Mary Poppins (1964) Poster

(1964)

Glynis Johns: Mrs. Banks

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  • Jane : [reading advertisement for a new nanny]  "Wanted: a nanny for two adorable children."

    Mr. Banks : Adorable. Well that's debatable, I must say.

    Jane : [singing]  If you want this choice position, have a cheery disposition...

    Mr. Banks : Jane, I don't...

    Jane : Rosy cheeks, no warts...

    Michael : That's the part I put in!

    Jane : Play games, all sorts. You must be kind, you must be witty, very sweet, and fairly pretty...

    Mr. Banks : Well of all the ridiculous...!

    Mrs. Banks : George, please!

    Jane : Take us on outings, give us treats, sing songs, bring sweets. Never be cross or cruel. Never give us castor oil or gruel. Love us as a son and daughter, and never smell of barley water.

    Michael : I put that in, too!

    Jane : If you won't scold and dominate us, we will never give you cause to hate us. We won't hide your spectacles so you can't see, put toads in your bed, or pepper in your tea. Hurry, nanny! Many thanks! Sincerely...

    Jane , Michael : Jane and Michael Banks!

  • [On the failure of their previous nanny] 

    Mrs. Banks : I'm sorry, dear, but when I chose Katie Nana, I thought she would be firm with the children. She looked so solemn and cross.

    Mr. Banks : My dear, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.

  • Mrs. Banks : [singing]  We're clearly soldiers in petticoats, and dauntless crusaders for women's a-votes! Though we adore men individually, we agree that as a group they're rather stupid.

  • Mr. Banks : [singing]  I feel a surge of deep satisfaction, much as a king astride his noble steed.

    [speaks] 

    Mr. Banks : Thank you.

    [sings] 

    Mr. Banks : When I return from daily strife, to hearth and wife, how pleasant is the life I lead!

    Mrs. Banks : Dear, it's about the children...

    Mr. Banks : Yes, yes, yes.

    [sings] 

    Mr. Banks : I run my home precisely on schedule. At 6:01, I march through my door. My slippers, sherry, and pipe are due at 6:02. Consistent is the life I lead!

    Mrs. Banks : George, they're missing!

    Mr. Banks : Splendid, splendid.

    [sings] 

    Mr. Banks : It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910! King Edward's on the throne, it's the age of men! I'm the lord of my castle, the sovereign, the liege!

    [speaks] 

    Mr. Banks : I treat my subjects, servants, children, wife with a firm but gentle hand, noblesse oblige.

    [sings] 

    Mr. Banks : It's 6:03, and the heirs to my dominion are scrubbed and tubbed, and adequately fed. And so I'll pat them on the head, and send them off to bed. Ah, lordly is the life I lead!

    [speaks] 

    Mr. Banks : Winifred, where are the children?

    Mrs. Banks : They're not here, dear.

    Mr. Banks : What? Well, of course they're here! Where else would they be?

  • Mr. Banks : I suggest you have this piano repaired. When I sit down to an instrument, I like to have it in tune.

    Mrs. Banks : But, George, you don't play.

    Mr. Banks : Madam, that is entirely beside the point!

  • Mrs. Banks : Oh, George, you didn't jump into the river. How sensible of you!

    [Mr. Banks kisses her] 

    Constable Jones : [into phone]  It's all right, sir, he's been found! No, *alive*! Or so I presume, he's a-kissin' the Mrs. Banks.

    Mrs. Banks : I've been so worried, what happened at the ba...

    [Mr. Banks picks her up and whirls her around] 

    Mr. Banks : I've been sacked! Discharged! Flung into the street!

    [singing] 

    Mr. Banks : A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down! Tra-la-laaa-lalalalala!

    Ellen : Gone off his crumpet, that's what he's done. Dotty as you please.

  • Mrs. Banks : As a matter of fact, since you hired Mary Poppins, the most extraordinary things seem to have come over the household.

    Mr. Banks : Is that so?

    Mrs. Banks : Take Ellen, for instance. She hasn't broken a dish all morning.

    Mr. Banks : Really? Well, that is extraordinary.

  • Mrs. Banks : [singing]  Our daughters' daughters will adore us and they'll sing in grateful chorus, "Well done, sister suffragettes."

  • Mrs. Banks : But you're always saying that you wanted a cheerful and pleasant household.

    Mr. Banks : Winifred, I should like to make a slight differentiation between the word cheerful and just plain giddy irresponsibility.

  • Mrs. Banks : I'll try to do better next time.

    Mr. Banks : Next time? My dear, you've engaged six nannies in the last four months. And they've all been unqualified disasters.

  • Mrs. Banks : A proper kite needs a proper tail, don't you think?

  • Mrs. Banks : [sees the time]  Excuse me, POSTS, EVERYONE, PLEASE!

    [cannon fires] 

  • Ellen : Coo, there's a whole queue of nannies outside, sir. Shall I show them in?

    Mr. Banks : Ellen, I said 8:00 and 8:00 it shall jolly well be. You see? 12 seconds to go. 10... 9... 8...

    Mrs. Banks : Posts! 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!

    Mr. Banks : Ellen, it is now 8:00.

    Ellen : Yes, sir.

    Mr. Banks : I have told you time and time again, Ellen, that I dislike being hurried into things.

  • Mrs. Banks : Oh, George, you didn't jump in the river. How sensible of you.

  • Katie Nanna : MRS. BANKS!

