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Home of P. L. Travers on 50 Smith Street in Chelsea, London, England
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"A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns."
P.L. (Pamela Lyndon) Travers, author, creator of the "Mary Poppins" series (9 August 1899-1996)
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On this day in 1964, Walt Disney’s movie adaptation of Pamela Lyndon Travers’ book Mary Poppins. Although a praised classic among many, this movie was almost not made at all. Travers was extremely hesitant to give Disney the rights to make the movie, as she feared he would make a mockery of her books. However, she eventually came around on the grounds that she would have script approval power. The film stared Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Dick Van Dyke (Bert) with music written by Robert and Richard Sherman. The songs became a hit with adults and kids alike and even Disney himself! His favorite song was “Feed the Birds” and often would request the Sherman brothers play it for him. This film also pushed boundaries in the artistic world with the scenes of animation side by side with live action actors. It also slightly dived into feminists ideas with Winnifred Banks being a strong advocate for women’s voting rights. This movie has been a favorite of mine for many years and the passion I have for it has been shared by so many others!
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[...] Giacomo Leopardi scriveva: "Ho conosciuto intimamente una madre di famiglia che non solamente non compiangeva i genitori che perdevano i loro figli bambini, ma gl'invidiava intimamente e sinceramente, perché questi eran volati al Paradiso senza pericoli, e avevan liberato i genitori dall'incomodo di mantenerli".
Parlava di Adelaide Antici, sua madre.
Iréne Némirovski, scrittrice francese di origini ebraiche, morta ad Auschwitz, definita da Benedetta Tobagi "l'angelo vendicatore dei bambini defraudati della propria infanzia da madri terribili", crea nei suoi romanzi figure materne di sublime crudeltà, ispirandosi alla propria madre, Anna Margulis, che rispose "esistono case per bambine bisognose", rifiutandosi di aprire la porta alle due nipoti orfane.
La divina Joan Crawford infieriva con sadismo sui propri pargoli, come racconta la figlia Cristina in un libro intitolati Mammina cara; Maria Teresa d'Asburgo, imperatrice d'Austria, scriveva lettere vessatorie ai suoi sedici figli, a loro volta re e regine; Caterina de'Medici usava i discendenti come pedine per i suoi giochi di potere; Pamela Lyndon Travers, autrice di Mary Poppins, adottò un bambino e abbandonò a un destino sciagurato il fratello gemello.
E non è solo un problema di istinto materno carente, o di animosità nei confronti delle proprie creature. [...]
È la vita, è la natura umana che può essere spietata anche per una madre. La maternità pertanto non assolve nessuno, tantomeno chi si assume la responsabilità di un Paese intero.
Lasciamo in pace quindi le madri e le non madri. E cerchiamo di essere semplicemente persone per bene.
Claudia de Lillo - Se la madre non è buona.
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Mary Poppins (1964, Robert Stevenson)
05/02/2024
Mary Poppins is a 1964 mixed media film (live action and animation) directed by Robert Stevenson, based on the series of novels of the same name written by Pamela Lyndon Travers.
London, 1906. Bert, a man of all trades, is among other things a street orchestra man.
Doubting that his careless wife and suffragette, Winifred will be able to find an efficient nanny for the umpteenth time, George has an advert published in the Times with the requirements that a governess should have in his opinion.
A strong wind that suddenly rose sweeps away all the aspiring workers: recalled by the bizarre letter from the two little ones, which reached her through the fireplace, the "supernanny" Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every respect, comes down from the sky with an umbrella.
A pyrotechnic attack by Admiral Boom, who mistakes the chimney sweeps for Hottentots, forces the group to continue the celebration in the living room of the Banks house, involving Winifred and the maids in the dancing.
The protagonist of the film is Mary Poppins - a magical nanny who arrives at number 17 of Cherry Tree Lane flying down from the sky during a day with the wind blowing from the East, attached to a black umbrella with a handle in the shape of a talking parrot's head - who takes care of the siblings Jane and Michael Banks in the family's most difficult moment.
