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
Costume Design:Elizabeth Taylor
Cinematography:Robert Ryan
Music Awards:Kathryn Grayson
Supporting Actor:Celeste Holm
Supporting Actress:Edmund Gwenn
Special Awards:Jean Hersholt
Director:Frank Borzage
Actor:Loretta Young
Actress:Ronald Colman
Best Picture:Ethel Barrymore
"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