The Milky Way (1940 film)
The Milky Way | |
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Directed by |
Directed and supervised by: Rudolf Ising (uncredited) |
Produced by |
Rudolf Ising Co-produced by: Fred Quimby and William Hanna (both uncredited) |
Music by |
Musical supervision: Scott Bradley (uncredited) |
Animation by |
Character animation: Michael Lah Ray Abrams George Gordon Carl Urbano Pete Burness David Treffman (all uncredited) Efffects animation: Al Grandmain (uncredited) |
Layouts by | Bob Allen (uncredited) |
Studio |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rudolf Ising Productions |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Color process | Technicolor |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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, produced and directed by Rudolf Ising and co-produced by Fred Quimby with musical supervision by Scott Bradley, 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 (for example, the Milky Way is made of milk and the moon is made of cheese). Mars is depicted as a planet where shooting stars are made. The short won the 1940 Academy Award for 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. It was added as a bonus feature in the Marx Bros. DVD release of Go West (1940).
Plot
Three kittens, denied milk as punishment for losing their mittens, sail up into the Milky Way in a hot air balloon. Once in the Milky Way, they find it a land of natural milk springs and gushers. The kittens proceed to happily gorge themselves on milk. However, it turns out to be just a dream.
Notes
- The Milky Way defeated, among others Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom and Jerry film, to win the Oscar for Animated Short Film.
Home Media
- Go West (unrestored bonus feature)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection: 15 Winners (restored)
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection, Disc 1 (restored)
External links
- "The Milky Way" (1940) on Dailymotion (uploaded by InternetAnimationDatabase)
- The Milky Way on IMDb