When George Banks is fired, instead of being destroyed, he is cheerful and sings with his family; while her mother, Winnifred Banks, is a full-time suffragette, who participated in many demonstrations on women's emancipation.
In 1934, P. L. Travers, pseudonym of the Australian Helen Lyndon Goff, published the novel Mary Poppins, which tells the story of the magical flying nanny who comes down from the sky to help the Banks family. The sequel was published in 1935, followed by six more novels, published until 1988.
According to the story told in Saving Mr. Banks and the special features of the 2004 special edition DVD, Walt Disney's daughter Diane fell in love with the books of the series and made her father promise to produce a film based on her beloved books. The Sherman brothers composed the soundtrack and helped write the script, suggesting moving the events from the 1930s to the Edwardian era.
Many parts of the correspondence between Disney and Travers are part of the collection in the Library of New South Wales, Australia.
Their relationship during the production of Mary Poppins is told in a dramatic version in the film Saving Mr. Banks, produced by Walt Disney Pictures in 2013.
The film was shot entirely at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Some hand-made drawings of the discarded scenarios were used for the overture of the film's sequel.
The penguins who serve tea to Mary Poppins and Bert were voiced, in the original version, by James MacDonald, who also took care of the sound effects of the film.
David Tomlinson acted with a fake mustache at Walt Disney's request.
The other actresses considered for the part of Mary Poppins were Bette Davis and Angela Lansbury.
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It's been 10 years passed since Disney's Saving Mr. Banks came out in December-13-2013 and let me tell ya: it was pretty good and it's based on the true story of both Pamela Lyndon Travers and Walt Disney's long process in making Mary Poppins 1964 movie. Emma Thompson is portrayed as Pamela Lyndon Travers and Tom Hanks is portrayed as Walt Disney in the movie version.
#10years#disney#savingmrbanks#truestory#pamelalyndontravers#waltdisney#marypoppins#emmathompson#tomhanks#movie
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Rob Marshall, Mary Poppins Returns, 2018 VS Chris Burden, Urban Light, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles | USA, 2008
#rob marshall#mary poppins#mary poppins returns#Pamela Lyndon Travers#p. l. travers#Emily Blunt#Dick Van Dyke#Lin-Manuel Miranda#Ben Whishaw#Emily Mortimer#lacma#los angeles#urban light#USA#california#Los Angeles County Museum of Art#light#light art#contemporary art
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Here is a little piece form the first ever Mary Poppins story P. L. Travers ever published. Story from 1926 ☂️
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They were supposed to be in love....my shipper heart 😫❤.
(klick for better quality.)
#mary poppins returns#mary poppins#mary and bert#herbert alfred#pamela lyndon travers#i wanna cry#they are so in love#cuties
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Pamela L. Travers // Mary Poppins Comes Back
#books#book aesthetic#bookblr#book quotes#stars#stars aesthetic#dark academia#dark academic#dark academia aesthetic#mary poppins#mary poppins comes back#pamela lyndon travers#p l travers#da aesthetic#light academia#light academia aesthetic#empowering#empowering quotes#motivating quotes#quotes#outer space#magic academia
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“Vento dall'est, la nebbia è là, qualcosa di strano tra poco accadrà. Troppo difficile capire cos'è, ma penso che un ospite arrivi per me.”
