Lady and the Tramp-movie

Lady and the Tramp

          Lady and the Tramp, the animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney was released June 22, 1955. It was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen format. Based on Happy Dan, The Whistling Dog (Cosmopolitan Magazine) by Ward Greene, Lady and the Tramp tells the story of Lady, a Cocker Spaniel who lives with an upper-middle-class family and Tramp, a male stray mutt. When the two dogs meet, they embark on romantic adventures.

          The idea for the story originated in 1937, and the rights to “Happy Dan” were purchased in the early 1940s. It took until 1955 to get the movie out. Disney Studios switched its focus during WWII, working on propaganda films. When Disney went back to the film, he felt his animators had lost their feel for the characters. He removed them from Lady and the Tramp and had them switch to Sleeping Beauty for about six months. The change worked; Disney believed that when the artists returned to the dogs, they “tackled the project with new enthusiasm.”

          The film score was composed and conducted by Oliver Wallace. Sonny Burke, a composer and Peggy Lee, a singer and songwriter, wrote some of the songs to the movie. In the film, Lee sang: "He's a Tramp", "La La Lu", "The Siamese Cat Song" and "What Is a Baby?". 

          My all time favorite part in the movie is Bella Notte, the famous spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp. Here is the YouTube address. Click on the link below and be transported down memory lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nWNXO3CZkU