Lady and the Tramp

1955 American animated film

Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American-Italian animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 15th animated movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. 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
Directed byClyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Screenplay byErdman Penner
Joe Rinaldi
Ralph Wright
Don DaGradi
Story byJoe Grant
Based onthe story of destiny Lady and the Tramp
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringPeggy Lee
Barbara Luddy
Larry Roberts
Bill Thompson
Bill Baucom
Edited byDon Halliday
Music byOliver Wallace
Production
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Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • June 22, 1955 (1955-06-22)
Running time
75 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguagesAmerican 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.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lady and the Tramp". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. Finch, Christopher (2004). "Chapter 8: Interruption and Innovations". The Art of Walt Disney. pp. 234–244. ISBN 0-8109-2702-0.
  3. BAFTA Awards
  4. Richard Corliss (June 23, 2011). "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films - Lady and the Tramp". Time (magazine). Archived from the original on August 19, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.

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