kiss at Bert during the "Chim Chim Cheree" performance. She was also Julie Andrews' stand-in.

The character of Bert is actually a mix of several of Mary Poppins' friends from the original books. Among them is the minor character of a chimney sweep. It was a drawing of the sweep by one of the animators that inspired the film’s song "Chim Chim Cheree".Disney rented a house for Andrews and her family in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles during the production. Andrews referred to the production of Mary Poppins as unrelenting and physically exerting but said that it was the best introduction she could’ve had to the film industry. In the book, Mrs Banks is the one to interview Mary Poppins for the nanny position rather than Mr Banks. P.L. Travers ended up being an advisor/film consultant on Walt Disney’s version of Mary Poppins. She was allegedly disapproving of all Walt Disney‘s changes to Mary Poppins character as she wished to keep the harsh aspects of Poppin’s personality. She famously didn’t enjoy the music written for the film and she hated the use of animation so much that she would not allow Walt Disney to make any films around her later novels.

The book occupies a darker moral universe, one in which an alternative, more definitive ending is alluded to. Poppins is always looking in mirrors because she feels only tenuously connected to the physical world. (One sees why Sylvia Plath liked these books; TS Eliot, too.) What’s more, she has a cousin who is a snake and who, on the night of her birthday, gives her his shed skin and speculates that to eat and be eaten amount to the same thing when we are, “as one, moving to the same end”. It’s an extraordinary piece of paganism for a children’s book, prefiguring the end, when Poppins disappears with a “wild cry”, never to return. You don’t get that in Lassie Come Home. Neither was she sentimental. Poppins had little time for the Bird Woman, the vagrant stationed on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, and on the issue of avian welfare in the capital went further even than Dawes Sr – “Feed the birds and what have you got? Fat birds!” – by suggesting they should be baked in a pie.

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The houses on Cherry Tree Lane where the Banks house is were built on a diminishing scale, so getting smaller as the lane got further away. The Cherry Tree Blossoms in Cherry Tree Lane were made of plastic and imported from France and Portugal - each leaf and bloom had to be hand-mounted. The film inspired the eighth season episode of The Simpsons entitled "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", featuring a parody of Mary Poppins called "Shary Bobbins" who helps out the Simpson family when Marge loses her hair due to stress. It also includes spoof songs, "The Perfect Nanny", "A Spoonful of Sugar", "Feed the Birds" and "The Life I Lead". The fact that the snow globe made it into the Archives in the first place is a pretty remarkable story itself, as recounted by Disney Legend and Walt Disney Archives founder Dave Smith: “Shortly after I founded the Archives in 1970, I started searching through attics, closets, basements, and storerooms to find any items or files that I felt had historical value and should be in the Archives,” Smith says. “The basement of the Animation Building held a treasure trove, with hundreds of boxes and file cabinets stashed down there and forgotten. Everywhere things could be stored, they were.There were even huge air-conditioning ducts in which boxes had been placed when there was no space for shelving.” In Walt Disney World, in the lost and found in Frontierland, there is a wooden leg with the word "Smith" written on it. This is a reference to the Mary Poppins Tea Party joke about "a man with a wooden leg named Smith" which is repeated by several characters. Actor Stanley Holloway was considered for the role of Admiral Boom but instead he went on to star in the film My Fair Lady instead.