21st Academy Awards

21st Academy Awards
Date	March 24, 1949
Site	The Academy Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
Hosted by	Robert Montgomery
Highlights
Best Picture	Hamlet
Most awards	Hamlet (4)
Most nominations	Johnny Belinda (12)

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.

John Huston directed two films in this awards year for which his actors won Oscars: 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was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters.^[1]

Humphrey Bogart failed to receive a nomination for Best Actor in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, eventually considered one of the Academy’s greatest slights.^[2]^[3]

Joan of Arc became the first film to receive as many as seven nominations without being nominated 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;^[3] Johnny Belinda became the fourth film to receive nominations in all four acting categories.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[4]

Best Motion 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 José Ferrer – Joan of Arc Oskar 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 – Orville O. Dull The Quiet One – Janice Loeb	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 D. 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 Special 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 L. Freeman and James G. Stewart Deep Waters – Ralph Hammeras, Fred Sersen, Edward Snyder and Roger Heman Sr

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

↑ Freeman, B. (1999, Mar 21). OSCARS '99; unforgettable in every way; A winner's wife recalls the excitement of the awards in 1949, despite that year's humble venue. Los Angeles Times Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/421559183
↑ Entertainment Weekly. "100 Worst Oscar Snubs Ever: Humphrey Bogart, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". Retrieved 2009-09-01.
1 2 Dirks, Tim. "1948 Academy Awards Winners and History". FilmSite.org (American Movie Classics). Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

Academy Awards

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Merit awards	Best Picture Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Adapted Screenplay Original Screenplay Animated Feature Documentary Feature Foreign Language Film Animated Short Film Documentary Short Subject Live Action Short Film Cinematography Costume Design Film Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Original Song Original Musical Production Design Sound Editing Sound Mixing Visual Effects

Special awards	Academy Honorary Award Academy Scientific and Technical Award Gordon E. Sawyer Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Special Achievement Academy Award Student Academy Award

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

Ceremonies (Book)	1927/28 1928/29 1929/30 1930/31 1931/32 1932/33 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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21st Academy Awards

Awards

Academy Honorary Awards

Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Juvenile Award

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Scientific or Technical

Presenters

Performers

Multiple nominations and awards

See also

References