The 21st Academy Awards were held on March 24, 1949, honoring the films of 1948. The ceremony was moved from the Shrine Auditorium to the Academy's own theater, primarily because the major Hollywood s
Laurence Olivier; Best Picture and Best Actor winner
John Huston; Best Director and Best Screenplay winner
Jane Wyman; Best Actress winner
Walter Huston; Best Supporting Actor winner
The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world
Theatrical release poster
Publicity still showing a moment of the Ballet of the Red Shoes sequence
Moira Shearer, a trained ballerina, was cast in the lead role
Marius Goring was cast as Julian Craster.