Lady and the Tramp - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Lady and the Tramp"
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Timing: 1:16 (76 min)
Lady and the Tramp - TMDB rating
7.12/10
5611
Lady and the Tramp - Kinopoisk rating
8.18/10
217343
Lady and the Tramp - IMDB rating
7.3/10
161000

Film crew

Director

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Wilfred Jackson
Director

Producer

Writer

Sam Cobean
Writer
Louis Pollock
Writer

Editor

Donald Halliday
Editor

Original Music Composer

Oliver Wallace

Oliver Wallace
Original Music Composer

Production Supervisor

Ken Peterson

Ken Peterson
Production Supervisor

Animation

Harvey Toombs
Animation
Hal Ambro
Animation
Ken O'Brien
Animation

Don Lusk

Don Lusk
Animation
George Kreisl
Animation
Marvin Woodward
Animation
John Freeman
Animation
Edwin Aardal
Animation

Screenplay

Novel

Ward Greene
Novel

Painter

Sylvia Roemer
Painter

Story

Joe Rinaldi
Story

Songs

Sonny Burke
Songs

Co-Director

Visual Effects

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Ub Iwerks

Ub Iwerks
Visual Effects

Animation Director

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Eric Larson

Eric Larson
Animation Director
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Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas
Animation Director
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John Lounsbery

John Lounsbery
Animation Director
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Les Clark

Les Clark
Animation Director
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Milt Kahl

Milt Kahl
Animation Director
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Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston
Animation Director
Hal King
Animation Director
Ken O'Brien
Animation Director

Sound Recordist

Robert O. Cook
Sound Recordist
Harold J. Steck
Sound Recordist

Sound Effects

James MacDonald
Sound Effects

Sound Director

C.O. Slyfield
Sound Director

Author

Ward Greene
Author

Lyricist

Sonny Burke
Lyricist

Vocal Coach

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Dal McKennon
Vocal Coach

What's left behind the scenes

  • Lady and the Tramp was the first animated film in CinemaScope format (a widescreen theatrical standard with an aspect ratio of 2.55:1). However, the cartoon was initially developed in Disney's usual 4:3 format, and it was only later decided to switch to the increasingly popular CinemaScope (although a 4:3 version also gained some distribution). As a result, artists had to hastily redraw (expand) the backgrounds and change the configuration of scenes. Indirect evidence that the cartoon was not originally intended for widescreen is the high static nature of the backgrounds and the concentration of action in the right, left, or central parts of the scenes.
  • The final version differs slightly from the planned one. The initial plot (1930s – early 40s) did not feature the Tramp character as he appears in the cartoon. According to one account, the story focused on Lady and her two suitors – a Russian wolfhound named Boris and a stray dog named Homer, with Siamese cats and a rat serving as the main antagonists. Later, the wolfhound Boris does appear in the cartoon as a minor character. The Tramp didn't receive his name immediately – before that he was called Bozo, Rags, and Homer.
  • The hyena's laugh was later reused at Disneyland on the “It’s a small world” attraction, as well as in a series of PlayStation video games, “Crash Bandicoot”.
  • One of the cartoon's music composers, jazz singer Peggy Lee, later filed a lawsuit against Disney Studios. In 1991, she managed to recover $2.3 million in compensation from the studio.
  • The beaver from “Lady and the Tramp” served as the prototype for another classic Disney character – the whistling groundhog from “Winnie the Pooh”.
  • The cartoon's popularity led to the publication of a series of comics, “Scamp,” which told about the adventures of Lady and the Tramp's puppy. The comics were published from 1955 to 1988, and later a sequel to the film, “Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure” (2001), was made based on these comics.
  • Jock, Peg, and Trusty were spotted in the animated film "Oliver & Company" (1988) at 00:11:21.
  • Posters hang near the back entrance of Tony's Restaurant indicating a possible date and time for the events in the animated film – "OPEN HOUSE Apr 26-27 UNCLE TOMS CABIN" ("Open House April 26-27…") and "UNCLE TOMS CABIN opera HOUSE aug. 6-8" ("Opens at the Opera House August 6-8").
  • Judging by the second animated film, the first one begins around December 24, 1908 – and ends around December 24, 1910.
  • Sarah and her "little angels" are an allusion to the novel Jane Eyre (the heroine's aunt has the same name).
  • Initially, Lady had only one dog neighbor named Hubert, but Hubert was later replaced by Jock and Trusty.
  • There are several deleted scenes that have never been released. The first of these is "Lady's Nightmare" – her fear of a human child manifested as a "parade of baby shoes" (similar to the parade of pink elephants in "Dumbo"). Another deleted scene of particular interest is the episode with the "world of dogs" – Tramp's dreams of an alternate reality where dogs are the masters of people, and not the other way around.
  • Some secondary characters underwent significant changes during the production of the cartoon. For example, the Siamese cats Si and Am were originally planned as much more sinister characters with a racist subtext. Aunt Sarah, on the other hand, was initially portrayed as a harsh, tyrannical mother-in-law without a single positive quality. The Rat, embodying evil in the cartoon, was originally a comedic character.
  • There is a legend that the beginning of "Lady and the Tramp" – the Christmas gift scene – has a real basis. According to this legend, Walt Disney forgot about his date with his wife and, wanting to make amends, gave her a puppy. However, the veracity of this story is highly questionable – it is more likely that the legend was invented for the public after Joe Grant, the original inspiration, left the studio.
  • Animator Wolfgang Reitherman observed live rodents while working on the climactic scene of the cartoon – the scene of Tramp's battle with the rat.
  • Many significant figures at the Disney company, including Walt himself, admitted that "Lady and the Tramp" was the first cartoon to explicitly imply a romantic scene. The situation was complicated by the fact that, formally, according to the plot, Lady and Tramp were not married – and any elements of "premarital sex" in cinema at that time were not approved by Hollywood. "Lady and the Tramp" was an exception, and not least because the main characters were not people, but dogs.
  • The scene with the romantic dinner in the back of Tony's restaurant was used in the parody film "Hot Shots! 2" (1993) with Charlie Sheen and Valeria Golino, in the film "101 Dalmatians" (1996), in the animated film "The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove" (2005), and in the film "Underdog" (2007).
  • The original ending of the cartoon was much more tragic – Trusty died trying to stop the wagon with Lady, heading to the dog pound. However, Walt Disney, not wanting a repeat of the events associated with "Bambi," "resurrected" Trusty in the final scene, making it clear that he had only broken his leg.
  • The original ending of the cartoon was much more tragic – Trusty died trying to stop the crew with Tramp, heading to the dog pound. However, Walt Disney, not wanting a repeat of the events associated with "Bambi," "resurrected" Trusty in the final scene, making it clear that he had only broken his leg.
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