SHE’S BLUE RIBBON… HE’S BACK-ALLEY… AND IT’S LOVE AND LAUGHTER… EVER AFTER!
In the 1910s, a cocker spaniel called Lady, who’s always lived a sheltered life but now runs away from home, hooks up with a stray mutt called Tramp. One of Disney’s most beloved films of the 1950s is also one of the cutest, a romance and an adventure featuring two charming dogs who find that opposites attract. A rich gallery of animal characters complement a film that also has a classic dinner scene where bones simply are not good enough, and an exciting climax involving one of the meanest-looking rats ever devised by Disney. A simple tale, but beautifully designed, including the early 1900s milieu.
1955-U.S. Animated. 75 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced by Walt Disney. Directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson. Screenplay: Ralph Wright, Don DaGradi, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi. Song: “Bella Notte (This is the Night”) (Sonny Burke, Peggy Lee). Voices of Peggy Lee (Darling/Si/Am/Peg), Barbara Luddy (Lady), Bill Thompson (Jock/Bull/Policeman/Dachsie/Joe), Bill Baucon, Stan Freberg, Verna Felton.
Trivia: The first animated feature in widescreen. Partly inspired by Ward Greene’s story “Happy Dan the Whistling Dog”. Followed by a direct-to-video sequel, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure (2001), and remade as a live-action film, Lady and the Tramp (2019).