Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Plot

It was Christmas time when a couple named 'Jim Dear' and 'Darling' celebrated their holiday with their new Cocker Spaniel puppy, whom they named Lady. Time passed and when Lady turned 6 months old, she was given a collar with a license. Lady had a good friendship with Jacques, a wily Scottish Terrier, and Trusty who is an old Bloodhound.

One day, Jacques and Trusty visited Lady, and found her feeling depressed as Jim Dear referred to her as "that dog" and that they would not play ball with her anymore. Jacques and Trusty explained to Lady that her owners are expecting a baby, but they were interrupted by a mangy grey dog named Tramp. Tramp then explained that babies are 'homewreckers,'but he gave a smirk at the end which implied that he knew more to the story.

As months flew by, the child of Jim Dear and Darling was finally born. Lady felt neglected, along and unwanted as the couple spent all their time with the baby. Curious, Lady went into the new nursery where she saw the baby, while Jim Dear gave her a pat on the head assuring that they still lover her.

A couple years after the baby was born, the couple went on a trip and left their baby and Lady with their Aunt Sarah. However, Aunt Sarah had no tolerance for dogs, and preferred the company of her Siamese cats, Si and Am. Everytime the cats caused trouble, Lady was always the one who was blamed. It came to the point where Aunt Sarah brought her to the pet store to put a muzzle on her. Frightened by this experience, Lady ran from the pet store,but she ended up in a bard part of town and was chased by three large dogs. Luckily, Tramp was there at the same place and he defended Lady. Tramp also manged to get the muzzle off Lady. Tramp then took Lady to a restaurant named Tony's where they had dinner and strolled at a local park after that.

When they woke, Lady wanted to rush home as she feels that she needed to look after the baby. With this, Tramp decided to take her home, but along the way, decided to have a little fun by rousing up a henhouse that he saw. When the owner appeared with a shotgun, Tramp and Lady ran, but Lady didn't get far, was caught by a dogcatcher and was taken to a dog pound.

Once in the pound, Lady was bullied by the other dogs due to her cleanliness and license, she is ridiculed for her license and cleanliness, but another female dog named Peg got everyone to stop the ridicule. Once they got to know each other, Lady was shocked that Tramp new a lot of the female dogs in the pound.

Eventually, Aunt Sarah came to pick up Lady and she tied her to the dog house at the back of the house. Jacques and Trusty visited to her to try and lighten the mood, but this was cut short when Tramp came. Lady vented her frustrations at Tramp and was upset about hearing how Tramp has been with a lot of other women before. As Tramp was about to leave, Lady saw a rat going into the baby's room and she started barking. Aunt Sarah, not the biggest fan of Lady, thought that she was just trying to get attention. Aunt Sarah ignored their barking, locked Lady in a closet before calling the dog pound, as she thought that the dogs attacked the baby.

Shortly thereafter, Jim Dear and Darling returned, just as Tramp was being led away by the dogcatcher, as he claimed that the dog tried to attack the baby. However, once Jim Dear looked in the baby's room, he found the dead rat, and they realised that the Lady and the Tramp were protecting the baby.

It is Christmas again. Tramp was made a member of the family, and he and Lady had puppies of their own. Jacques and Trusty (with a cast on his leg) visit them as well, and they celebrated the holidays together.

Did You Know:

1. The movie was inspired by a real dog named Lady.
2. While working on the animation, the Disney offices were filled with live animals to help animators reference the animals' movements.
3. The iconic spaghetti scene almost didn't happen as Walt Disney could not wrap his head around two dogs sharing a spaghetti strand.
4. Roy Disney (Walt Disney's brother) encouraged Walt to start working on the movie again after it was put on hold due to World War 2.
5. The sinister Siamese cats, Si and Am, were originally called Nip and Tuck.


Original Trailer