21st Academy Awards

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#F9EFAA"}]]}">21st Academy Awards
Date	March 24, 1949
Site	Academy Awards Theatre, West Hollywood, California, USA
Hosted by	Robert Montgomery
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Best Picture	Hamlet
Most awards	Hamlet (4)
Most nominations	Johnny Belinda (12)
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The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948. 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was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters.^[2] This year marked the first time a non-Hollywood production (Laurence Olivier's Hamlet) won Best Picture, and the first time an individual (Olivier) directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance.

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The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was introduced this year.^[1] Like Best Cinematography and Best Set Decoration, it was split into Color and Black & White categories.

John Huston directed his father, Walter Huston, to the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a unique accomplishment. The Huston family won three Oscars that evening (John won for Best Director and Best Screenplay, both for the same film). Humphrey Bogart's lack of a nomination for Best Actor has been since considered one of the Academy's greatest slights.^[3]^[4]

Joan of Arc set a record by receiving seven nominations without being nominated for Best Picture; this stood until They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) received nine nominations at the 42nd Academy Awards without one for Best Picture. Walter Wanger, producer of the film, was not pleased to see the film avoid a Best Picture nomination, and turned down a special Oscar designed to make up for this slight.^[5]

Hamlet became the fifth film to win Best Picture without a screenwriting nomination; the next to do so would be The Sound of Music at the 38th Academy Awards. Jane Wyman became the first performer since the silent era to win an Oscar for a performance with no lines;^[4] Johnny Belinda was the fourth film to receive nominations in all four acting categories.

In addition, Johnny Belinda set the record for most Oscars lost with 11 (1 for 12). It has since been tied with Becket (1 for 12), The Turning Point (0 for 11), The Color Purple (0 for 11), The Power of the Dog (1 for 12), and Emilia Pérez (2 for 13).

I Remember Mama received four acting nominations but not one for Best Picture, tying the record set by My Man Godfrey in 1936. Two more films to date have tied this record: Othello (1965) and Doubt (2008).

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Best Motion Picture	Best Directing
Hamlet – Laurence Olivier for Universal Studios and General Film Distributors, Ltd.‡ Johnny Belinda – Jerry Wald for Warner Bros. The Red Shoes – Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger for Eagle-Lion Films and General Film Distributors, Ltd. The Snake Pit – Anatole Litvak and Robert Bassler for 20th Century Fox The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – Henry Blanke for Warner Bros.	John Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre‡ Laurence Olivier – Hamlet Jean Negulesco – Johnny Belinda Fred Zinnemann – The Search Anatole Litvak – The Snake Pit
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Laurence Olivier – Hamlet* as Hamlet*‡ Lew Ayres – Johnny Belinda* as Dr. Robert Richardson Montgomery Clift – The Search as Ralph "Steve" Stevenson Dan Dailey – When My Baby Smiles at Me as "Skid" Johnson Clifton Webb – Sitting Pretty as Lynn Belvedere	*Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda* as Belinda MacDonald*‡ Ingrid Bergman – Joan of Arc* as Jeanne d'Arc Olivia de Havilland – The Snake Pit as Virginia Stuart Cunningham Irene Dunne – I Remember Mama as Marta "Mama" Hanson Barbara Stanwyck – Sorry, Wrong Number as Leona Stevenson
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
*Walter Huston – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* as Howard*‡ Charles Bickford – Johnny Belinda* as Black MacDonald José Ferrer – Joan of Arc as The Dauphin, later Charles VII of France Oscar Homolka – I Remember Mama as Uncle Chris Halvorsen Cecil Kellaway – The Luck of the Irish as Horace	*Claire Trevor – Key Largo* as Gaye Dawn*‡ Barbara Bel Geddes – I Remember Mama* as Katrin Hanson Ellen Corby – I Remember Mama as Aunt Trina Agnes Moorehead – Johnny Belinda as Aggie MacDonald Jean Simmons – Hamlet as Ophelia
Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)	Best Writing (Screenplay)
The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler [de]‡ 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 from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven‡ A Foreign Affair – Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and Richard L. Breen from a story by David Shaw Johnny Belinda – Irma von Cube and Allen Vincent from Johnny Belinda by Elmer Blaney Harris The Search – Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler [de] The Snake Pit – Frank Partos and Millen Brand from The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
Best Documentary (Feature)	Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Secret Land – Orville O. Dull‡ The Quiet One – Janice Loeb	Toward Independence‡ Heart to Heart Operation Vittles
Best Short Subject (One-Reel)	Best Short Subject (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 Short Subject (Cartoon)	Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
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	The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale‡ Hamlet – William Walton Joan of Arc – Hugo Friedhofer Johnny Belinda – Max Steiner The Snake Pit – Alfred Newman
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)	Best Music (Song)
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	*"Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface* – Music and Lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans*‡ "For Every Man There is a Woman" from Casbah* – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Leo Robin "It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn "This is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine – Music by Frederick Hollander; Lyrics by Leo Robin "The Woody Woodpecker Song" from Wet Blanket Policy – Music and Lyrics by Ramey Idriss and George Tibbles
Best Sound Recording	Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
The Snake Pit – Thomas T. Moulton‡ Johnny Belinda – Nathan Levinson Moonrise – Daniel J. Bloomberg	Hamlet – Art Direction: Roger K. Furse; Set Decoration: Carmen Dillon‡ Johnny Belinda – Art Direction: Robert M. Haas; Set Decoration: William O. Wallace
Best Art Direction (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
The Red Shoes – Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson Joan of Arc – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: Casey Roberts and Joseph Kish	The Naked City – William Daniels‡ A Foreign Affair – Charles Lang I Remember Mama – Nicholas Musuraca Johnny Belinda – Ted D. McCord Portrait of Jennie – Joseph August
Best Cinematography (Color)	Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Joan of Arc – Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton C. Hoch‡ Green Grass of Wyoming – Charles G. Clarke The Loves of Carmen – William Snyder The Three Musketeers – Robert Planck	Hamlet – Roger K. Furse‡ B.F.'s Daughter – Irene Lentz
Best Costume Design (Color)	Best Film Editing
Joan of Arc – Dorothy Jeakins and Barbara Karinska‡ The Emperor Waltz – Edith Head and Gile Steele	The Naked City – Paul Weatherwax‡ Joan of Arc – Frank Sullivan Johnny Belinda – David Weisbart Red River – Christian Nyby The Red Shoes – Reginald Mills
Best Special Effects
Portrait of Jennie – Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer; Special Audible Effects: Charles L. Freeman and James G. Stewart‡ Deep Waters – Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen and Edward Snyder; Special Audible Effects: Roger Heman Sr.

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

21st Academy Awards

Winners and nominees

Awards

Special Foreign Language Film Award

Special Awards

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

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