    Mrs. Banks : What is it, Katie Nanna?

    Katie Nanna : Mrs. Banks, I have something to say to you.

    Mrs. Banks : Where are the children?

    Katie Nanna : The children, madam, to be precise, are not here. They've disappeared again.

    Mrs. Banks : Katie Nanna, this is really too careless of you. Doesn't it make the third time this week?

    Katie Nanna : The fourth, madam. And I for one have had my fill of it. I'm not one to speak ill of the children, but...

    Mrs. Banks : Oh, please, when do you expect them home?

    Katie Nanna : I really couldn't say. And now if you'd be good enough to compute my wages, I'll...

    Mrs. Banks : Oh, gracious, Katie Nanna! You're not leaving? What will Mr. Banks say? He's going to be cross enough as it is to come home and find the children missing. Ellen, put these things away. You know how the cause infuriates Mr. Banks.

    Ellen : Yes, ma'am.

    Mrs. Banks : Katie Nanna, I beseech you. Please reconsider. Think of the children. Think of Mr. Banks. He was just beginning to get used to you.

    [Ellen closes the door and looks at the clock] 

    Ellen : [shouts]  POSTS, EVERYONE!

    Admiral Boom : [they gathered around with all of there stuff to hang on]  Four, three, two, one. FIRE!

    [the cannon blows and Mrs Banks and the households got one of their stuff] 

    Mrs. Banks : Katie Nanna, I do beseech you...

    Katie Nanna : My wages, if you please.

  • Ellen : It wouldn't hurt to have them drag the river. There's a nice spot there by Suffolk Bridge, popular with jumpers.

    Mrs. Banks : Really, Ellen?

  • Mr. Banks : Winifred, where are the children?

    Mrs. Banks : They're not here, dear.

    Mr. Banks : What? Well, of course they're here! Where else would they be?

    Mrs. Banks : I don't know, George

    Mr. Banks : You don't know?

    Mrs. Banks : Well, they're missing. Katie Nanna has looked everywhere.

    Mr. Banks : Very well. I'll deal with this at once.

    [rolls up the telephone handle] 

    Mr. Banks : Give me the police station, quickly, please.

    Mrs. Banks : [interrupting]  I don't think we need bother the police, dear. The facts of the matter...

    Mr. Banks : Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts. One fact, and one fact alone is crystal clear! Katie Nanna's faltered at her post. She's let the family down. And I shall bring her to boo... oh. She's left us, hasn't she?

    Mrs. Banks : Yes, dear, only just.

    Mr. Banks : What, uh... yes. George Banks here. Yes. 17 Cherry Tree Lane. It's a matter of some urgency. I should like you to send a policeman around immediately.

    Mrs. Banks : [she heard a ring on the doorbell and opens the door]  The policeman's here, George!

    Mr. Banks : What? Oh, how very prompt. What wonderful service. Thank you so much. Good night.

    [he hangs up] 

    Mr. Banks : Come in, constable. Come in.

    Constable Jones : Thank you, sir. While going about my duties on the other side of the park, I noted some valuables that had gone astray. I believe they're yours, sir.

    Mr. Banks : Valuables?

    Constable Jones : [to the children]  Come along, now. Come along.

    [as the children came back home after flying a kite in the wind] 

    Mrs. Banks : Jane! Michael!

    Mr. Banks : [hushed]  Winifred, please don't be emotional.

    Constable Jones : Oh, I wouldn't be too hard on 'em, sir. They've had a long, weary walk today.

    Mr. Banks : Children, come here at once.

    [Jane and Michael came close to his father] 

    Mr. Banks : Well?

    Jane : I'm sorry we lost Katie Nanna, Father.

    Michael : You see, it was windy.

    Jane : And the kite was too strong for us.

    Constable Jones : In a manner of speaking, sir, it was the kite that ran away, not the children.

    Mr. Banks : Thank you, Constable. I think I can manage this.

    Jane : Actually it wasn't a very good kite. We made it ourselves.

    Michael : Perhaps if you helped us to make one...

    Constable Jones : Ah, that's the ticket, sir. Kites are skittish things. Why, only last week with me own youngsters...

    Mr. Banks : I'm very grateful to you, Constable, for returning the children. And I'm sure that if you go to the kitchen, Cook'll find you a plate of something.

    Constable Jones : Thank you, sir. I shall now return to my duties.

    Jane : Thank you, Constable.

    Constable Jones : Good night, miss. Good night, ma'am. Good night, sir. Cook'll find me something. I never...

    [he leaves the banks residence] 

    Mrs. Banks : [closes the door]  I'm awfully sorry about this, George. I'll expect you'll want to discuss it.

    Mr. Banks : I would indeed! Ellen, take Jane and Michael upstairs straightaway.

    Ellen : Yes, sir.

    [took Jane and Michael upstairs to their room] 

    Ellen : I knew it. When all's said and done, who bears the brunt of everything around here? Me, that's who! They don't want an honest, hard-workin' girl around here. They need a ruddy zookeeper.

  • Mrs. Banks : Lovely, lovely morning, Ellen!

    Ellen : Indeed it is, mum.

    Mrs. Banks : Have you put the spoiled eggs in my carry-all?

    Ellen : [wincing]  Yes, mum.

    Mrs. Banks : After our meeting at the Albert Hall, we're all going to Downing Street to throw things at the prime minister!

    [both laugh] 

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