Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
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Writers:

Ward Greene (story)
Erdman Penner (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 June 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Music | Romance

Tagline:

The most delightful characters in a dog's age!

Plot:

The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Spaniel | Aunt | Dogcatcher | Baby

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Peggy Lee	...	Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice)
Barbara Luddy	...	Lady (voice)
Larry Roberts	...	Tramp (voice)
Bill Thompson	...	Jock / Bulldog in Pound / Policeman at Zoo / Dachsie / Joe (voice)
Bill Baucom	...	Trusty (voice)
Stan Freberg	...	Beaver (voice) (as Stan Freeberg)
Verna Felton	...	Aunt Sarah (voice)
Alan Reed	...	Boris (voice)
George Givot	...	Tony (voice)
Dal McKennon	...	Toughy / Professor / Pedro (voice) (as Dallas McKennon)
Lee Millar	...	Jim Dear / Dog Catcher (voice)
The Mellomen	...	Dogs (voice) (as The Mello Men)

Directed by
Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske

Writing credits
Ward Greene		(story)
Erdman Penner		(story) &
Joe Rinaldi		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story) &
Don DaGradi		(story)
Joe Grant		concept (uncredited)
Louis Pollock		uncredited

Produced by
Amy J. Bailey	....	line producer: restoration (restored version)
Erdman Penner	....	associate producer
Alan Silvers	....	line producer: restoration (restored version)

Original Music by
Oliver Wallace		(musical score)

Film Editing by
Donald Halliday		(as Don Halliday)

Production Management
Cory Hansen	....	post-production supervisor: restoration (restored version)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound recordist
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist: restoration (restored version)
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer: restoration (restored version)
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer: restoration (restored version)
C.O. Slyfield	....	sound director
Harold J. Steck	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Bill Fadness	....	digital film recording supervisor: restoration (restored version)
Ub Iwerks	....	special processes
Dan MacManus	....	effects animator
April McMorris	....	digital producer: restoration
George Rowley	....	effects animator
Bruce Tauscher	....	digital color timing supervisor: restoration

Camera and Electrical Department
John Derderian	....	camera operator: digital film recording (restorated version)
Robert F. Sparks	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Edwin Aardal	....	character animator (as Ed Aardal)
Hal Ambro	....	character animator
Ken Anderson	....	layouts
Dick Anthony	....	backgrounds
William Bosche	....	layouts (as Bill Bosche)
Collin Campbell	....	layouts
Jack Campbell	....	character animator
Tim Campbell	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Bob Carlson	....	character animator
Fox Carney	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Les Clark	....	directing animator
Eric Cleworth	....	character animator
Claude Coats	....	backgrounds
Tom Codrick	....	layouts
Al Dempster	....	backgrounds
Eyvind Earle	....	backgrounds
Doug Engalla	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Hugh Fraser	....	character animator
John Freeman	....	character animator
Don Griffith	....	layouts
Victor Haboush	....	layouts
Ann Hansen	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Jerry Hathcock	....	character animator
Hugh Hennesy	....	layouts
Ray Huffine	....	backgrounds
Ralph Hulett	....	backgrounds
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator
Tamara Khalaf	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Hal King	....	directing animator
George Kreisl	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	directing animator
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
Don Lusk	....	character animator
Brice Mack	....	backgrounds
George Nicholas	....	character animator
Lance Nolley	....	layouts
Cliff Nordberg	....	character animator
Ken O'Brien	....	character animator
Kendall O'Connor	....	layouts (as A. Kendall O'Connor)
Vivian G. Procopio	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version) (as Vivian Procopia)
Thor Putnam	....	layouts
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	directing animator
Jacques Rupp	....	layouts
John Sibley	....	character animator
Lella Smith	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
McLaren Stewart	....	layouts
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator
Harvey Toombs	....	character animator
Jimi Trout	....	backgrounds
Matt Tsugawa	....	animation research library: restoration (restored version)
Thelma Witmer	....	backgrounds
Marvin Woodward	....	character animator
Al Zinnen	....	layouts
Blaine Gibson	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Gary Mooney	....	assistant animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Timothy Peeler	....	digital colorist: restoration

Music Department
Sonny Burke	....	songs by
Sidney Fine	....	orchestrator
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Peggy Lee	....	songs by
Edward H. Plumb	....	orchestrator (as Edward Plumb)
John Rarig	....	vocal arrangements

Other crew
Robert Bagley	....	restoration team
Walt Disney	....	presenter
Rebecca Roka	....	restoration specialist
Charles Palmer	....	story editor (uncredited)

Thanks
Sara Bleick	....	special thanks (restored version) (as S.J. Bleick)
Ian Gooding	....	special thanks: restored version
Mary Meacham	....	special thanks (restored version) (as Mary M. Hogg)
Hermann H. Schmidt	....	special thanks: restored version

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Film Distribution Company (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1955) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2001) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista International (1997) (UK) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Daiei Motion Picture Company (1956) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Filmayer (1997) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (1999) (USA) (DVD) (limited issue)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2006) (USA) (DVD) (platinum edition)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Lowry Digital Images  restoration
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital mastering: restoration
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recording: restoration (as Buena Vista Sound Studios)
• Walt Disney Feature Animation Film and Digital Unit  digital film recording: restoration

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | Australia:G | Ireland:G | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (certificate #17122) (original rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1971) | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | UK:U (1997)

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Legend has it that the film's opening sequence, in which Darling unwraps a hat box on Christmas morning and finds Lady inside, is based upon an actual incident in Walt Disney's life. After he'd forgotten a dinner date with his wife, he offered her the puppy-in-the-hat box surprise and was immediately forgiven.

Goofs:

Continuity: Jim Dear puts a chair in front of the cellar door to keep the young Lady from escaping. When Lady looks under the door, there is no sign of the chair, but it is there in the next shot. Later, when Jim tells Lady to go to sleep, the shadow of his legs is seen coming from underneath the door, but there is no shadow of the chair's legs.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jim Dear: [Giving Darling a hatbox] It's for you, Darling. Merry Christmas.
Darling: Oh, Jim, dear. It's the one I was admiring, isn't it? Trimmed with ribbons?
Jim Dear: Well, it *has* a ribbon.
[the box is opened; inside is a puppy wearing a ribbon]
Darling: Oh, how sweet.
Jim Dear: You like her, Darling?
Darling: [hugging the puppy] Oh, I love her. What a perfectly beautiful little Lady.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Disneyland: Cavalcade of Songs (#1.17)" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Simple and often lovely

Fairy tale about the romance between two dogs from opposite sides of the tracks gets colorful, warm, old-fashioned Disney treatment. Cinemascope cartoon unfolds with valentine-like flair, all the ribbons and bows are in place, yet the requisite cutesy flourishes and manipulation inevitably turn up (one dog, thought to have been killed, shows up LIMPING in the next scene!). Yet, it's hard to complain when the rest of the pieces fall into place so snugly. The plot is, by turns, comfortably predictable and still pleasingly reassuring, though a bit heavy with incidental chatter. The Peggy Lee music is delightful, and the "Bella Notte" sequence alone, with the spaghetti, breadsticks and the drippy candle, is simply superb. *** from ****