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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lady and the Tramp
| image          = Lady-and-tramp-1955-poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hamilton Luske]]
* [[Clyde Geronimi]]
* [[Wilfred Jackson]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Erdman Penner]]
* Joe Rinaldi
* [[Ralph Wright]]
* [[Don DaGradi]]
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|"Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog"|[[Ward Greene]]}}
| producer       = [[Walt Disney]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Peggy Lee]]
* [[Barbara Luddy]]
* [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]]
* [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]]
* Bill Baucom
* [[Stan Freberg]]
* [[Verna Felton]]
* [[Alan Reed]]
* [[George Givot]]
* [[Dallas McKennon]]
* Lee Millar
* [[The Mellomen]]
}}
| editing        = Don Halliday
| music          = [[Oliver Wallace]]
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Film Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1955|6|22}}
| runtime        = 76 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $4 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite Box Office Mojo|title=Lady and the Tramp|id=0048280|access-date=January 5, 2012|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160119000115/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ladyandthetramp.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $187 million<ref name="ToonedIn">{{cite magazine|last1=Mallory|first1=Michael|last2=D'Alessandro|first2=Anthony|date=October 27, 2003|title=Tooned in: Disney's ani classics set the bar and lit the way for future generations|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3A+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|via=[[The Free Dictionary#The Free Library|The Free Library]]|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013000440/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3a+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946|archive-date=October 13, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Lady and the Tramp''''' is a 1955 American animated [[Musical film|musical]] [[romantic comedy]] film produced by [[Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[Buena Vista Film Distribution]]. Based on [[Ward Greene]]'s 1945 ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog", it was directed by [[Hamilton Luske]], [[Clyde Geronimi]], and [[Wilfred Jackson]]. Featuring the voices of [[Peggy Lee]], [[Barbara Luddy]], [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]], [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]], Bill Baucom, [[Stan Freberg]], [[Verna Felton]], [[Alan Reed]], [[George Givot]], [[Dallas McKennon]], and Lee Millar, the film follows Lady, the pampered [[American Cocker Spaniel|Cocker Spaniel]], as she grows from puppy to adult, deals with changes in her family, and meets and falls in love with the homeless [[mongrel dog|mutt]] Tramp.

''Lady and the Tramp'' was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, to box office success. It was the first animated film to be filmed in the [[CinemaScope]] widescreen film process,{{sfn|Finch|2004|p=244}} as well as Disney's first animated film to be distributed by their Buena Vista division following their split from [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. It initially received generally mixed reviews by film critics, but critical reception for the film has been generally positive in modern times.

A [[direct-to-video]] sequel, titled ''[[Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure]]'', was released in 2001, and a [[Lady and the Tramp (2019 film)|live-action/CGI hybrid remake]] premiered in 2019 as a launch title for the [[Disney+]] streaming service. In 2023, ''Lady and the Tramp'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=December 13, 2023 |title='Home Alone,' 'Terminator 2,' '12 Years a Slave' Among 25 Titles Joining National Film Registry |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/national-film-registry-2023-home-alone-terminator-12-years-a-slave-1235833815/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213100020/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/national-film-registry-2023-home-alone-terminator-12-years-a-slave-1235833815/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Plot==
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In 1909, in a small town, "Jim Dear" gives his wife "Darling"{{efn|Their real names are never revealed. They only address each other by these terms of endearment, so others - the dogs in particular - do the same.}} a [[cocker spaniel]] puppy as a Christmas present. The puppy, named Lady, grows up pampered by her doting owners, and befriends her neighbors' dogs Jock (a [[Scottish Terrier|Scottie]]) and Trusty (an elderly [[Bloodhound]]). Meanwhile, across town, a stray [[terrier]]-mix named Tramp spends his days wandering the streets, feeding on scraps and handouts, and causing trouble for the local [[dogcatcher]].

Fleeing the angry dogcatcher after freeing his friends Peg the [[Pekingese]] and Bull the [[English Bulldog|Bulldog]], Tramp finds himself in Lady's neighborhood. He overhears a distraught Lady conversing with Jock and Trusty about her owners' suddenly distant behavior towards her. When Jock and Trusty deduce this is because Darling is [[Pregnancy|pregnant]], Tramp inserts himself into the conversation as the "voice of experience", and warns Lady that "when a baby moves in, a dog moves out". Annoyed, Jock drives him from the yard. Tramp's words cause Lady to fret throughout Darling's pregnancy, but when the baby boy arrives, she is allowed to meet and bond with him, dispelling her fears.

Later, Jim Dear and Darling take a short trip, leaving the house, Lady, and the baby in the care of Jim Dear's aunt Sarah, who brings along her two [[Siamese cat]]s Si and Am.{{efn|group=|Si and Am's speech and behavior reflects derogatory stereotypes of Asian people.  In 2020, the Disney+ streaming service added a content warning for the film, noting that Lady and the Tramp “includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures” and that “these stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now.”<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54566087 "Disney updates content warning for racism in classic films,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922123338/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54566087 |date=2023-09-22 }} ''BBC News,'' October 16, 2020</ref>}} Sarah dislikes dogs, and prohibits Lady from seeing the baby; later, the cats destroy the house, and pin the deed on Lady by pretending she injured them. Sarah takes Lady to the pet shop, and has a [[muzzle (mouth guard)|muzzle]] put on her; Lady panics and flees into the street, where she is pursued by three savage dogs, until Tramp intervenes to protect her.

Tramp takes Lady to the zoo to have the muzzle removed by a [[beaver]]; he then shows Lady his owner-free lifestyle, and they explore the town. The kindly proprietor of Tony's Restaurant gives them a spaghetti dinner to share, before they end the evening with a walk in the park.
The next day, Tramp tries to convince Lady to live "footloose and collar free" with him; despite liking Tramp, she decides her duty is to watch over the baby. As Tramp escorts Lady home, he stops to chase some chickens; the dogcatcher pursues them both, but only Lady is caught. At the [[dog pound|pound]], she meets Peg, Bull, and some other strays, who all know Tramp. They reveal he has had many girlfriends in the past, and claim that females are his weakness.

Sarah comes to claim Lady, and chains her in the backyard as punishment for running away. Jock and Trusty propose that Lady should marry and come live with one of them, to escape the abuse, but she gently refuses them. When Tramp arrives to apologize to Lady, she berates him for his many girlfriends and sends him away, too. Afterwards, Lady notices a large rat sneaking into the house through the baby's bedroom window. Her attempts to alert Sarah fail, but Tramp hears her barking, returns, and enters the house himself to save the baby. Lady breaks her chain and follows soon after. Tramp is wounded in the battle with the rat, but manages to kill it behind a curtain. During the struggle, the baby's crib overturns, and he begins to cry; Sarah comes to investigate, and assumes the dogs attacked the baby.

Jim Dear and Darling return home to find that Sarah has locked Lady in the cellar and handed Tramp over to the dogcatcher to be euthanized. Disbelieving Sarah's story, Jim Dear frees Lady, who immediately shows them the dead rat. Overhearing the truth, Jock and Trusty pursue the dogcatcher's cart and try to stop it; the horses spook, causing the cart to crash. Jim Dear and Darling arrive with Lady to rescue Tramp, but Trusty is badly injured in the wreck.

Later, at Christmastime, Tramp has become an official part of the family, and he and Lady have four little puppies of their own. Jock and a mostly healed Trusty visit the family; the puppies now provide Trusty a new audience for his old stories, but he has forgotten them, much to his and everyone else's amusement.

