Lady and the Tramp

According to a review at dvdfile.com, this classic as actually filmed in two aspect ratios. Disney did not bother to include both on this DVD. Here's a sample from the dvdfile review:

"A word to the folks at Disney: by keeping prices high and features down, you're helping to alienate even your staunchest supporters, of which I used to be one. Unfortunately, not recommended."


PERFECT   December 17, 1999
R. Penola (NYC, NY United States)
40 out of 47 found this review helpful

It was LADY & THE TRAMP that first brought Disney to my attention as a child; it remains one of the most supremely delightful animated films of all time. The dog characters are so richly compelling that they become real to you; anyone who ever loved a dog will recognize with what sheer brilliance the artisans have captured canine traits and physical pecularities. The romance between Lady and her Tramp ranks right up there with some of the most perfectly realized romances ever seen in the movies -- he is played with a breezy bravado; she with a fluffed up snootiness -- that their romantic dinner in the back of the Italian restaurant actually has you swooning. And the Peggy Lee-infused musical score gives this movie its most enduring, valuable gift -- it creatively and succinctly develops and elaborates each and every character, and imbues the look and feeling of the movie with an enchantment that transports you to that indesribably wondrous early-Disney place. Looking out over the banks of the park, the stars beginning to show -- and they call it Bella Notte...


A beautiful, lesser work in the Disney cannon.   March 1, 2006
colaboy (New York, NY)
24 out of 51 found this review helpful

Although not nearly as dark as Pinnochio, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, or many other classic Disney films, Lady and the Tramp is still a wonderful movie. It is exceedingly well paced, has a great cast of characters, and has a simple but lovingly rendered theme of love and committment. What it lacks in complexity it makes up for in sheer charm. The original tag line for the film was "His Happiest Motion Picture!"

It is also a tour-de-force of classic cel animation, rendered for the super-wide Cinemascope frame of the 1950s. The backgrounds are so lovely you just want to walk into the frame and live in them. There is nothing like it to be seen in today's digital animation, or in Miyazaki...anywhere.


Romantic Comedy Goes to the Dogs   June 28, 2006
Joseph Boone (Irvine, CA United States)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful

Lady and the Trap has been an enduring Disney classic for 50 years now and it's amazing how well it holds up after all that time. The hand painted animation is beautiful and the story and music are top notch. This film is an example of Disney animation at its classic best.

But calling Lady and the Tramp a great animated film is really selling it short. It's a great MOVIE, period. Lady's idyllic life is shattered and bad boy Tramp comes to her rescue. While he begins his relationship with Lady in the dog house (sorry, couldn't resist), he slowly redeems himself in her eyes and love conquers all in the end. If you've seen any romantic comedies from the last several years and compare it to this movie you'll realize that a story about two dogs is actually more romantic and more funny than virtually any similar film featuring humans. Watch Lady and the Tramp and you'll know why this film is still so loved after 50 years.