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{{Short description|1955 animated Disney film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Lady and the Tramp
| image          = Lady-and-tramp-1955-poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Hamilton Luske]]
* [[Clyde Geronimi]]
* [[Wilfred Jackson]]
}}
| story          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Erdman Penner]]
* Joe Rinaldi
* [[Ralph Wright]]
* [[Don DaGradi]]
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|"Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog"|[[Ward Greene]]}}
| producer       = [[Walt Disney]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Peggy Lee]]
* [[Barbara Luddy]]
* [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]]
* [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]]
* Bill Baucom
* [[Stan Freberg]]
* [[Verna Felton]]
* [[Alan Reed]]
* [[George Givot]]
* [[Dallas McKennon]]
* Lee Millar
* [[The Mellomen]]
}}
| editing        = Don Halliday
| music          = [[Oliver Wallace]]
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Film Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1955|6|22}}
| runtime        = 76 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $4 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite Box Office Mojo|title=Lady and the Tramp|id=0048280|access-date=January 5, 2012|archive-date=January 19, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160119000115/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ladyandthetramp.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $187 million<ref name="ToonedIn">{{cite magazine|last1=Mallory|first1=Michael|last2=D'Alessandro|first2=Anthony|date=October 27, 2003|title=Tooned in: Disney's ani classics set the bar and lit the way for future generations|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3A+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|via=[[The Free Dictionary#The Free Library|The Free Library]]|access-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013000440/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooned+in%3a+Disney%27s+ani+classics+set+the+bar+and+lit+the+way+for...-a0110473946|archive-date=October 13, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Lady and the Tramp''''' is a 1955 American [[Animated film|animated]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[romantic comedy]] film produced by [[Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[Buena Vista Film Distribution]]. Based on [[Ward Greene]]'s 1945 ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' magazine story "Happy Dan, the Cynical Dog", it was directed by [[Hamilton Luske]], [[Clyde Geronimi]], and [[Wilfred Jackson]]. Featuring the voices of [[Peggy Lee]], [[Barbara Luddy]], [[Larry Roberts (actor)|Larry Roberts]], [[Bill Thompson (voice actor)|Bill Thompson]], Bill Baucom, [[Stan Freberg]], [[Verna Felton]], [[Alan Reed]], [[George Givot]], [[Dallas McKennon]], and Lee Millar, the film follows Lady, the pampered [[American Cocker Spaniel|Cocker Spaniel]], as she grows from puppy to adult, deals with changes in her family, and meets and falls in love with the homeless [[mongrel dog|mutt]] Tramp.

''Lady and the Tramp'' was released to theaters on June 22, 1955, to box office success. It was the first animated film to be filmed in the [[CinemaScope]] widescreen film process,<ref name="finch">{{cite book |last=Finch |first=Christopher |year=2004 |chapter=Chapter 8: Interruption and Innovations |title=The Art of Walt Disney |pages=234–244 |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |isbn=0-8109-2702-0}}</ref> as well as Disney's first animated film to be distributed by their Buena Vista division following their split from [[RKO Radio Pictures]]. It initially received generally mixed reviews by film critics, but critical reception for the film has been generally positive in modern times.

A [[direct-to-video]] sequel, titled ''[[Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure]]'', was released in 2001, and a [[Lady and the Tramp (2019 film)|live-action/CGI hybrid remake]] premiered in 2019 as a launch title for the [[Disney+]] streaming service. In 2023, ''Lady and the Tramp'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=December 13, 2023 |title='Home Alone,' 'Terminator 2,' '12 Years a Slave' Among 25 Titles Joining National Film Registry |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/national-film-registry-2023-home-alone-terminator-12-years-a-slave-1235833815/ |access-date=December 13, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213100020/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/national-film-registry-2023-home-alone-terminator-12-years-a-slave-1235833815/ |url-status=live }}</ref>