==Voice cast==
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* [[Peggy Lee]] as Darling, Lady's owner and Jim Dear's wife.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}}
** Lee also voiced Peg,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a stray female [[Pekingese]] with a [[New York City English|Brooklyn Accent]] whom Lady meets at the pound, as well as Si and Am, Aunt Sarah's twin [[Siamese cat]]s with a knack for mischief and never-ending trouble.
* [[Barbara Luddy]] as Lady,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} an [[American Cocker Spaniel]], who is the primary character in the film. 
* [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]] as Tramp<!-- see talk page about character name -->,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a [[mongrel]] (with a mixture of a [[schnauzer]] and a [[terrier]]), with a talent for escaping dog-catchers. He nicknames Lady "Pidge", short for Pigeon, which he calls her owing to her [[naivety]]. He never refers to himself by name, although most of the film's canine cast refer to him as the Tramp. Tony and Joe like to call him "Butch".
* [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] as Jock,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a [[Scottish Terrier]] who is one of Lady's neighbors.
** Thompson also voiced Joe, Tony's assistant chef;{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=241}} Bull, a stray male [[bulldog]] from the dog pound who speaks with a Cockney accent;<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp">{{cite web |last=Korkis |first=Jim |url=https://mouseplanet.com/the-story-of-lady-and-the-tramp-part-one/4181/ |title=The Story of ''Lady and the Tramp'', Part One |website=Mouse Planet |date=October 9, 2013 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251014000101/https://mouseplanet.com/the-story-of-lady-and-the-tramp-part-one/4181/ |archive-date=October 14, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Dachsie,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a stray male [[dachshund]] at the dog pound who speaks with a German accent;<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" /> an Irish-accented policeman; and Jim's friend.
* Bill Baucom as Trusty,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a [[bloodhound]] who used to track criminals with his Grandpappy, Old Reliable, until he lost his sense of smell.
* [[Stan Freberg]] as the beaver.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} The character speaks with a lisp, in which he whistles through his teeth when he makes the "S" sound. This character served as the inspiration for [[Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)|Gopher]] from ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree]]'' (1966).{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=79}} On the 2-Disc Platinum Edition DVD, Freberg demonstrated how the whistle effect was done.
* [[Verna Felton]] as Aunt Sarah,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} Jim Dear's aunt who babysits for the couple. She is a cat person and dislikes dogs.
* [[Alan Reed]] as Boris,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a stray male [[Borzoi]] from the dog pound with a Russian accent.<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" />
* [[George Givot]] as Tony,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} the owner and chef of Tony's [[Italian cuisine|Italian restaurant]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=257}} 
* [[Dallas McKennon]] as:
** Toughy,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a stray male mutt with a slight Brooklyn accent
** Pedro,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} a stray male [[Chihuahua (dog)|Chihuahua]] with a Mexican accent
** McKennon also voices a professor{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} and a laughing hyena
* Lee Millar as Jim Dear,{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} Lady's owner and Darling's husband.
** Millar also voiced the dogcatcher and a man in the pet shop.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}}
* [[The Mellomen]] ([[Thurl Ravenscroft]], [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]], Max Smith, and Bob Stevens) as Dog Chorus.{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=241}}  
** Ravenscroft also plays Al the alligator
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[[Donald Novis]] sang the lead vocals for the film's opening song "[[Silent Night (song)|Peace on Earth]]".{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=241}}

==Production==
===Story development===
According to the film's publicity materials, the origins of ''Lady and the Tramp'' was inspired by an incident in 1925.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=97}} At the time, [[Walt Disney]] had been actively working at the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Brothers Studio‍]] and was seldomly at home with his wife [[Lillian Disney|Lillian]]. One night, Disney became heavily preoccupied with one cartoon that had stayed overnight at the studio while his wife waited patiently to return home. Guilt-ridden, Disney decided to purchase a dog companion for Lillian on Christmas. Lillian had disliked dogs, but regardless, Disney asked her if she had wanted what breed of dog would she want if she had to make a choice. She answered with a [[Chow chow|chow]] dog, as she read somewhere they were less odorous.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=105}} 

Disney then purchased a chow puppy from a nearby kennel on Christmas Eve and kept the dog near his brother [[Roy O. Disney|Roy]]'s house until the next morning. On Christmas Day, Disney presented Lillian with a peace offering kept inside a hat box. She opened the box expecting a hat, but she immediately floored when she saw the puppy with a red ribbon around its neck. The Disneys named their new puppy Sunnee.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=105}} Years later, Lillian recalled: "I forgave him. You can't stay mad at Walt for very long."{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|p=36}} This inspired the film's opening sequence, in which Darling unwraps a hat box on Christmas morning and finds Lady inside.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=97}}<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Walt: The Man Behind the Myth: Pre-production of ''Lady and the Tramp''|year=2001|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=30%|quote="We were free to develop the story as we saw fit, which is not the case when you work on a classic. Then you must adhere rigidly to the sequences conceived by the author, which are familiar to your audience. Here, as the characters came to life and the scenes took shape, we were able to alter, embellish, eliminate and change to improve the material."|source=—Walt Disney, explaining the story process on ''Lady and the Tramp''<ref name="TheStoryOfLadyandtheTramp">{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/ladyandthetramp/index.html|title=Special Exhibit Articles: ''Lady and the Tramp''|website=[[Walt Disney Family Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822192056/http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/ladyandthetramp/index.html |archive-date=August 22, 2007|access-date=December 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}  

In 1937, [[Joe Grant]], a storyboard artist working for Walt Disney Productions, pitched an idea inspired by the antics of his [[English Springer Spaniel]] Lady, and how she got "shoved aside" by Grant's new baby. The twist is that the story would be told from a dog's perspective.{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|p=36}} Grant then presented Disney with several sketches of Lady, which Disney enjoyed. He then commissioned Grant to commence story development on a new animated feature.<ref name="DVD">{{cite AV media|title=Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD - "Behind the Scenes: Story Development"|type=Bonus feature|others=Eric Goldberg|year=2006|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}}</ref> According to [[Frank Tashlin]], who had worked on the film's early development, a rough story outline had been written by 1940.{{sfn|Maltin|1987|p=74}} The outline included two [[Siamese cat]]s that were named Nip and Tuck as secondary characters.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=300}}<ref name="archive">{{cite web|work=Disney Archives|title=Lady and the Tramp History|url=https://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/ladytramp/ladytramp.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224175329/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/ladytramp/ladytramp.html|archive-date=February 24, 2007}}</ref> Tashlin stated: "Joe Grant had models of the dog, Lady, and [[Sam Cobean|Sam]] [Cobean] and I did a story. I never saw the film...I think we had rats coming after the baby at the end...did they have that? Then that's what we did."<ref>{{cite interview|last=Barrier|first=Michael|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Tashlin/tashlin_interview.htm|title=Interviews: Frank Tashlin|website=MichaelBarrier.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215075647/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/Tashlin/tashlin_interview.htm|archive-date=December 15, 2005|access-date=October 15, 2025|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

In 1943, story development resumed when Disney decided to produce the story into an animated featurette. Grant pitched the new story, and while Disney was fascinated by the charm of the character Lady, he felt the story was lacking something "extra".{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|p=36}} Disney explained, "We discovered during our preliminary conferences that we only had half of the story we wanted. Our prim, well-bred, house-sheltered little Lady, when confronted with a crisis, just up and ran away."{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|p=36}} That same year, Disney then read the 1937 short story "Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog" by [[Ward Greene]], an editor for [[King Features]], which also distributed Disney comic strips. The story was later published in the February 1945 issue of ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine.<ref name="archive" /><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Greene|first1=Ward|title=Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog|journal=Cosmopolitan|date=February 1945|volume=118|issue=2|page=19}}</ref> In the story, Happy Dan was a streetwise, happy-go-lucky mutt compared to Lady, in Grant's story, who was refined.{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|p=36}} Disney contacted Greene and suggested a romance between the dogs, stating, "Your dog and my dog have got to get together!" Greene agreed, and he promptly rewrote his story retitling it "Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog, and Miss Patsy, the Beautiful Spaniel."{{sfn|Thomas|1994|p=234}} Disney subsequently acquired the rights to the story.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|pp=103–104}} Back at the studio, the stray dog was first named Homer,<ref name="archive" />{{sfn|Smith|2012|p=45}} but Grant and [[Dick Huemer]] renamed him Rags and then Bozo.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=97}} The revised story told of the "amazing adventures" between the two mismatched canines, though it served minimal influence on the finished film.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=97}} 

In 1944, Disney heard a radio play adapted from another ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine story titled "Lady". He then hired its author Charles "Cap" Palmer to write a story treatment.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=97}} Palmer wrote an expanded story outline and suggested musical numbers. Palmer's outline resembles the plot structure of the finished film, but with differences. Lady is romantically pursued by Hubert, a stuffy, pompous canine (modeled after [[Ralph Bellamy]]) who lives next-door. The Siamese Cats were named Nip and Tuck; the intrusive rat was named Herman and was characterized with a sly personality with comic overtones.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=98}}{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|p=114}} 

