Animation History: Lady and the Tramp

One of Disney’s classic animated well-known films, ‘Lady and the Tramp’ is the story centred on a young female cocker spaniel dog who meets the street smart Tramp. Disney’s ideas from scenes in the film were centred on events he went through and influenced by the people he surrounded himself with. There were two main people who influenced the ‘ideas’ incorporated into ‘Lady and the tramp’, Joe Grant and Ward Greene. In fact it was Joe Grant who owned the dog Lady and at a dinner get-together Grant showed Walt a few sketches of Lady and her regular playful mischiefs. Walt liked the idea of doing a film about Lady and Grant went on to create storyboards for a film. Unfortunately the film was put on hold for a couple of years. Walt relooked at the idea of Lady after he read a story written by Ward Greene called ‘Happy Dan the Cynical Dog’ this was a few years after the idea was first created. Thus it wasn’t until Walt merged Grant’s storyboards and Greene’s story that ‘Lady and the Tramp’ could be perfected into the film you see today.
Some ideas for ‘Lady and the Tramp’ originated from events and things he did, like how in the movie, Lady was given to the wife in a hat box, it has been implied that Walt had done the same thing and decided to use that in the film. The film was released in 1955 and has now become a timeless family loved film.