Oscar Legacy: Academy Awards Ceremonies from 1940–1949
21st Awards
Thursday, March 24, 1949, at the Academy Award Theater
Host: Robert Mongomery
Best Picture of 1948: “Hamlet”
20th Awards
Saturday, March 20, 1948, at the Shrine Auditorium
Host: None
Best Picture of 1947: “Gentleman's Agreement”
19th Awards
Thursday, March 13, 1947, at the Shrine Auditorium
Host: Jack Benny
Best Picture of 1946: “The Best Years of Our Lives”
18th Awards
Thursday, March 7, 1946, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Host: Bob Hope, James Stewart
Best Picture of 1945: “The Lost Weekend”
17th Awards
Thursday, March 15, 1945, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Hosts: John Cromwell (for first half), Bob Hope (for last half)
Best Picture of 1944: “Going My Way”
16th Awards
Thursday, March 2, 1944, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Host: Jack Benny (for overseas broadcast)
Best Picture of 1943: “Casablanca”
15th Awards
Thursday, March 4, 1943, at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture of 1942: “Mrs. Miniver”
14th Awards
Thursday, February 26, 1942, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (dinner)
Host: Bob Hope
Best Picture of 1941: “How Green Was My Valley”
13th Awards
Thursday, February 27, 1941, at the Biltmore Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel (banquet addressed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt via direct-line radio from Washington D.C.)
Host: Walter Wanger, Academy President
Best Picture of 1940: “Rebecca”
12th Awards
Thursday, February 29, 1940, at the Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel (banquet)
Host: Bob Hope (for last half only)
Best Picture of 1939: “Gone with the Wind”