That same year, Grant wrote a short story titled "Lady", which was published in a children's book ''Walt Disney's Surprise Package'' published by [[Simon & Schuster]]. This version of the story had a loyal female cocker spaniel protecting the baby from two Siamese cats that were brought by a mother-in-law character. The cocker spaniel is blamed for having caused a mess, but her innocence is proven and the mother-in-law leaves with her two cats in tow.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=300}} A story conference was held on September 25, 1945 with Grant, [[Dick Huemer]], Disney, Charles Palmer, and other story artists in attendance to expand on Grant's story. The story was noticeably expanded to have more of the action occur outside of the house. [[Ted Sears]] suggested a scenario where Lady is taken inside a dog pound. The mother-in-law character was recharacterized as Aunt Sarah to avoid having the antagonists be too closely related.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=300}} 

During the story meeting, Disney suggested the name "Tramp".{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=557}} From there, Huemer suggested that Tramp should be "a [[mongrel]]". Disney agreed, "A neat-looking mongrel. I don't think we should make him a funny-looking guy. After all, he's our leading man. He's got to be a [[Cary Grant]]. He's got to have a certain something that you like."{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=301}} When Greene reiterated a romance between the two dogs, Grant and Huemer objected to the idea, suggesting it was "distasteful" and "utterly contrary to nature."{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=557}} When the two character names were settled, Disney insisted on the film's final title being ''Lady and the Tramp'' despite Greene's objections and the concerns of film distributors. Disney declared, "That's what it's about—a lady and a tramp."{{sfn|Thomas|1994|p=234}} However, further story development was placed on hold when Disney decided to scale back further animation projects to more affordable package films.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=303}}

In 1952, Walt's older brother [[Roy O. Disney]] encouraged him to place ''Lady and the Tramp'' back into production, provided they keep the production costs low and release it in smaller theaters for [[First run (filmmaking)|first-run engagements]].{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=557}} Disney then held two polls, independently of each other, within the animation department to gauge whether there was considerable interest in the subject matter of the project. "With the reaction we got", Disney said, "I have confidence that if we get going on this, we're liable to get a picture out of here that will be a change of pace in many ways."{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=304}} Disney then convened a story conference, with a recorded attendance of 26 studio employees, which was held on May 15, 1952.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|pp=303–304}}  

A month later, in June 1952, Disney announced ''Lady and the Tramp'' was in production with a production budget at $2.5 million, with its release set for 1954.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiler |first=A. H. |author-link=A. H. Weiler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/06/29/archives/by-way-of-report-of-disneys-dog-cartoon-feature-other-items.html |title=By Way of Report |newspaper=The New York Times |page=X3 |date=June 29, 1952 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016005827/https://www.nytimes.com/1952/06/29/archives/by-way-of-report-of-disneys-dog-cartoon-feature-other-items.html |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Barrier|1999|p=554}} Since Huemer and Grant had left the Disney studio in 1948 and 1949, respectively, the final story development were done mostly by [[Erdman Penner]] and Joe Rinaldi.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=303}} A solid story began to consolidate in 1953, based on Grant's storyboards and Greene's short story.<ref name="DVD"/> The character Hubert was later replaced with Jock, a [[Scottish terrier]], and Trusty, a [[bloodhound]]. Originally, Lady's owners were called Jim Brown and Elizabeth. These were changed to highlight Lady's point of view. They were briefly referred to as "Mister" and "Missis" before settling on the names "Jim Dear" and "Darling".{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} Nip and Tuck, the Siamese cats, were renamed Si and Am.{{sfn|Smith|2012|p=45}} The rat was recharacterized more realistically in order to raise dramatic tension.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|p=116}} 

When [[Peggy Lee]] was hired to compose songs for ''Lady and the Tramp'', she was shown the film's narrative through storyboards. It was initially written to have Trusty killed by the dog catcher's wagon. Lee remembered: 

{{blockquote|"I was like a small child. The rat scared me. And when Trusty was killed, I was so upset. I'm very sentimental about animals. It made me cry. I said, 'Oh Walt you can't do this,' and he said, 'You have to have some tension in the story. It would change everything if he's not killed.' I said, 'But if you kill him the children will cry too much, like with ''[[Bambi]]''{{'}}—although I'd never seen ''Bambi''. So he said, finally, 'Well, all right. Old Trusty can live... but the rat stays."{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=100}} }} 

At Disney's insistence, Greene wrote a [[novelization]] of the film, published in 1953, so that film-going audiences would be familiar with the story.<ref name="backstage"/> Titled ''Lady and the Tramp: The Story of Two Dogs'', the novelization featured a foreword by Walt Disney and the illustrations were storyboard sketches drawn by Joe Rinaldi.{{sfn|Canemaker|2010|p=167}} Due to Greene's novelization, Grant was not given any screen credit for his work on the film. In 1995, Grant stated, "''Lady and the Tramp'' is a real tragedy as far as I'm concerned as far as the credit for it. This I never forgave Walt for. He knew damn well where all this stuff came from!"{{sfn|Canemaker|2010|p=167}} In 2006, animation director [[Eric Goldberg (film director)|Eric Goldberg]] rectified Grant's involvement in a making-of DVD documentary of the film's Platinum Edition release.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czc1KXBJfqY |title=Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp |publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment |type=Documentary bonus feature |format=DVD |year=2006 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[Barbara Luddy]] was a radio actress best known for her role on the ''[[The First Nighter Program|First Nighter]]'' radio program. From a dozen auditions from several actresses, Luddy was selected as the voice of Lady.<ref name="CastingofFilmVoices">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times/46654703/|title=Casting of Film Voices Hard Task|newspaper=Valley Times|page=11|date=June 22, 1955|access-date=October 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202041750/https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-times/46654703/|archive-date=December 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> She later provided the voice for several Disney characters, including [[Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather|Merryweather]] in ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959), [[Kanga (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Kanga]] in the ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]'' featurettes, and Mother Rabbit and the church mouse Mother Sexton in ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1973).<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" /> [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]] had been performing on stage for a number of years. Roberts won the part as Tramp after a Disney story artist had seen him performing in a local theater production.<ref name="CastingofFilmVoices" />

Several of the studio's voice regulars were cast in the film, including [[Verna Felton]] as Aunt Sarah and [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]] as Jock.{{sfn|Thomas|1958|page=65}} Thompson also provided the voice for Bull, a rough [[English bulldog]] and Dachsie, a heavy-accented [[dachshund]]. Felton's husband Lee Millar provided the voice of Jim Dear and the dog catcher.<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" /> Bill Baucom, who was a television actor who later appeared mostly in genre [[Western (genre)|Westerns]], was the voice of Trusty, in which he gave the character a distinct Southern drawl.{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=19}}

[[Alan Reed]] (who later became the original voice of [[Fred Flintstone]]) was the voice of Boris, a [[Borzoi]] who speaks in Russian accent. [[Dallas McKennon]] voiced several characters, including Toughy, the stray nondescript mutt; Pedro;<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" /> and a professor.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=125}} [[Stan Freberg]] was hired by a Disney casting director as the voice of the beaver. While recording the voice, Freberg came up with the beaver's lisp of whistling through his teeth by speaking the lines with a whistle near his mouth to create the effect.{{sfn|Hischak|2011|p=79}} 

When Peggy Lee became involved, she was given a character to voice, named Mame. However, because U.S. [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Mamie Eisenhower]] had a similar-sounding name, Disney thought it would be best to not risk "any comment that wouldn't be befitting a president's wife." Disney then considered renaming the character Peg, which Lee replied to, stating it would be "an honor".{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=100}} Aside from Peg, Lee also voiced Darling and Si and Am, the two Siamese cats.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|p=100}}

===Animation===
====Character animation====
During the September 25, 1945 story conference, Joe Grant suggested that real dogs be brought into the studio for the animators to analyze their [[physiognomy]]. This had been done previously on ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) when the animators studied actual [[Roe deer|deer]] for their physical movement and anatomy.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=301}} Animator [[Frank Thomas (animator)|Frank Thomas]] reflected on the challenge: "''Lady and the Tramp'' was tough to animate because the dogs were like the deer in ''Bambi'': you had to do a realistic, believable animal. You had to have the joints in the right place in the leg, and they had to keep their weight, and you had to keep the right distance from the front leg to the back leg."{{sfn|Thomas|1997|pp=103–104}} By 1952, [[Hamilton Luske]], [[Wilfred Jackson]], and [[Clyde Geronimi]] were assigned to direct ''Lady and the Tramp'', all of whom had previously directed ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950), ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1951), and ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (1953).{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=303}} Luske brought his family dog, Blondie, to serve as a live-action model for Lady.{{sfn|Peri|Docter|2024|p=157}} At one point, a stray dog selected as a reference for Tramp was brought into the studio, but ran away and was not found until several days later.{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=301}} When the film was completed, the dog was relocated to [[Disneyland]], where he lived at the pony farm.{{sfn|Cotter|1997|p=161}} 

