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
John Huston (politician) 85 in Canard. John Huston (politician) John Huston (1710–1795) was a farmer, soldier, merchant and politician in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland township from 1759 to 1760 and Cumberland County from 1770 to 1774 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He served at the siege of Louisbourg in 1745. Huston was deputy surveyor for Cumberland County. In 1759, he was named a justice of the peace. He served as a captain in the militia and probate judge. Huston was foster father to Brook Watson. His seat in the assembly was declared vacant in 1774 for non-attendance. He died at