Lady and the Tramp
Reviewed by: Brett Willis
STAFF WRITER
| Moral Rating: | Good |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Family |
| Genre: | Animation |
| Length: | 1 hr. 16 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1955 |
| USA Release: |
June 22, 1955 |
Romantic fiction about a sheltered female uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown mongrel
Siamese cats cause a mess
Lady and the Tramp are falsely accused by her owners
Tramp tries to “open her eyes” to life without leashes and fences.
Dogcatcher
Dogs in the Bible
Animals of the Bible
| Featuring |
Peggy Lee … Darling / Si / Am / Peg (voice) Larry Roberts … The Tramp (voice) Bill Baucom … Trusty (voice) Verna Felton … Aunt Sarah (voice) George Givot … Tony (voice) Lee Millar … Jim Dear / Dog Catcher (voice) Barbara Luddy … Lady (voice) Bill Thompson … Jock / Bull - the Bull Terrier / Policeman at Zoo / Dachsie / Joe / Jim’s Friend (voice) Stan Freberg (Stan Freeberg) … Beaver (voice) Alan Reed … Boris (voice) Dal McKennon (Dallas McKennon) … Toughy / Professor / Pedro / Hyena (voice) The Mellowmen Quartet (The Mello Men) … Dogs (singing voice) See all » |
| Director |
Clyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson Hamilton Luske |
| Producer |
Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Erdman Penner |
| Distributor |
This story, set in the early 20th century, follows the relationship that develops between a pampered cocker spaniel and a mongrel from the wrong side of the tracks.
Lady has had everything she could ever want from her humans, “Jim Dear” and “Darling;” but now a baby is on the way, and she’s getting shortchanged. Tramp comes on the scene and tells her she should strike out with him and see what real living is, because she’ll never get the same attention at home that she used to get. Both Lady and Tramp are blamed for things they didn’t do, but the story works out well in the end.
There’s a small amount of scariness for young children (including a rat that gets into the baby’s room); but overall, this film should be watchable by the whole family with no reservations. The story is well done and entertaining, and the music is very good; for anyone who isn’t already familiar with it, I don’t want to give anything away.
