The Milky Way

US (1940): Animated/Short/Fantasy/Comedy/Musical

The three little kittens have lost their mittens and are sent to bed without dinner. From their room, they see the Milky Way and sail up to it, using a basket and helium balloons, passing through some fanciful astronomical bodies, until they reach a Milky Way filled with every conceivable form of milk, including milkweed and Milk of Magnesia. Directed by Rudolf Ising; produced by Fred Quimby (unnamed with nomination). This was the first cartoon not released by Disney to win an Academy Award^®. (IMDb)

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1 nomination, 1 Award