The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Disney
Oscar nominations: 3
Cinematography (b/w): Edward Colman
Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Carroll Clark; Emil Kuri, Hal Gausman
Special Effects: Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett
This family comedy, directed by Robert Stevenson, stars Fred MacMurray as a professor who discovers a “flying rubber” that makes cars and basketball teams fly.
Unlike most Disney live-action comedies, The Absent Professor was shot in black-and-white for budgetary reasons.





