I've just updated my report on the Victor Herbert family after Victor's death in 1924. The children, Ella and Clifford, got along as well as the Macbeths and me. On Jan 1, 1950, Walt disney Studios bought the rights to the 1934 Hal Roach film of Babes In Toyland, and on September 30, 1953, Ella signed a contract with Walt Disney for a new film version. I wonder if she would have disliked the film as much as the Hal Roach version if she'd lived to hear Annette and Tommy Sands torture her dad's score?