Saving Mr. Banks

P.L. Travers was a fascinating and flawed woman who stood on her own. Walt Disney was a man who knew what he wanted, and he knew how to get it. Is "Saving Mr. Banks" the story of a woman who has a cathartic experience and comes to terms with issues with her father, or is it about a woman who is trying to protect her intellectual property? Mariam will join me to dissect the messages contained in "Saving Mr. Banks".​

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Sources used for this episode include:

1. The Uncle Walt Podcast - Episode 44 - Pat Powers

2. P.L. Travers Biography - Biography.com

3. Rarebit - Early Animination Wiki - Patrick Anthony (Pat) Powers

4. The Nanny Diarist - The New York Times

5. Saving Mr. Banks - History vs. Hollywood

6. The Truth Behind Mary Poppins Creator - The Sydney Morning Herald

7. Steely, Self-Centered, Controlling - The Mary Poppins I Knew - The Irish Examiner

8. Obitiuary: P.L. Travers - The Independent

9. Nine "Mary Poppins" Facts "Saving Mr. Banks" Did Not Get Right - The Hypable

10. "Saving Mr. Banks" Left Out An Awful Lot About P.L. Travers - Vulture

11. Becoming Mary Poppins: Walt Disney, P.L. Travers, and the Making Of A Myth - The New Yorker

12. A Spoonful of Sugar For A Sourpuss - The New York Times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Biopics (Mostly) Suck does not claim ownership of the information contained in the links

above. The intent for providing the links to sources above is to provide due credit.]

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