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was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters. This year marked the first time a non-Hollywood production (

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage ...

's ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'') won Best Picture, and the first time an individual (Olivier) directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance. The Academy Award for Best Costume Design was introduced this year. 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

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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

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, 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. ''

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'' set a record by receiving seven nominations without being nominated for Best Picture; this stood until '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' (

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) received nine nominations at the 42nd Academy Awards without one for Best Picture. ''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; ''Johnny Belinda'' was the fourth film to receive nominations in all four acting categories. '' 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'' (

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) and '' Doubt'' (

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Awards

Nominees were announced on February 10, 1949. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Academy Honorary Awards

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"master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures". * Adolph Zukor "a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years". *

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"for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture ''

''".

Best Foreign Language Film

*''

Monsieur Vincent ''Monsieur Vincent'' is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death. In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as ...

'' (

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)

Academy Juvenile Award

Ivan Jandl Ivan Jandl (24 January 1937 – 21 November 1987) was a Czechoslovak child actor. He appeared in the 1948 film ''The Search'' as a nine-year-old Czechoslovak boy who had survived Auschwitz and was searching for his mother in post-war Germany ...

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Jerry Wald

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 Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regard ...

(Presenter: Best Motion Picture) *

Ann Blyth Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an American retired actress and singer. For her performance as Veda in the 1945 Michael Curtiz film ''Mildred Pierce'', Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is one of ...

(Presenter: Best Sound Recording) * Frank Borzage (Presenter: Best Director) *

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Cinema of the United States, ...

(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 Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won th ...

(Presenter: Best Supporting Actress) * Jean Hersholt (Presenter: Honorary Awards) * Celeste Holm (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor) *

Louis Jourdan Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Paradine Case'' (1947), ''Lette ...

(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 "It's Magic" is a popular song written by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1947. They wrote the song for Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut, ''Romance on the High Seas'' (retitled ''It's Magic'' in the United Kingdom ...

" from '' Romance on the High Seas'') *

Gordon MacRae Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer and radio/television host who appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals '' Oklahoma!'' (1955) and ''Carousel'' (1956) and who p ...

("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 ''That Lady in Ermine'' is a 1948 American Technicolor musical film directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay by Samson Raphaelson is based on the 1919 operetta ''Die Frau im Hermelin'' by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch. Although Lubitsch ...

'')

Multiple nominations and awards

The following 15 films received multiple nominations: * 12 nominations: '' Johnny Belinda'' * 7 nominations: ''

'' and ''

'' * 6 nominations: '' The Snake Pit'' * 5 nominations: '' I Remember Mama'' and '' The Red Shoes'' * 4 nominations: '' The Search'' and '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' * 3 nominations: '' The Naked City'' * 2 nominations: ''

The Emperor Waltz ''The Emperor Waltz'' (german: Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) is a 1948 American musical film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.Bookbinder 1977, p. 179. Written by Wilder and Charles Brackett, the film is about a ...

'', '' A Foreign Affair'', ''

Portrait of Jennie ''Portrait of Jennie'' is a 1948 American fantasy film based on the 1940 novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. At the 21st Academy Awa ...

'', '' Red River'', '' Romance on the High Seas'', and '' When My Baby Smiles at Me'' The following five films received multiple awards: * 4 wins: ''

'' * 3 wins: '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' * 2 wins: ''

'', '' The Naked City'', and '' The Red Shoes''

References

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