Lady and the Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. Lady and the Tramp was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Lady and the Tramp was re-issued to theaters in 1962, 1971, 1980, and 1986. It is the 15th animated movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Lady and the Tramp was the first Disney animated movie to be presented in widescreen. It was the first animated movie filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen movie process.^[2] It was nominated for Best Animated Movie at the BAFTA Awards.^[3] Lady and the Tramp was the first Disney animated movie to be released under Disney's own distribution company Buena Vista Film Distribution.

Lady and the Tramp
Directed by	Clyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson Hamilton Luske
Screenplay by	Erdman Penner Joe Rinaldi Ralph Wright Don DaGradi
Story by	Joe Grant
Based on	Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog by Ward Greene
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Peggy Lee Barbara Luddy Larry Roberts Bill Thompson Bill Baucom
Edited by	Don Halliday
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Film Distribution
Release date	June 22, 1955 (1955-06-22)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	American English Italian
Budget	$4 million[1]
Box office	$93,602,326[1]

The story is set in 1909. It is about a female American Cocker Spaniel named Lady. She lives with a refined, upper-middle-class family. The story is also about a male stray mutt called the Tramp. A direct-to-video sequel, Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, was released in 2000.

A live-action remake was released on Disney+ on November 12, 2019.

In June 2011, TIME named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".^[4] It has gotten some criticism for the portrayal of the Siamese cats, who are thought to be racist stereotypes of Asian people.

In 2023, the Library of Congress included Lady and the Tramp as 1 of the Disney animated movies in part of the United States National Film Registry.

Cast

• Barbara Luddy as Lady
• Larry Roberts as The Tramp
• Bill Thompson as Jock, Joe, Bulldog, Dachsie, Policeman
• Bill Baucom as Trusty
• George Givot as Tony
• Peggy Lee as Darling, Si, Am, Peg
• Verna Felton as Aunt Sarah
• Stan Freberg as the beaver
• Alan Reed as Boris
• Thurl Ravenscroft as Al the alligator
• Dallas McKennon as Toughy, Pedro, Professor, Hyena
• Lee Millar as Jim Dear, Dogcatcher
• The Mellomen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Max Smith, Bob Hamlin and Bob Stevens) as Dog Chorus