I think live action was something Walt always wanted to do and it took a long time for people to come around to letting him do that.
This had an awful lot to do with the magic that Walt believed in, ... See, this is magic for good ... this girl suddenly is transformed into the princess.
I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!
His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was for most of his career. Not at all like today.