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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 Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929.
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- United States
Mar 24, 2015 · Walter Huston and John Huston. Supporting Actor and Directing winners for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Dorothy Jeakins. Costume Design winner for Joan of Arc. Claire Trevor. Supporting Actress winner for Key Largo, with presenter Edmund Gwenn. View More Memorable Moments.
Home. Oscars® Ceremonies. The 21st Academy Awards Memorable Moments. Best Picture: Hamlet. Hamlet also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Laurence Olivier), Black-and-White Art Direction-Set Decoration (Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon), and Black-and-White Costume Design (Roger K. Furse).
This year marked the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, and the first time an individual (Olivier) directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance. The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948.
Total number of Best Picture winners: 90; Total number of awards ceremonies: 90; Total number of awards associated with a film: 1,948 Competitive plus 46 Honorary; Total number of nominations associated with a film: 4,403; Total number of Oscar Statuettes awarded: 2,810 Competitive plus 49 Honorary = 2,859 in total; Superlatives
21st Academy Awards (1948): Nominees and Winners – Cinema Sight by Wesley Lovell. BEST MOTION PICTURE. Hamlet – J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films. Johnny Belinda – Warner Bros. The Red Shoes – J. Arthur Rank-Archers. The Snake Pit – 20th Century-Fox. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – Warner Bros. DIRECTING. Hamlet – Laurence Olivier.
