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21st Academy Awards

Date

March 24, 1949

Site

The Academy Theater, Hollywood, California, USA

Host

Robert Montgomery

Highlights

Best Picture

Hamlet

Most awards

Hamlet (4)

Most nominations

Johnny Belinda (12)

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The 21st Academy Awards features numerous firsts. It was the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, Hamlet. It was the first time an individual (Laurence Olivier) directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance. Director John Huston directs two Oscar-winning performances in the same year for two different films: his father Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Claire Trevor for Key Largo. The Huston family won three Oscars that evening. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters.

Jane Wyman became the first actor since the silent era to win an Oscar for a performance with no lines.

Humphrey Bogart failed to receive a nomination for Best Actor in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, which is now considered one of the Academy’s greatest slights.^[1]^[2]

This year introduced the award for Best Costumes presented by Elizabeth Taylor.

Joan of Arc became the first film to get 7 nominations without being nominated for best picture.

Contents

1 Awards
2 Presenters
3 Performers
- 3.1 Multiple nominations and awards
4 See also
5 References

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[3]

Best Picture	Best Director
Laurence Olivier for Universal Studios and General Film Distributors, Ltd. - Hamlet Jerry Wald for Warner Bros. - Johnny Belinda Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for Eagle-Lion Films and General Film Distributors, Ltd. - The Red Shoes Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler for 20th Century Fox - The Snake Pit Henry Blanke for Warner Bros. - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Fred Zinnemann – The Search
Best Actor	Best Actress
Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda Montgomery Clift – The Search Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty	Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda Ingrid Bergman – Joan of Arc Olivia de Havilland – The Snake Pit Irene Dunne – I Remember Mama Barbara Stanwyck – Sorry, Wrong Number
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Charles Bickford – Johnny Belinda Jose Ferrer – Joan of Arc Oscar Homolka – I Remember Mama Cecil Kellaway – The Luck of the Irish	Claire Trevor – Key Largo Barbara Bel Geddes – I Remember Mama Ellen Corby – I Remember Mama Agnes Moorehead – Johnny Belinda Jean Simmons – Hamlet
Best Story	Best Screenplay
The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler The Louisiana Story – Robert Flaherty, and Frances Flaherty The Naked City – Malvin Wald Red River – Borden Chase The Red Shoes – Emeric Pressburger	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – John Huston A Foreign Affair – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen Johnny Belinda – Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler The Snake Pit – Frank Partos and Millen Brand
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Secret Land – O. O. Dull The Quiet One – Janice Loch	Toward Independence Heart to Heart Operation Vittles
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Symphony of a City – Edmund H. Reek Annie Was a Wonder – Herbert Moulton Cinderella Horse – Gordon Hollingshead So You Want to Be on the Radio – Gordon Hollingshead You Can't Win – Pete Smith	Seal Island – Walt Disney Calgary Stampede – Gordon Hollingshead Going to Blazes – Herbert Morgan Samba-Mania – Harry Grey Snow Capers – Thomas Head
Best Animated Short Film
The Little Orphan – Fred Quimby Mickey and the Seal – Walt Disney Mouse Wreckers – Edward Selzer Robin Hoodlum – United Productions of America Tea for Two Hundred – Walt Disney
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale Hamlet – William Walton Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman	Easter Parade – Johnny Green and Roger Edens The Emperor Waltz – Victor Young The Pirate – Lennie Hayton Romance on the High Seas – Ray Heindorf When My Baby Smiles at Me – Alfred Newman
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
*"Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface* – Music and Lyric by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans** "For Every Man There is a Woman" from Casbah – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Leo Robin "It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "This is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine – Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyric by Leo Robin "The Woody Woodpecker Song" from Wet Blanket Policy – Music and Lyric by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles	The Snake Pit – Thomas T. Moulton, 20th Century Fox Studio Sound Department Johnny Belinda – Nathan O. Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department Moonrise – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
Hamlet – Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon Johnny Belinda – Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: William O. Wallace	The Red Shoes – Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson Joan of Arc – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Edwin Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
The Naked City – William H. Daniels A Foreign Affair – Charles B. Lang Jr. I Remember Mama – Nicholas Musuraca Johnny Belinda – Ted McCord Portrait of Jennie – Joseph H. August	Joan of Arc – Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall and Winton Hoch Green Grass of Wyoming – Charles G. Clarke The Loves of Carmen – William Snyder The Three Musketeers – Robert Planck
Best Costume Design, Black and White	Best Costume Design, Color
Hamlet – Roger K. Furse B.F.'s Daughter – Irene	Joan of Arc – Dorothy Jeakins and Karinska The Emperor Waltz – Edith Head and Gile Steele
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
The Naked City – Paul Weatherwax Joan of Arc – Frank Sullivan Johnny Belinda – David Weisbart Red River – Christian Nyby The Red Shoes – Reginald Mills	Portrait of Jennie – Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman, Clarence Slifer, Charles Freeman and James G. Stewart Deep Waters – Ralph Hammeras, Fred Semen, Edward Snyder and Roger Herman

