'LADY AND TRAMP' GETS NEW LEASH ON LIFE ON DVD.Byline: - Rob Lowman While the 1955 ``Lady and the Tramp'' is not one of the all-time greats of classic Disney animation, it is one of its true delights. And now the film has been remastered for a new 50th-anniversary edition so that its beautiful animation now looks brilliant and the film's terrific songs sound great. It's the story of Lady, a prim and pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. cocker spaniel cocker spaniel, breed of small sporting dog developed from English cocker spaniels brought to the United States in the 1880s. It stands from 14 to 15 in. (35.6–38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 25 lb (11.3 kg). from an upper-middle-class American home For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. in the early 1900s. When her owners - known as Jim Dear James "Jim" Dear (1910–1981) was a British racquets, court tennis, and squash player. He was the racquets world champion from 1947 to 1954. Dear lost his title to Geoffrey Atkins. He was also world champion of court tennis from 1955 to 1957. and Darling - have a baby, Lady (voiced by Barbara Luddy), feels left out. When an aunt moves in with her two mischievous Siamese cats, life is unbearable, and Lady runs away from home. Out on the streets, she is pursued by rough dogs in a tough neighborhood before she's rescued by Tramp (Larry Roberts). The two then spend a night of romance on the town, which includes the famous spaghetti-eating scene with the lovely song ``Belle Notte.'' The great jazz vocalist Peggy Lee wrote the music along with Sonny Burke Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke on March 22 1914 in Scranton, Pennsylvania) was a big band leader. He died May 31 1980. In 1937, he graduated from Duke University. . She does the vocals on the swinging ``He's a Tramp,'' as well as both voices for the memorable ``Siamese Cat Song.'' Lee also voiced Darling. There are lots of extras; almost all are found on the second of the two-disc set. Most are aimed at kids, such as ``Disney Dog Trivia,'' a virtual board game; ``Your Inner Bark,'' a personality profile quiz that shows which of the characters you most resemble; ``PuppyPedia: Going to the Dogs,'' which has dog trivia; and a DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. feature called ``Disney Virtual Puppy.'' For the older crowd there are two deleted scenes in storyboard A sequence of images and annotations for a cartoon, animation or video. Storyboards are previews of the final version and typically contain mockups rather than final art and images. Before computers, storyboards were drawn with pen and ink on lightweight cardboard. form, a new ``Bella Notte'' video by singer Steve Tyrell and ``The Siamese Cat Song - Finding a Voice for the Cats,'' which looks at how the song was developed. The best of it is ``Lady's Pedigree: The Making of Lady and the Tramp,'' a nearly hourlong documentary that shows animators working on ideas and a rehearsal session with Burke and Lee. Ruff, ruff. ``Lady and the Tramp (50th Anniversary Edition)'' (Disney; $29.99) CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (``Lady and the Tramp'') |
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