Oscar for Best Animated Short: 1940

Full length movies of nominees and winner of the Academy Award 1940 for the animated short category as Short Subjects (Cartoons), first year that Walt Disney is not present.

The Milky Way – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Fred Quimby & Rudolph Ising – Winner

Puss Gets the Boot – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Rudolph Ising

A Wild Hare – Leon Schlesinger Productions, Warner Bros