21st Academy Awards

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21st Academy Awards
Date	March 24, 1948
Site	The Academy Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
Host	George Montgomery

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.

[edit] 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