Lady and the Tramp, with the voices of Peggy Lee and Stan Freberg (Walt Disney Pictures,
Rated G, 2018, 76 minutes, originally shown in 1955)
Now on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital! (With Bonus Snippets*)
It’s here! Digital and
Movies Anywhere on 20 February and Blu-Ray on 27 February. A canine love story
for the Valentine’s Day month in this Year of the Dog so you and your family
can fall in love again. Scroll down on the Disney website to find games
and pages to print and color.
A Lovely Little Lady and a Scamp of a Tramp
When is the last time you
even thought of Lady and the Tramp?
Recently, if you have kids or ‘grands’: more distantly if you don’t, but maybe,
just maybe, the 1955 movie made an indelible impression on you like it did on
those of us at DogEvals!
After all, cocker spaniels were the most popular dog breed in the 1950s so Lady and the Tramp was sure to please.
When we got to the part the
Siamese cats sang their song, the adults actually knew all the words! “We are
Siamese if you please, We are Siamese if you don’t please. . . . “
Facts of Life
No, we are not talking about
‘having the talk with your pre-teen or teenager’ but about some difficult
subjects families experience or at least know about, including children.
“There’s no Place Like Home,”
bark the dogs in the dog pound (today called a shelter) and a very quick
depiction of the long walk through the one-way door – so quick that you can
skip over the discussion and hope your child missed it or misinterpreted it.
The Names
Names can be shared with
parents and children: JimDear, Darling, Gorki the Russian Wolfhound philosopher,
Miss Park Avenue, and everyone’s favorite – Rosita Chiquita Juanita Chihuahua!
Some of the pound dogs are
recognizable breeds – chi’s, bulldogs, a bloodhound (Trusty) who loves to talk
about his grandfather Ol’ Reliable, a Scotty (Jock)
The Life Lessons
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| Proud and Shy Lady with Her New Collar and License |
And what would a movie or
book for children be without life lessons to bring the whole family into the
discussion. Lady has it all: loyalty,
forgiveness, misunderstandings, the best of intentions gone wrong, being banished
to the backyard, sacrifice, euthanasia, animal shelters, jealousy, and the
meaning of a pup getting a collar at six months of age means he or she really
belongs to a family.
Don’t Forget the Puppies!
In the beginning
we have Lady as a pup, trying to climb the stairs to sleep with her people
‘just for one night.’ At the end, we have the puppies of Lady and the Tramp
with the Lady pups looking like their mom and acting like her while the Tramp
pup is ‘just like a boy’!
The Colors!
Adults will ooh and aah over
the gorgeous Victorian Christmas scenes and all the blues of the nights.
Available Now! Make Lady and the Tramp yours
today.
*Some of the bonuses:
Walt & His Dogs
How to Make a Meatball (and
more)
Stories from Walt’s Office
Sing-along’s
Lady and the Tramp – in a
dog show (by mistake)
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