DISNEY - LADY AND THE TRAMP(1955)
One of my top all time favorite movies, of any kind!!! A
A review from Amazon:
It's still one of the sweetest kisses onscreen, up there
with Bergman and Grant, Bogey and Bacall: the moment
when pampered purebred Lady and streetwise mongrel
Tramp, sharing a moonlit plate of spaghetti in an alley
behind an Italian cafe, unknowingly slurp the same strand,
and suddenly find their mouths meeting in surprise and
tenderness. Ah, puppy love. Lady and the Tramp is a
delight of animation and surprisingly deep character
development, given that the stars are all dogs. Lady, an
adorable Cocker Spaniel, feels neglected when her owners
become distracted by the pending birth of a baby. But the
last straw is clueless Aunt Sarah's appearance with her
conniving Siamese cats (among Disney's most creatively
evil villains), who wreak havoc on Lady's blissful home
life. Soon Lady is off on an adventure in the streets, where
the savvy Tramp takes her under his paw. The lessons of
friendship and loyalty, of integrity--not to mention trusting
in the kindness of strangers--ring true to delighted children
and adults alike. And unlike many Disney films, there's no
real violence, only challenges that smart dogs (including
a tough-talking vamp named Peg, voiced sublimely by Peggy
Lee, who also wrote the songs), banding together, can tackle.
The animation is terrific; the scene where we first meet Tramp
shows him rinsing off under a pipe, and his subsequent
shaking-off of the water follows the detailed rippling up and
down his back that any dog lover will recognize. And is there
any song more romantic than "Bella Notte"? Bellissima! --A.T. Hurley