Academy Honorary Awards

Scientific or Technical

Class II

Victor Caccialanza, Maurice Ayers and the Paramount Studio Set Construction Department for the development and the application of "Paralite", a new lightweight plaster process for set construction
Nick Kalten, Louis J. Witt and the Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Mechanical Effects Department for a process of preserving and flame-proofing foliage

Class III

Marty Martin, Jack Lannon, Russell Shearman and the RKO Radio Studio Special Effects Department; A.J. Moran and the Warner Bros. Studio Electrical Department

Presenters

Ethel Barrymore (Presenter: Best Picture)
Ann Blyth (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
Frank Borzage (Presenter: Best Director)
Ronald Colman (Presenter: Best Actress)
Wendell Corey (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
Jeanne Crain (Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
Arlene Dahl (Presenter: Best Art Direction)
Glenn Ford (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
Ava Gardner (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
Kathryn Grayson (Presenter: Music Awards)
Edmund Gwenn (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
Jean Hersholt (Presenter: Honorary Awards)
Celeste Holm (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
Louis Jourdan (Presenter: Best Foreign Film)
Deborah Kerr (Presenter: Writing Awards)
George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards)
Robert Ryan (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
Elizabeth Taylor (Presenter: Best Costume Design)
Loretta Young (Presenter: Best Actor)

Performers

Harry Babbitt and Gloria Wood ("The Woody Woodpecker Song")
Doris Day ("It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas)
Gordon MacRae ("For Every Man There's a Woman" from Casbah)
Jane Russell ("Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface)
Jo Stafford ("This Is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

12 nominations: Johnny Belinda
7 nominations: Hamlet, Joan of Arc
6 nominations: The Snake Pit
5 nominations: I Remember Mama, The Red Shoes
4 nominations: The Search, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3 nominations: The Naked City
2 nominations: The Emperor Waltz, A Foreign Affair, Portrait of Jennie, Red River, Romance on the High Seas, When My Baby Smiles at Me

The following films received multiple awards.

4 wins: Hamlet
3 wins: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2 wins: Joan of Arc, The Naked City, The Red Shoes

References

^ Entertainment Weekly. "100 Worst Oscar Snubs Ever: Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20007870_20164474_20179108_22,00.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
^ Tim Dirks. "1948 Academy Awards Winners and History". http://www.filmsite.org/aa48.html. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
^ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/21st-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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Merit awards	Best Picture Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Feature Best Art Direction Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Documentary Short Subject Best Film Editing Best Foreign Language Film (Winners and nominees) Best Makeup Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Animated Short Film Best Live Action Short Film Best Sound Mixing Best Sound Editing Best Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award

Retired awards	Best Assistant Director Best Dance Direction Best Director of a Comedy Picture Best Engineering Effects Best Short Subject, Two-reel Best Short Subject, Color Best Short Subject, Novelty Best Original Musical Best Original Story Best Title Writing Best Unique and Artistic Quality of Production Academy Juvenile Award

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