50 Fun Facts About Lady and the Tramp

What breed of dog is Lady?

Story artist Joe Grant's original pitch was inspired by his own English springer spaniel, also called Lady.

In what year was Lady and the Tramp released?

It came out on June 22, 1955, between Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty.

How does Lady arrive in her new home at the start of the film?

Walt Disney had given his wife Lillian a chow puppy in a hatbox in 1925 as a peace offering for working too late.

What are the names of Lady's owners?

They were originally Jim Brown and Elizabeth; the names were changed to reflect Lady's point of view.

What breed is Lady's neighbour Jock?

Bill Thompson voiced him and several other dogs, including Cockney-accented Bull and German-accented Dachsie.

Why has Trusty the bloodhound stopped tracking criminals?

He used to work with his Grandpappy, Old Reliable; the trait later inspired Gopher in Winnie the Pooh.

What are the names of Aunt Sarah's two Siamese cats?

They were called Nip and Tuck in early story outlines.

What does Aunt Sarah take Lady to have fitted after the cats wreck the house?

Lady bolts into the streets, is set upon by strays and is rescued by Tramp.

Which song plays over the famous spaghetti dinner scene?

George Givot, the voice of Tony, sings it; animator Frank Thomas found a discarded reel of the scene and rescued it.

Which of Disney's Nine Old Men animated the spaghetti scene?

Walt had been unsure about the scene, but was so impressed by how Thomas romanticised it that he kept it.

What nickname does Tramp give Lady?

It is short for Pigeon, a nod to her naivety; Tony and Joe call him 'Butch'.

What is Tramp chasing when he gets distracted and Lady is caught by the dogcatcher?

At the pound, the other strays fill Lady in on Tramp's history with other female dogs.

What creature does Tramp kill in the baby's nursery?

Peggy Lee begged Walt to spare Trusty, and he replied that Trusty could live but 'the rat stays'.

How is Trusty injured near the end of the film?

An early version of the script had him killed outright.

Which singer wrote the film's songs with Sonny Burke and voiced Darling, Peg and both Siamese cats?

She was hired only as a songwriter until Walt heard her demos.

Why was the pound dog Peg renamed from an earlier name that sounded like a First Lady's?

Walt did not want any comment 'that wouldn't be befitting a president's wife'; Peggy Lee called the new name an honour.

Which two screen legends inspired the design of Peg?

Animator Eric Larson watched Lee's recording sessions; Peg's hairstyle is said to echo Veronica Lake.

Which magazine published Ward Greene's story 'Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog', the basis for Tramp?

Walt told Greene, 'Your dog and my dog have got to get together!'

Which of these was NOT an early name considered for the stray dog before 'Tramp'?

Walt himself suggested 'Tramp' at a 1945 story meeting and insisted on the final title over the distributors' worries.

Lady and the Tramp was the first animated feature filmed in which widescreen process?

Because not every cinema could show it, Disney issued a second version in the standard Academy ratio.

After splitting from RKO, Disney released Lady and the Tramp through which distributor?

Disney's own distribution arm took over from RKO Radio Pictures.

What was the film's production budget when Walt announced it in 1952?

Roy Disney had pushed his brother to revive the project only if costs were kept low.

In what year is the film's story set, when Lady arrives at Christmas?

The gingerbread-style houses reflect art director Claude Coats' turn-of-the-century inspiration.

Which future voice of Fred Flintstone played Boris, the Russian-accented borzoi at the pound?

Dallas McKennon voiced Toughy and Pedro the Chihuahua in the same pound scene.

How did Stan Freberg create the beaver's whistling lisp?

He demonstrated the trick on the Platinum Edition DVD.

Barbara Luddy, the voice of Lady, later voiced which Sleeping Beauty fairy?

She also played Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh featurettes.

Which of the film's directors also brought his family dog, Blondie, in as a live-action model for Lady?

The three directors had previously shared duties on Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan.

How much did a jury award Peggy Lee in 1991 in her lawsuit against Disney over videocassette sales?

