21st Academy Awards 21st Academy Awards The 21st Academy Awards features numerous firsts. It was the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, "Hamlet" and the first time an individual (Laurence Olivier) directed himself in an Oscar-winning performance. It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be giving awards for Best Costume Design. John Huston directed two films in this awards year for which his actors won Oscars: his father, Walter Huston, in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"; and Claire Trevor for "Key Largo". The Huston family won three Oscars that evening. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to
Walter Huston for the film, while John Huston won the Best Director Academy Award, thus making them the first father and son to win at the same ceremony. In the 1950 release of the film entitled, "September Affair", starring Joan Fontaine and Joseph Cotten, Walter Huston sang the title song in the movie. "September Song" was a very popular romantic tune during the 1950s and '60s. He had originally appeared in the Broadway show "Knickerbocker Holiday", where he debuted the song. His last film was the 1950 western "The Furies" with Barbara Stanwyck. Along with Anthony Veiller, he narrated the "Why We