21st Academy Awards
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award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1948
Key facts
- Date
- March 24, 1949
- Site
- Academy Awards Theatre, West Hollywood , California, USA
- Hosted by
- Robert Montgomery
- Best picture
- Hamlet
- Most awards
- Hamlet (4)
- Most nominations
- Johnny Belinda (12)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 22nd Academy Awards
- Follows
- 20th Academy Awards
- Location
- Samuel Goldwyn Theater
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1949
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- point in time
- 1949-03-24
- edition number
- 21
- presenter
- Robert Montgomery
- awarded for period
- 1948-00-00
- broadcast by
- American Broadcasting Company
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Encyclopedic overview
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was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood studios had withdrawn their financial support in order to address rumors that they had been trying to influence voters.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's Hamlet) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “21st Academy Awards” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.