Continuity mistake: When Mary reads the measuring tape after measuring herself the message reads up and down (as shown to the audience), but then the camera shows Mary reading it side to side.
Mary Poppins (1964)
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Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns
Factual error: The Robin that comes along in the movie is an American Robin, not a British Robin.
George Banks: Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts.
Trivia: This was Julie Andrews' film debut. Her role won her an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Question: How did they film the shot with the different colour medicines coming out of the same bottle?
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Answer: Most likely a variation on the "inexhaustible bottle" magic trick which has existed in various forms for hundreds of years - it relies on different chambers holding different liquids, and air holes in the bottle being covered or not change the pressure and allow the desired liquid to flow out. As the scene is one continuous shot with the entire bottle visible, this seems most likely - the air holes could be on the side away from the camera, with Julie Andrews repositioning her thumb for each colour. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inexhaustible_bottle.
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