21st Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB | name = 21st
date = March 24, 1949
site = The Academy Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
host = George Montgomery
last = 20th
next = 22nd

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, Walter Huston in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and Claire Trevor for "Key Largo".

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

Humphrey Bogart failed to receive a nomination for Best Actor in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", which at the time was considered one of the Academy’s greatest slights.

Awards

Best Picture : "Hamlet"

Best Director : John Huston, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

Best Actor : Laurence Olivier, "Hamlet"

Best Supporting Actor : Walter Huston, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

Best Actress : Jane Wyman, "Johnny Belinda"

Best Supporting Actress : Claire Trevor, "Key Largo"

Best Original Story : Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler, "The Search"

Best Screenplay : John Huston, "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"