The key supervising animators on the film included seven members of [[Disney's Nine Old Men]]—[[Les Clark]], [[Milt Kahl]], [[Ollie Johnston]], [[Eric Larson]], [[John Lounsbery]], Frank Thomas, and [[Wolfgang Reitherman]].{{sfn|Platthaus|2020|p=303}} Kimball, another member of the "Nine Old Men" who specialized in animating comic characters, did test animation for the Siamese Cat sequence, but it were rejected for being too stylized. Kimball was taken off the project, and Disney assigned him to direct two animated musical shorts: ''[[Melody (1953 film)|Melody]]'' and ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]'' (both released in 1953). The latter short was the first Disney-produced cartoon to be filmed and released in [[widescreen]] [[CinemaScope]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=115}}                 

Animator Frank Thomas was assigned the sequence, in which Lady and Tramp enjoy a romantic evening. By accident, Thomas had came across a discarded story reel of the spaghetti-eating scene. Thomas explained, "Walt thought it was distasteful or something or other, but the business that replaced it I thought just didn't give you anything."{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=194}} Thomas called Erdman Penner and decided he would animate the entire scene himself without any lay-outs. Disney was impressed by Thomas's animation and how he romanticized the scene that he kept it in.<ref name="DVD"/> On viewing the first take of the scene, the animators felt that the action should be slowed down, so an apprentice trainee was assigned to create "half numbers" in between many of the original frames.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Jones|date=September 1986|title=Willie Ito|work=[[Comics Interview]]|issue=38|page=49|publisher=[[Fictioneer Books]]}}</ref> Backed by the  ballad "[[Bella Notte]]" sung by [[George Givot]], the animation has since become one of the most indelible romantic scenes in cinema history.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=194}}

Eric Larson animated the character Peg, among other characters. He became acquainted with the character's voice actress Peggy Lee, and watched her recording sessions. Larson reflected, "She did some of her gestures as she went through the dialogue. I thought, 'God, if I could get a lot of that in the dog, I could at least have some fun with it.{{' "}}{{sfn|Peri|2008|pp=215–216}} When he designed the character, Larson took inspiration from Lee and [[Mae West]]; Peg's hairstyle was supposedly inspired by [[Veronica Lake]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=72}}{{sfn|Deja|2015|p=87}} Disney was impressed with Larson's animation that he selected him to direct ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959), which was simultaneously in production, after Wilfred Jackson had suffered a heart attack.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=72}}{{sfn|Deja|2015|p=87}}

Wolfgang Reitherman, known for action-driven animation, animated the sequence where Tramp fights several alley dogs and Tramp's fight with the rat in the nursery room.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=48}} Notably, for the rat fight sequence, Reitherman kept multiple rats in a large cage next to his desk while animating the sequence so he could perfect the rodent's physical movement and behavior.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1993|p=115}} Milt Kahl animated nearly all the dog characters, but primarily focused on Tramp.{{sfn|Deja|2015|p=164}} John Lounsbery worked closely with Kahl on animating Tramp. He also animated Tony and Joe, the respective proprietor and chef of an Italian restaurant, and Bull, an English bulldog.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=257}} Les Clark animated the scenes of Lady as a puppy.{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=26}} 

While reviewing the animation dailies, Disney decided to remove several animators, whom he felt had focused too much attention on detail and had lost sight of the characters. He reassigned them to work on ''Sleeping Beauty'' for six months and placed them back on ''Lady and the Tramp'' in hopes they would be rejuvenated with "new enthusiasm."{{sfn|Gabler|2006|pp=557–558}} To compensate for the production delays, animators had to work six days a week to have the film finished on time.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=557}}

====Art direction====
An early proposed version of ''Lady and the Tramp'' was set in [[San Francisco]] during the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]].<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTrampPartTwo">{{cite web |last=Korkis |first=Jim |url=https://mouseplanet.com/the-story-of-lady-and-the-tramp-part-two/4182/ |title=The Story of ''Lady and the Tramp'', Part Two |website=Mouse Planet |date=October 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251016165335/https://mouseplanet.com/the-story-of-lady-and-the-tramp-part-two/4182/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |access-date=October 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mary Blair]] was initially assigned as the film's art director, in which she did some inspirational sketches for the film. However, she left the studio to become a children's book illustrator in 1953.

However, the film's setting was changed to occur during the turn of the [[20th century|twentieth century]] in [[New England]], which resonated with Walt Disney. During a 1952 story meeting, Disney affectionately remembered: "In this period—I can remember those days, you know—I lived in a little town in [[Missouri]], and there were only two automobiles. It was 1908. They began to come in then."{{sfn|Barrier|2007|p=12}} [[Claude Coats]] was then appointed as the key background artist. He explained, "The period was turn-of-the-century [[Americana (culture)|Americana]], so we made much use of porch furniture of that era, plus the gingerbread ornamentation of the houses, the curly-cue fences, etc."{{sfn|Thomas|1958|p=167}}

To create greater authenticity, Coats and the artists studied photographs of older [[Los Angeles]] mansions that reflected the  ornamented [[Gingerbread (architecture)|gingerbread architecture]] within the once-fashionable [[West Adams, Los Angeles|West Adams neighborhood]].{{sfn|Thomas|1958|p=168}} To maintain a dog's perspective, Coats built miniature models of the interiors of Jim Dear and Darling's house, and took photos and shot film at a low perspective as reference.<ref name="backstage">{{cite AV media|title=Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD - "Disney Backstage"|type=Bonus feature|year=2006|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment}}</ref> [[Tony Baxter]], who was mentored by Coats, further explained: "[He] was trained in architecture so was particularly good at giving credibility to the setting. Coats liked to build models so he could see how things would translate dimensionally."<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTrampPartTwo" /> [[Eyvind Earle]] (who later became the art director of Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'') did almost 50 miniature concept sketches for the "Bella Notte" sequence and was a key contributor to the film.<ref name="backstage"/>

====CinemaScope====
{{Further|CinemaScope}}
Since ''Lady and the Tramp'' centered on the titular canines, it was decided the story would be told from a dog's point-of-view. Since the humans affected the storyline, it was decided that only showing the hands and feet of the humans was too obvious when framing the action. It was decided the camera would occasionally show the faces and figures of the humans, but often shown them in full view through shadows and silhouettes. This way, the humans would not impose themselves in a dog-centric story.{{sfn|Thomas|1958|p=104}} 

The widescreen [[CinemaScope]] process was developed by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] and was first used in ''[[The Robe (film)|The Robe]]'' (1953). The process used specialized lenses to compress the filmed images and spread them into a wider screen projection.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=104}} This presented a challenge to the layout artists and the character animators. The animators had to remember that they had to move their characters across a background instead of the background passing behind them.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=104}} Due to the expansion of visual space, it made it difficult for a single character to dominate the screen. Thus, certain groups of characters were spread out to keep the screen from appearing sparse. This resulted in greater realism but offered fewer close-up shots, so longer takes were necessary as the constant jump-cutting would appear too busy or annoying.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|p=104}}{{sfn|Finch|2004|p=244}} 

Disney's first animated project with CinemaScope was the musical short film ''[[Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom]]'' (1953), directed by Ward Kimball. It won the 1954 [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]].{{sfn|Canemaker|2001|p=115}} Originally, ''Lady and the Tramp'' was to be filmed in a regular 1.37:1 [[Academy ratio]]. However, midway through production, Disney decided to have the film projected in CinemaScope, marking ''Lady and the Tramp'' as the first full-length animated feature filmed in the process.<ref name="archive"/> 

Due to the CinemaScope process, it took more time for the layout artists than on previous animated films to frame each shot. As a result, the costs of the background artwork rose, and the film missed its original release date.{{sfn|Gabler|2006|p=557}} Near its theatrical release, it was learned that only certain theaters had the capability to project films in CinemaScope at the time. After learning this, Disney issued two versions of the film: one in its native CinemaScope aspect ratio (2.55:1), and another in the Academy ratio. This involved gathering the layout artists to restructure key scenes when characters were on the edges of the screen.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition DVD - "Behind the Scenes"|year=2006|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}}</ref>

===Music===
{{Infobox album
| name       = Lady and the Tramp
| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = Various artists
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   = September 9, 1997
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| length     = 48:00
| label      = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]
| producer   = Ted Kryczko <small>(executive)</small>
| chronology   = [[Walt Disney Records discography|Walt Disney Animation Studios]] soundtrack
| prev_title   = [[Peter Pan (1953 film)#Music|Peter Pan]]
| prev_year    = 1953
| next_title   = [[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)#Music|Sleeping Beauty]]
| next_year    = 1959
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000028327}}</ref>
}}

The score for the film was composed and conducted by [[Oliver Wallace]]. It was the last Disney animated film for which Oliver Wallace did the score, as the scores for the next six Disney animated films were composed by [[George Bruns]], starting with ''[[Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1959) until ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1973). 

