But just because they’re careful now doesn’t mean the Library has everything there is. The staff watch auction websites all the time to see what turns up, and even then they might not have the money to buy it. When they do, they’re in competition with Disney fans who want the same things.

When the Shermans started in the entertainment business in the 1950s, there weren’t as many movies being made, they took longer to make, and the technology to make them was much harder to use and much more expensive than today.