21st Annual Academy Awards
March 24, 1949

The Academy Theatre, Hollywood

Your Host: Robert Montgomery
Welcome and opening remarks:Academy president Jean Hersholt
Scientific and Technical Awards:George Murphy
Documentary Awards:Ava Gardner
Foreign Film:Louis Jourdan
Writing Awards:Deborah Kerr
Special Effects:Glenn Ford
Sound Recording:Ann Blyth
Short Subjects:Jeanne Crain
Film Editing:Wendell Corey
Art Direction:Arlene Dahl
The winners for Color Art Direction were not present at the ceremony. Susan Hayward accepted the Award on their behalf.
Costume Design:Elizabeth Taylor
Cinematography:Robert Ryan
Music Awards:Kathryn Grayson
Supporting Actor:Celeste Holm
Supporting Actress:Edmund Gwenn
Special Awards:Jean Hersholt
  • Juvenile Award winner Ivan Jandl was not present at the ceremony. The Search director Fred Zinnemann accepted the Award on his behalf.
  • Adolph Zukor was not present at the ceremony. His son accepted the Award on his behalf.
    • Director:Frank Borzage
    Actor:Loretta Young
    Laurence Olivier was not present at the ceremony. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepted the Award on his behalf.
    Actress:Ronald Colman
    Best Picture:Ethel Barrymore
    Laurence Olivier was not present at the ceremony. Once again, his friend Douglas Fairbanks Jr. accepted the Award on their behalf.
    "Buttons and Bows"-- Jane Russell
    "For Every Man There's a Woman"-- Gordon MacRae
    "It's Magic"-- Doris Day
    "This Is the Moment"-- Jo Stafford
    "The Woody Woodpecker Song"-- Gloria Wood & Harry Babbitt

    Best Director winner John Huston and Best Supporting Actor winner (and dad) Walter Huston compare the size of their Oscars®.
    Best Actress Jane Wyman poses with her Award and previous winner Loretta Young.
    Supporting Actor John Huston & Supporting Actress Claire Trevor pose with their Awards.
    Dorothy Jeakins (w. presenter Elizabeth Taylor) and her Oscar® for Best Costume Design