Recording artist Peggy Lee wrote the songs with [[Sonny Burke]] and assisted with the score as well.<ref name="archive"/> In the film, she sings "La La Lu", "The Siamese Cat Song", and "He's a Tramp".<ref>{{cite web|work=Peggy Lee's Official Website|title=Peggy Lee's Film Appearances|url=http://www.peggylee.com/solos/films.html|access-date=2009-05-04|archive-date=2017-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528120310/http://www.peggylee.com/solos/films.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She helped promote the film on the Disney TV series, explaining her work with the score and singing a few of the film's numbers.<ref name="archive"/> These appearances are available as part of the ''Lady and the Tramp'' Platinum Edition DVD set.

The remastered soundtrack of ''Lady and the Tramp'' was released on CD by [[Walt Disney Records]] on September 9, 1997, and was released as a digital download on September 26, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady and the Tramp [Disney] – Original Soundtrack|website=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lady-and-the-tramp-disney-mw0000028327|access-date=February 4, 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217044237/https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000028327|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 27, 2015, Disney released an expanded two-disc album as an installment of the ''[[Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection|The Legacy Collection]]'' series to coincide with the film's 60th anniversary. The first disc includes the film's complete original soundtrack. The second disc included one demo recording, two ''Lost Chords'' recordings, and six tracks from the 1962 [[Walt Disney Records|Disneyland Records]] vinyl album ''Lady and the Tramp: All the Songs from the Motion Picture''.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Walt Disney Records Announce The Final Four Releases In The Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection Series: "Lady And The Tramp", "Pocahontas", "The Aristocats", And "Disneyland"|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walt-disney-records-announce-the-final-four-releases-in-the-walt-disney-records-the-legacy-collection-series-lady-and-the-tramp-pocahontas-the-aristocats-and-disneyland-300132012.html|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=October 15, 2025|location=Burbank, California|date=August 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827023504/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walt-disney-records-announce-the-final-four-releases-in-the-walt-disney-records-the-legacy-collection-series-lady-and-the-tramp-pocahontas-the-aristocats-and-disneyland-300132012.html|archive-date=August 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Songs====
Original songs performed in the film include:

{{Track listing
| all_writing     = 
| all_lyrics      = 
| all_music       = 
| extra_column    = Performer(s)

| title1  = Main Title ([[Bella Notte]])
| extra1  = The Disney Studio Chorus

| title2  = [[Silent Night (song)|Peace on Earth]]
| extra2  = [[Donald Novis]]

| title3  = What Is a Baby 
| extra3  = [[Barbara Luddy]]

| title4  = La La Lu
| extra4  = [[Peggy Lee]]

| title5 = The Siamese Cat Song 
| extra5  = [[Peggy Lee]]

| title6 = [[Bella Notte]]
| extra6  = [[George Givot]] & The Disney Studio Chorus

| title7 = He's a Tramp
| extra7  = [[Peggy Lee]] & [[The Mellomen]]

| title8 = Finale ([[Silent Night (song)|Peace on Earth]])
| extra8  = The Disney Studio Chorus
}}

==Release==
An episode of the ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]'' television series titled "A Story of Dogs" aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on December 1, 1954.{{sfn|Newcomb|1994|p=76}} The first half of the episode, hosted by Walt Disney, was specifically devoted to ''Lady and the Tramp''. The episode featured appearances from animators Wolfgang Reitherman, Frank Thomas, and Milt Kahl; co-director Clyde Geronimi, and story artist Erdman Penner. The episode re-aired on May 25, 1955 and later on July 20, 1955.{{sfn|Cotter|1997|p=161}}

Another ''Disneyland'' episode titled "Cavalcade of Songs" was originally broadcast on February 16, 1955 to promote the film.<ref name="TheStoryofLadyandtheTramp" /> The episode featured a staged "behind-the-scenes" look, featuring Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke being shown through the storyboards by Joe Rinaldi and Erdman Penner to discuss placement of the songs to advance the narrative. A vignette of Lee and Burke is next shown composing and recording "The Siamese Cat Song" and lastly, a mock recording session is shown of Lee recording "He's a Tramp" with the Mellomen.{{sfn|Broomfield-McHugh|Montgomery|2025|p=236}} 

[[File:Lady and the Tramp State Lake Theater.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Lady and the Tramp'' playing at the State-Lake Theater in Chicago]]   

===Original theatrical run===
''Lady and the Tramp'' held its world premiere at the State-Lake Theatre<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyon |first=Herb |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371601806/ |title=Tower Ticker |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |at=Part 2, p. 8 |date=June 3, 1955 |access-date=October 16, 2025 |quote=''Lady and the Tramp'' opens June 16 at the State Lake [and will stay for weeks] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016182819/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371601806/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Chicago]] on June 16, 1955. It was released in general theaters on June 22.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/lady-and-the-tramp-film/|title=Lady and the Tramp (film)|website=D23|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409112342/https://d23.com/a-to-z/lady-and-the-tramp-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was paired as a [[double feature]] with the short subject documentary ''Switzerland'' of the ''[[People & Places]]'' film series.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|p=128}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/454795381/ |title=Roxy To Have 'Lady, Tramp' |newspaper=New York Daily News |page=17C |date=June 9, 1955 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016181527/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/454795381/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Mildred |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174513551/ |title='Lady and Tramp' Opens at World |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |page=13 |date=June 30, 1955 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016181712/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174513551/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>

During its initial release, ''Lady and the Tramp'' took in a higher figure than any other Disney animated feature since ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' (1937),{{sfn|Newcomb|1994|p=80}} earning an estimated $6.5 million in distributor rentals.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/variety201-1956-01/page/n673|title=1955's Top Film Grossers|page=1|magazine=Variety|date=January 25, 1956|access-date=June 12, 2018|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
 
===Re-releases===
''Lady and the Tramp'' was first re-released in 1962 on a double bill with ''[[Almost Angels]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Crowther |first=Bosley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/01/archives/screen-period-of-adjustment-opensfilm-based-on-play-by-tennessee.html |title=Screen: 'Period of Adjustment' Opens |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 1, 1962 |access-date=October 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127085004/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/01/archives/screen-period-of-adjustment-opensfilm-based-on-play-by-tennessee.html |archive-date=January 27, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', the film earned roughly between $6 to $7 million.<ref name="Re-releases">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/02/movies/at-the-movies.html|last=Darnton|first=Nina|title=At the Movies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 2, 1987|access-date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032907/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/02/movies/at-the-movies.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=1|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was re-released in December 1971,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385485574/ |title=Disney Firm Will Shoot 5 Films in 1972 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |at=Part IV, p. 18 |date=September 24, 1971 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016023905/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385485574/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref> and in most markets, the film was paired with ''[[The Million Dollar Duck]]''. This release earned $10 million.<ref name="Re-releases" /> It was re-released for a third time in 1980 for the film's 25th anniversary, whereby it grossed $27 million.<ref name="Re-releases" /> During its fourth re-release, in 1986, ''Lady and the Tramp'' grossed $31.1 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/mpaarating.htm?rating=G&yr=1986&p=.htm|title=1986 Yearly Box Office for G Rated Movies|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314045243/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/mpaarating.htm?rating=G&yr=1986&p=.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Lady and the Tramp'' also played a limited engagement in select [[Cinemark Theatres]] from February 16–18, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/02/13/cinemark-announces-the-return-of-favorite-disney-c/|title=Cinemark Announces the Return of Favorite Disney Classic Animated Movies to the Big Screen|website=Daily Finance|date=February 13, 2013|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105021126/https://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/02/13/cinemark-announces-the-return-of-favorite-disney-c/|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Lady and the Tramp'' has had a domestic lifetime gross of $93.6 million,<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Candice|url=https://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-22/features/9102180126_1_mrs-potts-animation-department-beast|title=A Box-office Draw A French Fairy Tale That Has Been Languishing At Disney Studios For Years, Beauty And The Beast Now Seems Destined To Join The Ranks Of The Very Best Animated Classics.|page=2|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=November 22, 1991|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084648/https://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1991-11-22/features/9102180126_1_mrs-potts-animation-department-beast|archive-date=June 13, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a lifetime international gross of $187 million.<ref name="ToonedIn"/>

