The one that served up more of the same. By the mid-1940s, Walt Disney was growing desperate to return to feature-length animated films. While World War II was over and life was beginning to return to some state of normalcy, Walt Disney Productions was still floundering. In debt of almost $3 million, Walt was already planning a dazzling, magical fairy tale to rescue the company and recapture Disney's standing as the home of family-friendly entertainment. Alas, it would still have to wait a few more years. While the company held...