Premiere Date: June 16, 1955

Running Time:
76 Minutes

Rated: G

Lady, a young cocker spaniel from a respectable home, falls in love with Tramp, a mutt who lives in the railroad yards. They enjoy several outings together, including a memorable spaghetti dinner at Tony's, but their relationship is strained not only by Lady's loyalty to her human family and their newborn baby, but by Tramp's devil-may-care attitude that at one point gets Lady thrown in the dog pound. Tramp redeems himself by saving the baby from a rat and thereby wins Lady's love and the affection of her human family.

CHARACTER

VOICE TALENT

Lady

Barbara Luddy

Trusty

Bill Baucom

Jim Dear, Dog Catcher

Lee Miller

Darling, Peg, Si and Am

Peggy Lee

Aunt Sarah

Verna Felton

 Tramp

 Larry Roberts

 Joe, Bull, Dachsie, Jock

 Bill Thompson

 Beaver

 Stan Freberg

 Boris

Alan Reed

 Tony

George Givot

 Toughy, Professor Pedro

Dallas McKennon

 Dogs in the Dog Pound

The Mello Men
(Bill Lee, Max Smith, John Rarig, Bob Stevens, and Thurl Ravenscroft)

Based on the story "Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog"
by Ward Greene

 DIRECTORS

Hamilton Luske
Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson

PRODUCER 

Walt Disney

 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Erdman Penner

STORY

Erdman Penner
Joe Rinaldi
Ralph Wright
Don DaGradi

 ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Erdmand Penner

SOUND DIRECTOR

 C. O. Slyfied

SOUND RECORDING

Harold J. Steck
Robert O. Cook

FILM EDITOR

Don Halliday

MUSIC EDITOR

Evelyn Kennedy

 SPECIAL PROCESSES

Ub Iwerks

SONGS

Peggy Lee
Sonny Burke

MUSICIAL SCORE

Oliver Wallace

 ORCHESTRATION

Edward Plumb
Sidney Fine

VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

John Rarig

LAYOUT 

Ken Anderson
Tom Codrick
McLaren Stewart
Al Zinnen
Don Griffith
A. Kendall O'Connor
Thor Putnam
Hugh Hennesy
Collin Campbell
Lance Nolley
Victor Haboush
Jacques Rupp
Bill Bosche

BACKGROUND

Claude Coats
Dick Anthony
Ralph Hulett
Al Dempster
Thelma Witmer
Eyvind Earle
Jimi Trout
Ray Huffine
Brice Mack 

 DIRECTING ANIMATORS

Milt Kahl
Frank Thomas
Ollie Johnston
John Loundsbery
Wolfgang Reitherman
Eric Larson
Hal King
Les Clark

CHARACTER ANIMATORS

George Nicholas
Harvey Toombs
Hal Ambro
Cliff Nordberg
Ken O'Brien
Don Lusk
Jerry Hathcock
George Kreisl
Eric Cleworth
Hugh Fraser
Marvin Woodward
John Freeman
Ed Aardal
Jack Campbell
John Sibley
Bob Carlson

 EFFECTS ANIMATORS

George Rowley
Dan MacManus

Tramp, Trusty, Lady, the Darlings, Si and Am, Aunt Sarah, Joe, Bull, Dachsie, Jock, Beaver, Tony, Boris, Toughy, Professor Pedro, Dog Catcher, additional dogs

"Bella Notte", "The Siamese Cat Song", "He's a Tramp"

N/A

 Home Video

Disney's Platinum Collection
Fall 200?

 DVD

Disney's Platinum Collection Fall 200?

LaserDisc

Soundtrack

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Tribute to Disney's Lady and the Tramp

"Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention":
an educational film released in September 1978.

 "Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Journey":
a home video sequel.
Available on Home Video and Disney DVD
February 27, 2001

Information From Stay Tooned:

"The sequel you'd never think would be made, and Disney goes out a mocks one of the greatest films they've ever produced. Sometime during the Spring of 2001, Walt Disney Home Video will be releasing "Lady & The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure," the DTV/DTDVD sequel to the 1955 classic. The sequel will feature Lady and Tramp with their three daughters: Annette, Colette and Danielle, and their mischievous son, Scamp, who wants nothing to do with the domesticated life. Scamp joins the Junkyard Dogs, a group of strays that feed on the freedom of dog-life. Included in the voice talent are Scott Wolf (Party of Five) as Lady and Tramp's spirited son, Scamp, and Alyssa Milano (Melrose Place) as Scamp's friend, the female stray named Angel. "Lady & The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure" will be released on VHS and DVD during the Spring of 2001, but don't expect my money to ever purchase such a mockery. "

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"In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that
money can not buy...to wit - the wag of a dog's tail."
Josh Billings

 The idea for the film came from a short story by
Ward Greene entitled "Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog."

 This was the first Disney animated feature filmed in CinemaScope.

 World premiere in Chicago on June 16, 1955.

The twin Siamese cats were originally known as Nip and Tuck. 

 Tramp was first called Homer, then Rags, and Bozo.

 Lady and the Tramp was rereleased in theaters in 1962, 1971,
1980, and 1986. Released on video in 1987.