===Home media===
''Lady and the Tramp'' was first released on North American [[VHS]] cassette and [[Laserdisc]] on October 7, 1987,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fleischer|first=Leonore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67|title=Sales&Bargains|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|volume=20|issue=34|page=67|date=August 31, 1987|quote=Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp available in stores October 7}}</ref> as part of the [[Walt Disney Classics]] video series and in the United Kingdom in 1990. During the home video transfer, technicians for Walt Disney Home Video used a [[pan-and-scan]] of the CinemaScope version rather than use the theatrical Academy version.<ref name="VideoFile">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-video-file-theyre-bac/156128202/ |title=Video File: They're back |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927202340/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-video-file-theyre-bac/156128202/ |date=September 5, 1998 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |page=258 |work=[[The Toronto Star]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>

To promote the 1987 release, Disney launched a $20 million promotional campaign of television and print advertisements. They also partnered with [[McDonald's]] and the [[American Dairy Association]]. McDonald's offered a three-dollar discount for a videocassette copy, and consumers saved $4.25 ($12 in 2025 dollars) on the videocassette when purchasing milk.{{sfn|Grover|1997|p=133}} When the release went into [[Moratorium (entertainment)|moratorium]] on March 31, 1988,<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Mary|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/18/lady-and-the-tramp-going-back-to-vault/|title='Lady and the Tramp' Going Back To Vault|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=March 18, 1988|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819045237/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-03-18/entertainment/8803010722_1_playboy-video-hbo-video-disney-home-video|url-status=live}}</ref> the film was estimated to have sold more than three million copies. By early 1988, it was the best-selling VHS title at the time, in which the estimated video sales generated $60 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yarrow|first=Andrew|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/22/arts/video-cassettes-pushing-books-off-shelves.html|title=Video Cassettes Pushing Books Off Shelves|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 22, 1988|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219065402/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/22/arts/video-cassettes-pushing-books-off-shelves.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its record was then surpassed by ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950), which sold 7.5 million copies and earned $100 million in sales in 1988.{{sfn|Grover|1997|p=133}}

It was re-released on [[THX]]-certified VHS and Laserdisc on September 15, 1998, as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video series. The VHS master used the original Academy ratio, while the LaserDisc presented the film in its widescreen format.<ref name="VideoFile" /> The film was issued on DVD as part of the Disney Limited Issue series on November 23, 1999 for a sixty-day time period.<ref>{{cite press release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084632/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Disney+to+Debut+Nine+Classic+Animated+Titles+on+DVD+for+a+Limited...-a055479044|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Disney+to+Debut+Nine+Classic+Animated+Titles+on+DVD+for+a+Limited...-a055479044|title=Disney to Debut Nine Classic Animated Titles on DVD for a Limited Time to Celebrate the Millennium.|location=[[Burbank, California]]|agency=Business Wire|via=[[TheFreeDictionary.com#TheFreeLibrary.com|TheFreeLibrary]]|date=August 17, 1999|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref>

''Lady and the Tramp'' was remastered and restored for DVD on February 28, 2006, as the seventh installment of Disney's Platinum Editions series.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ladyandthetramp-platinumedition-pressrelease.html|title=From the Disney Vault! The 50th Anniversary 2-Disc DVD Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp 50th Anniversary Edition|location=Burbank, California|agency=[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Entertainment]]|publisher=Ultimate Disney|date=October 20, 2005|access-date=May 10, 2006|archive-date=May 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513003628/http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ladyandthetramp-platinumedition-pressrelease.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On its first day, one million copies of the Platinum Edition were sold.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ault|first1=Susanne|last2=Netherby|first2=Jennifer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314153823/http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6312352.htm|url=http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6312352.html|title=''Walk the Line'' Stomps Competition; ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''Pride & Prejudice'' also bow well|date=March 2, 2006|archive-date=March 14, 2006}}</ref> The Platinum Edition DVD went on moratorium on January 31, 2007, along with the 2006 DVD re-issue of the film's sequel ''[[Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/29/disney-closes-the-vault|title=Disney Closes the Vault|website=[[IGN]]|date=September 29, 2006|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211403/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/29/disney-closes-the-vault|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Lady and the Tramp'' was released on [[Blu-ray]] on February 7, 2012, as a part of Disney's Diamond Editions series.<ref name="Toon Zone">{{cite news|last=Liu|first=Ed|title=Disney to Release Two Amazing Classics From the Vault in 2012|url=http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/39424/pr-disney-to-release-lady-amp-the-tramp-and-cinderella-on-blu-ray-diamond-editions-in-2012|newspaper=Toon Zone|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114154040/http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/39424/pr-disney-to-release-lady-amp-the-tramp-and-cinderella-on-blu-ray-diamond-editions-in-2012|archive-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref> A standalone 1-disc DVD edition was released on March 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8637821|title=Lady and the Tramp DVD Movie|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017230852/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8637821|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Tramp-Bill-Thompson/dp/B0061QD88S/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1330359764&sr=1-4|title=Amazon.com: Lady and the Tramp: Bill Thompson, Peggy Lee, Larry Roberts, Barbara Luddy, Bill Baucom: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|access-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref>

''Lady and the Tramp'' was re-released on Digital HD on February 20, 2018, and on Blu-ray February 27, 2018, as part of the Walt Disney Signature Collection line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotoscopers.com/2018/01/06/lady-and-the-tramp-to-join-walt-disney-signature-collection-in-february/|title='Lady and the Tramp' to Join Walt Disney Signature Collection in February|date=6 January 2018|publisher=Rotoscopers|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109122635/http://www.rotoscopers.com/2018/01/06/lady-and-the-tramp-to-join-walt-disney-signature-collection-in-february/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Lawsuit====
Peggy Lee was asked to help promote the 1987 VHS release, for which she was paid an [[honorarium]] for $500. Lee contended Disney had breached the 1952 contract she had signed with the studio, which denied Disney the right to make "transcriptions for sale to the public" without her approval.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hadden |first1=Briton |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,956430,00.html |title=Is That All There Is? |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 5, 1988 |access-date=2021-05-26 |archive-date=2021-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526231846/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,956430,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] refused to pay Lee her share of the royalties.<ref name="ItsaSmallWorld">{{cite news|last1=Weinraub|first1=Bernard|title=It's a Small World After All, Mr. Eisner|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/07/business/it-s-a-small-world-after-all-mr-eisner.html|work=The New York Times|page=D1|date=August 7, 1995|access-date=September 13, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813005241/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/07/business/it-s-a-small-world-after-all-mr-eisner.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 16, 1988, Lee sued the Walt Disney Company for breach of contract, claiming that she retained the rights to transcriptions of the music, arguing that videotape editions were transcriptions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/17/movies/peggy-lee-is-suing-disney.html|title=Peggy Lee Is Suing Disney|newspaper=The New York Times|page=C20|first=Glenn|last=Collins|date=November 17, 1988|access-date=February 10, 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008070521/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/17/movies/peggy-lee-is-suing-disney.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her lawyers demanded $50 million in damages for compensation. In March 1991, Lee was awarded $2.3 million for breach of contract, plus $500,000 for unjust enrichment, $600,000 for illegal use of Lee's voice and $400,000 for the use of her name.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Shannon |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-21-me-846-story.html |title=Peggy Lee Awarded Disney Damages |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 21, 1991 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122060314/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-21-me-846-story.html |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2066858.stm|title=Stars share royalties victory|date=June 26, 2002|access-date=January 5, 2010|work=BBC News|archive-date=March 17, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317085344/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2066858.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> From the $72 million Disney had earned in videocassette sales, by 1995, Lee's award was estimated to be four percent of the sales.<ref name="ItsaSmallWorld" />