“Saving Mr. Banks”
#Saving Mr. Banks#frase#frase film#mary Poppins#P. L. Travers#Annie Rose Buckley#Pamela Lyndon Travers#Helen Lyndon Goff#emma thompson
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Mary Poppins Returns (UK - USA, 2018)
#Mary Poppins Returns#Mary Poppins#Disney#disneyedit#Emily Blunt#Lin-Manuel Miranda#Meryl Streep#Pixie Davies#Nathanael Saleh#Joel Dawson#Emily Mortimer#Rob Marshall#Pamela Lyndon Travers#my gifs#movie gifs
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Mary Poppins, Pamela Lyndon Travers
SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIKEXPIALIDOUCIOUS à vous ! Mary Poppins, ce sont pour moi l’élégance piquante de Julie Andrews et les aventures merveilleuses que vivent en dessin animé les jeunes Jane et Michael Banks dans le film de 1965. Et puis c’est « ce mot trop long et parfaitement atroce » que l’on n’a pas moins envie de s’acharner à apprendre par coeur sitôt le film fini !
Après avoir vu Dans l’ombre de Mary (Saving Mr Banks), le film de 2013 qui raconte l’histoire de la collaboration pas toujours simple entre Walt Disney et Pamela L. Travers pour l’adaptation du livre. En creusant un peu la question de la véracité du film, on tombe sur plusieurs articles qui expliquent que l’histoire est plus sombre que ça. Le film raconte l’histoire en dorant la légende de Disney, omettant bien de nombreux aspects de la vie de Pamela L. Travers ; et en créant un « happy ending » loin de la réalité.
SPOILER : le film Dans l’ombre de Mary présente l’autrice pleurant, apparemment de soulagement, lors de la première du film. Or si Pamela L. Travers a effectivement pleuré lors de la première, c’est plutôt sous le choc de la déception. Elle écrira plus tard : « Tout était si déformé que des larmes coulaient sur mes joues… Le choc était si grand que je sentais que jamais plus je n’écrirai ni ne sourirai ! » (« Tears ran on my cheeks because it was all so distorted … I was so shocked that I felt I would never write, let alone smile, again! »). FIN DU SPOILER
Ajoutons que par là-dessus que j’ai été loin de bouder mon plaisir devant Le Retour de Mary Poppins. Il m’a paru trouver un équilibre joyeux entre rejouer l’adaptation de 1965 et écrire une séquelle. Avec des points intrigants ou des défauts, il n’en a pas moins des séquences réjouissantes qui m’ont fait l’effet de bonbons pour les yeux.
En voilà une longue introduction pour parler… du livre ! Si vous êtes comme moi, vous avez probablement plus été familier.e des films que de l’original. Alors voilà, avec toutes ces contradictions, cet amour pour le Disney des années 60 et le remake, cette tristesse de voir que l’histoire de l’adaptation a été celle d’un rapport de force où Pamela L. Travers a semble-t-il perdu des plumes… j’avais vraiment envie de découvrir son écriture à elle.
Eh bien, aucune déception.
Il y a là-dedans une fantaisie et une poésie dont on comprend qu’elles ont inspiré Walt Disney. L’histoire suit un découpage en épisodes. Chaque chapitre est une aventure improbable où les enfants sont embarqués avec leur gouvernante aussi élégante qu’irascible.
On retrouve des épisodes qui ont été adaptés presque à l’identique (les fous rires qui font flotter l’oncle Albert au plafond, Ô que j’aime cette scène !) ; d’autres réécrits pour les besoins du scénario. Et plusieurs ont été de totales découvertes. Mes préférés : La Boutique aux étoiles (les pains d’épices les plus magiques ?) ; Mademoiselle Lark et son Népomucène (où Mary Poppins parle au brave petit chien) ; et surtout John et Barbara. Ces deux là sont les deux autres enfants de la famille Banks ! Ils sont des jumeaux et on découvre que, comme tous les bébés de moins d’un an, ils ont des pouvoirs particuliers. À noter, dans le côté qui a vieilli - le chapitre de La Boussole magique qui véhicule des clichés un peu gros sur les cultures aux quatre coins du monde.
