The Milky Way is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres with the film The Captain Is a Lady in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The short explores the adventures of the "three little kittens who lost their mittens", as they explore a dreamland where space is made up entirely of dairy products. The short won the 1940 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, and was the first non-Disney film to do so. Other shorts nominated in 1940 included A Wild Hare by Warner Bros., introducing Bugs Bunny, and another MGM cartoon Puss Gets the Boot, with Jasper & Jinx, the prototype for Tom and Jerry. This makes 1940 the first time a Disney film wasn't even nominated for the award. It was added as a bonus feature in the Marx Bros. DVD release of Go West (1940) and Warner Archive Blu-ray release of Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940).
The Milky Way (1940)
Directed by Rudolf Ising
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Bugs Bunny, Disney, Goldwyn Mayer, Jasper & Jinx, Jerry, Mars, Marx Bros, Metro, Metro-goldwyn-mayer Incorporated, Milky Way, Short, Technicolor, The Captain, Tom, Warner Bros, West, Wild Hare
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A caccia di latte
IT
Die Milchstraße
DE
La via lattea
IT
Melkeveien
NO
The Milky Way
US
Чумацький шлях
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ネコたちの風船旅行
JP