Provenance Of

The influences behind The Last Days of Disco

31 works across 28 centuries, back to Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Psalms) and Iliad.

Following one thread, 3 works from The Last Days of Disco to Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog. Back to all 31 works

  1. 1937

    Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog

    Ward Greene

    Interwar American magazine fiction. United States. Written in English.

    Magazine story about a carefree stray dog, the source of the Tramp character.

    What it handed down

    To Lady and the Tramp (1955)

    Direct source, well documented.

    Disney bought Ward Greene's story of a carefree stray and merged it with Joe Grant's earlier idea about a cocker spaniel named Lady. Greene's dog became the Tramp, and Greene wrote a novelization tied to the film.

    Where it came from

    The line stops here: minor magazine story with no documented literary sources.

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