Her 1952 contract gave her rights to 'transcriptions' of the music, and the court agreed videotapes counted.

By early 1988, Lady and the Tramp held what home-video distinction?

It sold more than three million copies before going into moratorium; Cinderella soon beat it with 7.5 million.

Which Disney film's box office had Lady and the Tramp not been bettered since, when it opened in 1955?

It earned an estimated $6.5 million in distributor rentals on first release.

In what year was Lady and the Tramp added to the US National Film Registry?

The Library of Congress selects films deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.

Who provides the lead vocals on the film's opening carol, 'Peace on Earth'?

The Mellomen, including Thurl Ravenscroft, sing as the dog chorus.

What is the name of Lady and Tramp's rebellious son in the 2001 sequel?

He also starred in a long-running Disney comic strip launched after the original film.

In the sequel, what is the name of the gang of strays Scamp joins?

He falls for one of its members, Angel; the story is set around the Fourth of July in 1911.

How many puppies do Lady and Tramp have in the sequel?

Three well-behaved daughters, Annette, Collette and Danielle, plus a rebellious son.

Who voices Lady in the 2019 live-action remake?

Justin Theroux voices Tramp, and Sam Elliott is Trusty.

How was the 2019 remake released?

It launched with the service on November 12, 2019, the first Disney remake to skip theatres.

In the 2019 remake, which character is reimagined as female, with the full name Jacqueline?

Ashley Jensen voices the feisty Scottish terrier.

Which singer voices Peg in the 2019 remake?

Peg is a Lhasa apso in the remake, and Ken Jeong plays the doctor who delivers the baby.

Under what name was Peggy Lee born?

A Fargo radio host renamed her on the spot in 1937; she went on to sing with Benny Goodman.

The film's hyena laugh was reused for the jack-in-the-boxes in which 2003 comedy?

Dallas McKennon recorded the laugh for the zoo scene. It became a stock effect, also heard in the 1979 horror film Tourist Trap and as the original voice of Crash Bandicoot's Ripper Roo.

In the story's early drafts, what were the two Siamese cats called?

The pair appear under those names in a rough outline written by 1940 and again in Cap Palmer's 1944 treatment, where the nursery rat was a sly character called Herman.

What happened to the stray dog used as a live model for Tramp once the film was finished?

The dog had earlier bolted from the studio and was missing for several days before being found. Hamilton Luske's own dog Blondie served as the live model for Lady.

What did Walt and Lillian Disney name the chow puppy he gave her for Christmas 1925?

Walt bought it as a peace offering after spending a night at the studio. Lillian, who disliked dogs, had chosen a chow because she had read they were less smelly.

Art director Claude Coats drew on which style of architecture for the film's look?

The ornate Victorian trim suits a story set in 1909. Coats was also overseeing the film that would become Disney's first animated feature in CinemaScope.

Who voices Tony, the restaurant owner who serenades the dogs over dinner?

Tony and his chef Joe call Tramp 'Butch'. Joe was voiced by Bill Thompson, who also played Jock, Bull the bulldog and Dachsie.

Whose hairstyle supposedly inspired Peg's peek-a-boo fringe?

Animator Eric Larson watched Peggy Lee's recording sessions to capture her gestures. Walt liked his work so much he made Larson a director on Sleeping Beauty.

Whose Siamese cat test animation was rejected as too stylized, getting him pulled off the film?

Walt moved him onto two musical shorts instead, one of which, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, became the first Disney cartoon released in CinemaScope.

Which animator kept live rats in a cage beside his desk while drawing the nursery fight?

Known for action scenes, he also animated Tramp's brawl with the alley dogs. Milt Kahl handled most of the dogs and focused on Tramp himself.

Hubert, a pompous next-door suitor for Lady cut from early drafts, was modelled on which actor?

He appeared in Cap Palmer's 1944 outline and was eventually replaced by Jock and Trusty. Walt, by contrast, wanted Tramp to have the appeal of a Cary Grant.