In October 1992, the [[California Court of Appeals]] upheld the judgement that Disney had to pay Lee over $3 million in compensation. Though videocassettes did not exist when Lee signed her contract with Disney, she nevertheless had retained the rights to [[phonograph]] recordings and transcriptions of the film. [[Stephen Lachs]], a [[Los Angeles County Superior Court]] judge, later ruled that videocassettes were considered under the category of transcriptions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-06-me-645-story.html |title=$3 Million Award to Peggy Lee Upheld |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 6, 1992 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251015024448/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-06-me-645-story.html |archive-date=October 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UPI">{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/05/Peggy-Lee-gets-3-million-judgment-against-Walt-Disney-Co/2058718257600/ |title=Peggy Lee gets $3 million judgment against Walt Disney Co. |work=United Press International |date=October 5, 1992 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251015025003/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/05/Peggy-Lee-gets-3-million-judgment-against-Walt-Disney-Co/2058718257600/ |archive-date=October 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 1992, the [[California Supreme Court]] denied a hearing on Disney's appeal of lower-court rulings, which upheld the studio had committed breach of contract.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/disney-loses-lee-appeal-102219/ |title=Disney loses Lee appeal |magazine=Variety |date=December 17, 1992 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251015023900/https://variety.com/1992/film/news/disney-loses-lee-appeal-102219/ |archive-date=October 15, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical reaction===
During its initial release, the film initially received mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="TheStoryOfLadyandtheTramp" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lady and the Tramp (1955) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51552-LADY-ANDTHETRAMP?sid=5e189075-e544-49d4-a29e-3cfc68bcde8e&sr=11.372259&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=November 1, 2024 |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |quote=critical reception to the released film was lukewarm}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Braden |first=Donna R. |date=June 21, 2020 |title=Lady and the Tramp Celebrates 65 Years |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/lady-and-the-tramp-celebrates-65-years |access-date=June 25, 2024 |website=[[The Henry Ford]] |quote=this animated feature film received mixed reviews when it was first released on June 22, 1955}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Taylor |date=April 7, 2021 |title=Every Animated Disney Movie From The 20th Century, In Chronological Order |url=https://www.cbr.com/every-20th-century-disney-animated-movie/ |access-date=June 25, 2024 |work=[[Comic Book Resources]] |quote=On June 22, 1955, Lady and the Tramp debuted to mixed reviews}}</ref> [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' claimed the film was "not the best [Disney] has done in this line. The sentimentality is mighty, and the CinemaScope size does not make for any less aware of the thickness of the goo. It also magnifies the animation, so that the flaws and poor foreshortening are more plain. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, the artists' work is below par in this film."<ref>{{cite web|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/06/24/archives/screen-dogs-and-lovers-disneys-lady-and-the-tramp-at-roxy.html|title=Screen: Dogs and Lovers|newspaper=The New York Times|page=17|date=June 24, 1955|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613043843/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/06/24/archives/screen-dogs-and-lovers-disneys-lady-and-the-tramp-at-roxy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' wrote "Walt Disney has for so long parlayed gooey sentiment and stark horror into profitable cartoons that most moviegoers are apt to be more surprised than disappointed to discover that the combination somehow does not work this time."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807375,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215060844/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807375,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2008|title=Cinema: The New Pictures|magazine=Time|date=July 11, 1955|access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref> [[John McCarten]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' felt the story was handled "with a sentimentality that [[Albert Payson Terhune]] might have found excessive" and wrote the two lead characters were unappealing. McCarten also criticized the film's CinemaScope process, writing it gave the characters "the dimensions of [[Hippopotamus|hippos]]."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCarten |first=John |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1955/07/02/disneys-shaggy-dogs |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=The New Yorker |pages=50–51 |date=July 2, 1955 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016022004/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1955/07/02/disneys-shaggy-dogs |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Gene Arneel of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' deemed the film "a delight for the juveniles [and] lots of fun for adults".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Arneel|first=Gene|url=https://archive.org/details/variety198-1955-04/page/n149/mode/1up|title=Film Reviews: Lady and the Tramp|magazine=Variety|page=6|date=April 20, 1955|access-date=June 12, 2018|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Edwin Schallert of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described the film as a "delightful, haunting, charmed fantasy that is remarkably enriched with music and, incidentally, with rare conversations among the canine characters."<ref>{{cite news |last=Schallert |first=Edwin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-edwin-schallerts/182996455/ |title='Lady and Tramp' Dazzling Triumph |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |at=Part III, p. 7 |date=June 24, 1955 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014223713/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-edwin-schallerts/182996455/ |archive-date=October 14, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[Harrison's Reports]]'' felt the "scintillating musical score and several songs, the dialogue and the voices, the behaviors and expressions of the different characters, the mellow turn-of-the-century backgrounds, the beautiful color and sweep of the CinemaScope process — all these add up to one of the most enjoyable cartoon features Disney has ever made."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/harrisonsreports37harr/page/66/mode/1up|title='Lady and the Tramp'|magazine=Harrison's Reports|page=67|date=April 23, 1955|access-date=March 10, 2020|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Mildred Martin of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' called the film "delightfully written, quaintly drawn" and stated it "could easily become a screen classic."<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Mildred |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174499098/ |title='Lady and Tramp' Hailed |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=13–14 |date=June 26, 1955 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016023253/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/174499098/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref> Dorothy Masters of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' wrote ''Lady and the Tramp'' was "another great work of art, a masterpiece not only by virtue of unerring brush and magnificent color, but because the cartoon genius [Walt Disney] has now perfected his art to the point of making two-dimensional animals more human than people."<ref>{{cite news |last=Masters |first=Dorothy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/454926520/ |title='Lady and Tramp' a Disney Treat |newspaper=New York Daily News |page=59 |date=June 24, 1955 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016022930/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/454926520/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref> 

[[File:LadyandtheTrampfamouscene.jpg|thumb|right|The sequence of Lady and Tramp sharing a plate of spaghetti — climaxed by an accidental kiss as they swallow opposite ends of the same strand of spaghetti — is considered an iconic scene in American film history.]]

[[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a positive review on their show ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|At the Movies]]'' when it was re-released in 1986, with Ebert in particular praising the opening scene of Lady as a puppy calling it one of the greatest animated sequences Disney ever did.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Platoon, Lady and the Tramp, No Mercy, 1986 |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=3848 |series=[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|At the Movies]] |date=1986 |access-date=2023-10-13 |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324163112/https://siskelebert.org/?p=3848 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dave Kehr]], writing for ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film four stars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kehr|first=Dave|url=https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-19/entertainment/8604050010_1_character-animation-peggy-lee-love-story|title='Lady and the Tramp' Love Story Still Works – 31 Years Later|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=December 19, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801020629/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-19/entertainment/8604050010_1_character-animation-peggy-lee-love-story|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a ''Los Angeles Times'' review, [[Charles Solomon (animation historian)|Charles Solomon]], an animation historian, called the animation "wonderfully polished" and felt it will be regarded as "a timeless film that audiences will still enjoy 31 years from now."<ref>{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Charles|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-19-ca-3690-story.html|title=Movie Review : A Fresh Look At 'Lady And The Tramp'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 19, 1986|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210214725/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-19/entertainment/ca-3690_1_american-tail|url-status=live}}</ref> The sequence of Lady and Tramp sharing a plate of spaghetti — climaxed by an accidental kiss as they swallow opposite ends of the same strand of spaghetti — is considered an iconic scene in American film history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmsite.org/iconicfilmscenes.html|title=100 Most Iconic Film Images, Moments, or Scenes|last=Dirks|first=Tim|work=filmsite|publisher=AMC|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718035200/https://www.filmsite.org/iconicfilmscenes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|91|3=46|consensus=A nostalgic charmer, ''Lady and the Tramp''{{'}}s token sweetness is mighty but the songs and richly colored animation are technically superb and make for a memorable experience.|ref=y|access-date=October 16, 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|78|15|ref=y|access-date=October 16, 2025}} 

