Lady and the Tramp his story work, an issue that animation director Eric Goldberg hoped to rectify in the "Lady and the Tramp" Platinum Edition's behind-the-scenes vignette that explained Grant's role. Singer Peggy Lee not only voiced four characters but co-wrote six songs for the film. As they had done with deer on "Bambi", the animators studied many dogs of different breeds to capture the movement and personality of dogs. Although the spaghetti eating sequence is probably now the best known scene from the film, Walt Disney was prepared to cut it, thinking that it would not be romantic and that dogs eating spaghetti
Lady and the Tramp "Walt Disney has for so long parlayed gooey sentiment and stark horror into profitable cartoons that most moviegoers are apt to be more surprised than disappointed to discover that the combination somehow does not work this time." However, "Variety" deemed the film "a delight for the juveniles and a joy for adults". However, the film has since gone on to become regarded as a classic. Dave Kehr, writing for "The Chicago Tribune" gave the film four stars. Animation historian Charles Solomon praised the film. The sequence of Lady and Tramp sharing a plate of spaghetti — climaxed by an accidental