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==Release== ''Lady and the Tramp'' was originally released to theaters on June 22, 1955. An episode of ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Disneyland]]'' called "A Story of Dogs" aired before the film's release.<ref name="Newcomb">{{cite book|title=Television: The Critical View|last=Newcomb|first=Horace|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-511927-4|page=27}}</ref> The film was also reissued to theaters in 1962, 1972, 1980, and 1986.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/lady-and-the-tramp-film/|title=Lady and the Tramp (film)|publisher=D23|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409112342/https://d23.com/a-to-z/lady-and-the-tramp-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Lady and the Tramp'' also played a limited engagement in select [[Cinemark Theatres]] from February 16β18, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wire|first=Business|url=https://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/02/13/cinemark-announces-the-return-of-favorite-disney-c/|title=Cinemark Announces the Return of Favorite Disney Classic Animated Movies to the Big Screen|publisher=Dailyfinance.com|date=February 13, 2013|access-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105021126/https://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/02/13/cinemark-announces-the-return-of-favorite-disney-c/|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Home media=== ''Lady and the Tramp'' was first released on North American [[VHS]] cassette and [[Laserdisc]] in 1987 as part of the [[Walt Disney Classics]] video series and in the United Kingdom in 1990. At the end of its initial home video release, it was reported to have sold more than three million copies, becoming the best-selling [[videocassette]] at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Yarrow|first=Andrew|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/22/arts/video-cassettes-pushing-books-off-shelves.html|title=Video Cassettes Pushing Books Off Shelves|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 22, 1988|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219065402/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/22/arts/video-cassettes-pushing-books-off-shelves.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It went into [[Moratorium (entertainment)|moratorium]] on March 31, 1988.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Mary|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/03/18/lady-and-the-tramp-going-back-to-vault/|title='Lady and the Tramp' Going Back To Vault|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=March 18, 1988|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819045237/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-03-18/entertainment/8803010722_1_playboy-video-hbo-video-disney-home-video|url-status=live}}</ref> The video cassette had grossed {{US$|100 million|long=no}} in sales by 1988. Peggy Lee was asked to help promote the release, for which she was paid $500.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hadden |first1=Briton |title=Is That All There Is? |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=1988 |volume=132 |issue=19β26 |page=589 |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,956430,00.html |quote=Disney asked Lee last year to help promote the release of the Lady and the Tramp cassette, paying a $500 "honorarium" β her only share of the video's $100 million in revenues. |access-date=2021-05-26 |archive-date=2021-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526231846/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,956430,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After its release on videotape, she sought performance and song royalties on the video sales. Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] refused, thus she filed suit in 1988. Eventually in 1992, the California Court of Appeals order Disney to pay Lee $3.2 million in compensation or about 4% of the video sales.<ref name="nyt" /> It was released on VHS again in 1998 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video series. This one is a [[THX]] certified release that comes in either widescreen or standard versions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-video-file-theyre-bac/156128202/ |title=Video File: They're back |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927202340/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-video-file-theyre-bac/156128202/ |date=September 5, 1998 |access-date=September 27, 2024 |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |page=258 |publisher=[[The Toronto Star]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> A Disney Limited Issue series [[DVD]] of the film was released on November 23, 1999, for a limited sixty-day time period.<ref>{{cite press release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084632/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Disney+to+Debut+Nine+Classic+Animated+Titles+on+DVD+for+a+Limited...-a055479044|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Disney+to+Debut+Nine+Classic+Animated+Titles+on+DVD+for+a+Limited...-a055479044|title=Disney to Debut Nine Classic Animated Titles on DVD for a Limited Time to Celebrate the Millennium.|location=[[Burbank, California]]|agency=Business Wire|publisher=[[TheFreeDictionary.com#TheFreeLibrary.com|TheFreeLibrary]]|date=August 17, 1999|access-date=June 12, 2018|archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> ''Lady and the Tramp'' was remastered and restored for DVD on February 28, 2006, as the seventh installment of Disney's Platinum Editions series.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ladyandthetramp-platinumedition-pressrelease.html|title=From the Disney Vault! The 50th Anniversary 2-Disc DVD Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp 50th Anniversary Edition|location=Burbank, California|agency=[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Buena Vista Home Entertainment]]|publisher=Ultimate Disney|date=October 20, 2005|access-date=May 10, 2006|archive-date=May 13, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513003628/http://www.ultimatedisney.com/ladyandthetramp-platinumedition-pressrelease.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On its first day, one million copies of the Platinum Edition were sold.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ault|first1=Susanne|last2=Netherby|first2=Jennifer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314153823/http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6312352.htm|url=http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6312352.html|title=''Walk the Line'' Stomps Competition; ''Lady and the Tramp'', ''Pride & Prejudice'' also bow well|date=March 2, 2006|archive-date=March 14, 2006}}</ref> The Platinum Edition DVD went on moratorium on January 31, 2007, along with the 2006 DVD re-issue of the film's sequel ''[[Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/29/disney-closes-the-vault|title=Disney Closes the Vault|website=[[IGN]]|date=September 29, 2006|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211403/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/09/29/disney-closes-the-vault|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Lady and the Tramp'' was released on [[Blu-ray]] on February 7, 2012, as a part of Disney's Diamond Editions series.<ref name="Toon Zone">{{cite news|last=Liu|first=Ed|title=Disney to Release Two Amazing Classics From the Vault in 2012|url=http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/39424/pr-disney-to-release-lady-amp-the-tramp-and-cinderella-on-blu-ray-diamond-editions-in-2012|newspaper=Toon Zone|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=November 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114154040/http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/39424/pr-disney-to-release-lady-amp-the-tramp-and-cinderella-on-blu-ray-diamond-editions-in-2012|archive-date=November 14, 2011}}</ref> A standalone 1-disc DVD edition was released on March 20, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8637821|title=Lady and the Tramp DVD Movie|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017230852/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8637821|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Tramp-Bill-Thompson/dp/B0061QD88S/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1330359764&sr=1-4|title=Amazon.com: Lady and the Tramp: Bill Thompson, Peggy Lee, Larry Roberts, Barbara Luddy, Bill Baucom: Movies & TV|website=Amazon|access-date=February 27, 2012}}</ref> ''Lady and the Tramp'' was re-released on Digital HD on February 20, 2018, and on Blu-ray February 27, 2018, as part of the Walt Disney Signature Collection line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rotoscopers.com/2018/01/06/lady-and-the-tramp-to-join-walt-disney-signature-collection-in-february/|title='Lady and the Tramp' to Join Walt Disney Signature Collection in February|date=6 January 2018|publisher=Rotoscopers|access-date=January 6, 2018|archive-date=9 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109122635/http://www.rotoscopers.com/2018/01/06/lady-and-the-tramp-to-join-walt-disney-signature-collection-in-february/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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