Concernant le personnage de Mary Poppins, on comprend que l’autrice ait pu avoir du mal avec l’adaptation filmique. La Mary Poppins originale paraît bien plus mystérieuse et réelle à la fois, ses angles sont plus acérés que ceux des héroïnes Disney. Elle n’est pas vraiment… sympathique; du moins, avec difficulté. Un petit côté Sherlock en mode gouvernante ? Ses marques d’affection sont non seulement rares mais même inquiétantes du point de vue des enfants (la voir gentille est signe de quelque chose de louche). Elle est d’une coquetterie plus appuyée, ne dédaignant aucun miroir. Elle boude et s’offense à tout bout de champs, surtout les jours où elle avait mis « sa jaquette bleue à boutons d’argent et le chapeau bleu qui allait avec : lorsqu’elle portait ce genre de toilette, elle se vexait toujours pour un rien. » Enfin, sa magie m’a semblé encore plus spéciale dans le livre. Et sur moi, elle opère : j’ai envie de lire les autres livres de la série (en anglais cette fois peut-être, pour le plaisir d’imaginer l’accent de cette gouvernante britannique) !
G.C.
Mary Poppins, Pamela Lyndon Travers. Traduit de l’anglais par Vladimir Volkoff. Hachette 1963 pour la traduction. Editions Livre de Poche jeunesse, 2018. Parution originale, 1934.
Pamela Lyndon Travers, de son vrai nom Helen Lyndon Goff, est née le 9 août 1899 à Maryborough en Australe, dans une famille d’origine irlandaise. EN 1924, elle s’installe en Angleterre et poursuit une carrière de journaliste, de danseuse et d’actrice de théâtre. La parution de Mary Poppins en 1934 fut son premier succès littéraire. Elle écrivit ensuite une série de cinq autres livres mettant en scène ce personnage. Pamela Lyndon Travers est morte à Londres en 1996.
#mary poppins#pamela lyndon travers#pamela l travers#jeunesse#roman jeunesse#fantasy#magique#gouvernante#angleterre#enfance#héroine#livres de femmes#chronique
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Giovanna trasalì lievemente. «È successo qualcosa!» gridò. «Questo non è il nostro aquilone. È tutto diverso!» Guardarono fissamente: era proprio vero. L’aquilone non era più verde e giallo. Aveva cambiato colore e ora era blu. Scendeva ondeggiando e ballonzolando. All’improvviso Michele gettò un grido di gioia. «Giovanna! Giovanna! Non è affatto un aquilone. Sembra... oh, sembra...» «Riavvolgi il filo, Michele, riavvolgilo, presto!» esclamò Giovanna. «Non ce la faccio ad aspettare!» Perché, ora, al di sopra degli alberi più alti, la figura all’estremità del filo era chiaramente visibile. Non c’era più traccia dell’aquilone verde e giallo, ma al suo posto si agitava una figura che sembrava a un tempo strana e nota, una figura che portava un abito blu con bottoni d’argento e un cappello di paglia guarnito di margherite. Sotto il suo braccio c’era un ombrello che aveva per manico una testa di pappagallo, una valigia scura pendeva da una mano, mentre l’altra si teneva saldamente all’estremità del filo che andava man mano accorciandosi.
P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins ritorna
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"Mary Poppins. Vuelve Mary Poppins", de P. L. Travers (seudónimo)
“Mary Poppins. Vuelve Mary Poppins”, de P. L. Travers (seudónimo)
«Con las ilustraciones de la primera edición de Mary Shepard»
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Cubierta de: ‘Mary Poppins’. ‘Vuelve Mary Poppins’
En el trascurso de cincuenta y cuatro años Helen Lyndon Goff, que escribió con el seudónimo de Pamela Lyndon Travers o P. L. Traverscomo la gustaba firmar los más de veinte libros que escribió, entre los que se encuentran los ocho que dedicó a contar las aventuras de su personaje…
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#Alianza Editorial#Borja García Bercero#Colección 13/20#Helen Lyndon Goff#Mary Poppins#Mary Shepard#P. L. Travers#Pamela Lyndon Travers#Vuelve Mary Poppins
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