21st Academy Awards

Awards Nominees were announced on February 10, 1949. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Special Foreign Language Film Award • To Monsieur Vincent (France) - voted by the Academy Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1948. Special Awards • To Ivan Jandl, for the outstanding juvenile performance of 1948, as Karel Malik in The Search. • To Sid Grauman, master showman, who raised the standard of exhibition of motion pictures. • To Adolph Zukor, a man who has been called the father of the feature film in America, for his services to the industry over a period of forty years. • To Walter Wanger for distinguished service to the industry in adding to its moral stature in the world community by his production of the picture Joan of Arc. • To Jean Hersholt - in recognition of his service to the Academy during four terms as president. Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award • Jerry Wald == Presenters and performers ==

Presenters • Ethel Barrymore (Presenter: Best Motion Picture) • Ann Blyth (Presenter: Best Sound Recording) • Frank Borzage (Presenter: Best Director) • Ronald Colman (Presenter: Best Actress) • Wendell Corey (Presenter: Best Film Editing) • Jeanne Crain (Presenter: Short Subject Awards) • Arlene Dahl (Presenter: Best Art Direction) • Glenn Ford (Presenter: Best Special Effects) • Ava Gardner (Presenter: Documentary Awards) • Kathryn Grayson (Presenter: Music Awards) • Edmund Gwenn (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress) • Jean Hersholt (Presenter: Honorary Awards) • Celeste Holm (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor) • Louis Jourdan (Presenter: Best Foreign Film) • Deborah Kerr (Presenter: Writing Awards) • George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards) • Robert Ryan (Presenter: Best Cinematography) • Elizabeth Taylor (Presenter: Best Costume Design) • Loretta Young (Presenter: Best Actor) Performers • Harry Babbitt and Gloria Wood ("The Woody Woodpecker Song") • Doris Day ("It's Magic" from Romance on the High Seas) • Gordon MacRae ("For Every Man There's a Woman" from Casbah) • Jane Russell ("Buttons and Bows" from The Paleface) • Jo Stafford ("This Is the Moment" from That Lady in Ermine) == Multiple nominations and awards ==