Mary Poppins (1964)
Hermione Baddeley: Ellen - Maid
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Quotes
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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.
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Mr. Banks : [Banks is unaware that the other nannies have disappeared] Ellen?
Ellen : Yes, sir?
Mr. Banks : Tell the other applicants they may go, the position has been filled.
Ellen : The others, sir?
Mr. Banks : Yes, the others! How many nannies does she think we need in this house?
[Ellen opens the door; the only one outside is the dog Andrew]
Ellen : [to Andrew] The position has been filled.
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[while Ellen and Mrs Brill are arguing in the kitchen]
Mrs. Clara Brill : Leave her alone!
Ellen : SHUT UP!
Mrs. Clara Brill : [hitting Ellen with a pan] I'll show you. Don't you be trying to stop the wretched creature!
[they entered back in the hallway]
Mrs. Clara Brill : Let her go, that's what I say, and good riddance! I never liked her from the moment she set foot in the door.
Ellen : But who gets stuck with the children with no nanny in the house? ME, that's who!
Mrs. Clara Brill : Her and her high and mighty ways! And that face of her that would stop a coal barge, it would.
Katie Nanna : Indeed, Mrs. Brill! I wouldn't stay in this house another minute, not if you heap me with all the jewels in Christendom.
Ellen : [she rushed on to her] NO, NO, Katie Nanna, don't go!
Katie Nanna : [interrupting] Stand away from that door, my girl!
Ellen : But what am I gonna tell the master about the children?
Katie Nanna : It's no concern of mine.
Katie Nanna : [she looked upstairs] Those little BEASTS have run away from me for the last time.
Ellen : They must be somewhere. Did you look around the zoo in the park? You know how Jane and Michael is.
Ellen : [shouts] COO! YOU DON'T THINK THE LION COULD'VE GOT AT THEM, DO YA? You know how fond they was of hangin' around the cage.
[Katie Nana is trying to leave]
Katie Nanna : I said my say, and that's all I'll say. I've done with this house forever.
Mrs. Clara Brill : Well, hip-hip-hooray! And don't stumble on the way out, dearie.
Ellen : Now, now, Katie Nanna!
Ellen : [she heard singing from outside] Mrs. Banks! She's home!
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Ellen : [Seeing Mr. Banks laughing and hilarious after being sacked] Gone off his crumpet, that's what he's done. Dotty as you please.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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]
