It's the '40s, and Walt Disney finds his daughters thoroughly enjoying a new book, starring an eccentric nanny named Mary Poppins.  Thus begins a 20-year quest to acquire the rights to the novel and...

Disney has long been a household name. They pioneered full-length animation movies in cartoon. Disneyland was a theme park of a new attitude, with Disney coining it as the "Happiest Place on Earth". Walt...