''Lady and the Tramp'' contains several instances of [[Ethnic stereotype|ethnic and cultural stereotyping]]. The depiction of the pair of Siamese cats in particular has been recognized for its racist [[Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States|Asian stereotypes]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Espinoza |first1=Andrea Daniela |title=Lady & The Tramp: 10 Things That Didn't Age Well |url=https://screenrant.com/disney-lady-and-the-tramp-aged-poorly/ |work=ScreenRant |date=March 20, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> "The Siamese Cat Song" was cut from the 2019 live-action remake of the film,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Six Disney Classics Tagged For Racist Imagery On Disney+ Including 'Peter Pan', 'The Jungle Book' & 'The Aristocats' |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/disney-racist-warnings-peter-pan-the-jungle-book-the-aristocats-lady-and-the-tramp-1234598855/ |work=Deadline |date=October 16, 2020}}</ref> and in 2020 [[Disney+]] included a content warning at the beginning of the film, advising viewers of "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures".<ref>{{cite news |title=Disney updates content warning for racism in classic films |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54566087 |work=BBC |date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>

''Lady and the Tramp'' was named number 95 out of the "100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time" by the [[American Film Institute]] in their ''[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions|100 Years...100 Passions]]'' special, as one of only two animated films to appear on the list, along with Disney's ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' which ranked 34th.<ref>{{cite web|work=AFI|title=''100 Years...100 Passions'' List of 100 Winning Movies|format=PDF|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/passions100.pdf?docID=248l|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093057/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/passions100.pdf?docID=248l|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] called its accompanying soundtrack one of the all-time great Disney and Pixar soundtracks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Essential Disney & Pixar Soundtracks|url=https://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/06/disney.html|date=June 15, 2010|access-date=July 27, 2010|author=Richard Corliss|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002121800/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/06/disney.html|archive-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, ''Time'' magazine named it one of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Corliss|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Corliss|title=The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films&nbsp;– Lady and the Tramp|url=https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624230142/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2079149_2079152,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2011|magazine=Time|date=June 23, 2011|access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>

===Accolades===
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| rowspan="2"| 1956
| [[9th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1955 |title=Past Winners and Nominees - Film - Awards - the BAFTA site |access-date=2010-09-08 |archive-date=2010-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921081423/http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/nominations/?year=1955 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Best Animated Film
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]<ref>{{in lang|it}} Academia del Cinema Italiano {{cite web|url=http://www.daviddidonatello.it/english/premia.php|title=Ente David di Donatello - Accademia del Cinema Italiano|access-date=November 15, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103225831/http://www.daviddidonatello.it/english/premia.php|archive-date=November 3, 2009}}</ref>
| {{ubl|Best Foreign Producer|<small>(Walt Disney)</small>}}
| {{Won}}
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| 2006
| [[Satellite Award]]s<ref>Press Academy {{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2006.shtml|title=Archived copy|access-date=March 6, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718091353/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2006.shtml|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref>
| Best Youth DVD
| {{nom}}
|}

====[[American Film Institute]] Lists====
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions]]&nbsp;– No. 95

==Other media==
===Comics===
*From October 31, 1955 to June 25, 1988, [[Scamp (comics)|Scamp]] comic strip was published by King Feature Syndicate.<ref name=Holtz>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |pages=342–343}}</ref>
*The comic book was also published by [[Dell Comics]]' first issue being ''[[Disney comics#Four Color|Four Color]]'' #703 (May 1956); this turned into a regular comic book series which had #16 issues ending in December 1960. A second series was launched by [[Gold Key Comics]] in 1967-1979; which ran for 45 issues.<ref name=Holtz/>

===Sequel===
{{Main|Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure}}
In June 1998, Disney had announced a sequel to ''Lady and the Tramp'' was in development.<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604222431/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LION'S+SHARE%3B+WALT+DISNEY+VIDEO+SEQUELS+MINING+GOLD.-a083826825|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/LION'S+SHARE%3B+WALT+DISNEY+VIDEO+SEQUELS+MINING+GOLD.-a083826825 | title=Lion's share; Walt Disney video sequels mining gold|first=Dave|last=McNary|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2013|date=June 7, 1998|access-date=October 15, 2025|work=Los Angeles Daily News|via=The Free Library}}</ref> The film's songs were composed by [[Melissa Manchester]] and [[Norman Gimbel]]. Titled ''[[Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure]]'', it centers on the adventures of Lady and Tramp's only son, [[Scamp (comics)|Scamp]], who desires to be a wild dog. He runs away from his family and joins a gang of [[wrecking yard|junkyard]] dogs to fulfill his longing for freedom and a life without rules.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rehlin |first1=Gunnar |last2=Leydon |first2=Joe |url=https://variety.com/2001/digital/features/lady-and-the-tramp-ii-scamp-s-adventure-1200466569/ |title=Film Review: 'Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure |magazine=Variety |date=February 26, 2001 |access-date=October 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251016003644/https://variety.com/2001/digital/features/lady-and-the-tramp-ii-scamp-s-adventure-1200466569/ |archive-date=October 16, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Produced by [[Disney Television Animation]] and [[Disneytoon Studios|Disney Video Premiere]], ''Scamp's Adventure'' was released on February 27, 2001.

===Live-action remake===
{{Main|Lady and the Tramp (2019 film)}}
[[Walt Disney Pictures]] produced a live-action remake of the film with [[Justin Theroux]] and [[Tessa Thompson]] in the voice roles of Tramp and Lady respectively.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Couch|first1=Aaron|title=Justin Theroux to Voice Star in Disney's 'Lady and the Tramp' Remake|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lady-tramp-remake-star-justin-theroux-1130108|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727020322/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lady-tramp-remake-star-justin-theroux-1130108|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/tessa-thompson-lady-and-the-tramp-benedict-wong/|title=Exclusive: Tessa Thompson to Star in 'Lady and the Tramp' for Disney's Streaming Service|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=August 14, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024308/http://collider.com/tessa-thompson-lady-and-the-tramp-benedict-wong/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/thomas-mann-lady-and-the-tramp-jim-dear-1202909041/|title=Thomas Mann Joins Disney's Live-Action 'Lady and the Tramp' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817214752/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/thomas-mann-lady-and-the-tramp-jim-dear-1202909041/|url-status=live}}</ref> The movie premiered on Disney's new streaming service, [[Disney+]], on its US launch date of November 12, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/lady-and-the-tramp-disney-launch-sean-baily-live-action-slate-1202594405/|title=Disney Film Production Chief Sean Bailey On Streaming Service's Live-Action Slate; 'Lady And The Tramp' Available At Launch|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414084622/https://deadline.com/2019/04/lady-and-the-tramp-disney-launch-sean-baily-live-action-slate-1202594405/|url-status=live}}</ref> to mixed reviews.

===Video games===
In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' games, a statue of Lady and Tramp appears  in a fountain in Traverse Town.{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In the [[City-building game|world builder]] game ''[[Disney Magic Kingdoms]]'', Lady, Tramp, Tony, Joe, Jock and Trusty appear as playable characters, along with some attractions based on locations of the film. In the game the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-81_FJRx8M&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|title=Update 38: Lady and the Tramp {{!}} Livestream|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=October 19, 2022|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710114426/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-81_FJRx8M&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Disney Parks and Resorts ===
Walt Disney wanted the setting of the film to be [[Marceline, Missouri]] which had been his childhood hometown. Whilst ''Lady and the Tramp'' was in production, Walt was also designing [[Disneyland]] in [[California]] and styled the [[Main Street, U.S.A.]] area of the park to Marceline. Tony's Town Square Restaurant is an Italian restaurant inspired by Lady and the Tramp and is located on [[Main Street, U.S.A.]] at [[Walt Disney World]], whilst the Pizzeria Bella Notte restaurant is in [[Fantasyland]] at [[Disneyland Paris]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Disney|Film|United States|1950s|Cartoon}}
* [[1955 in film]]
* [[List of American films of 1955]]
* [[List of Walt Disney Pictures films]]
* [[List of Disney theatrical animated features]]
* [[List of animated feature films of the 1950s]]
* [[List of highest-grossing animated films]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://movies.disney.com/lady-and-the-tramp}}
* {{IMDb title|0048280}}
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* {{Rotten-tomatoes|lady_and_the_tramp}}
* {{Mojo title|ladyandthetramp}}

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