1952 Oscars 24th Academy Awards |
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1952 Oscar Nominees and Winners |
| Best Motion Picture: An American in Paris – Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (WINNER) Decision Before Dawn – Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy for 20th Century Fox A Place in the Sun – George Stevens for Paramount Pictures Quo Vadis – Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer A Streetcar Named Desire – Charles K. Feldman for Warner Bros. |
| Best Director: George Stevens – A Place in the Sun (WINNER) John Huston – The African Queen Vincente Minnelli – An American in Paris William Wyler – Detective Story Elia Kazan – A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart – The African Queen as Charlie Allnut (WINNER) Marlon Brando – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stanley Kowalski Montgomery Clift – A Place in the Sun as George Eastman Arthur Kennedy – Bright Victory as Larry Nevins Fredric March – Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman |
| Best Actress: Vivien Leigh – A Streetcar Named Desire as Blanche Dubois (WINNER) Katharine Hepburn – The African Queen as Rose Sayer Eleanor Parker – Detective Story as Mary McLeod Shelley Winters – A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp Jane Wyman – The Blue Veil as LouLou Mason |
| Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden – A Streetcar Named Desire as Harold “Mitch” Mitchell (WINNER) Leo Genn – Quo Vadis as Petronius Kevin McCarthy – Death of a Salesman as Biff Loman Peter Ustinov – Quo Vadis as Nero Gig Young – Come Fill the Cup as Boyd Copeland |
| Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter – A Streetcar Named Desire as Stella Kowalski (WINNER) Joan Blondell – The Blue Veil as Annie Rawlins Mildred Dunnock – Death of a Salesman as Linda Loman Lee Grant – Detective Story as Shoplifter Thelma Ritter – The Mating Season as Ellen McNulty |
| Best Story and Screenplay: An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner (WINNER) Ace in the Hole – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman David and Bathsheba – Philip Dunne Go for Broke! – Robert Pirosh The Well – Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse |
| Best Screenplay: A Place in the Sun – Michael Wilson and Harry Brown from An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser (WINNER) The African Queen – James Agee and John Huston from The African Queen by C. S. Forester Detective Story – Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler from Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley La Ronde – Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls from Reigen by Arthur Schnitzler A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams from A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams |
| Best Story: Seven Days to Noon – Paul Dehn and James Bernard (WINNER) Bullfighter and the Lady – Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro The Frogmen – Oscar Millard Here Comes the Groom – Robert Riskin and Liam O’Brien Teresa – Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern |
| Best Short Subject – Cartoons: The Two Mouseketeers (WINNER) Lambert the Sheepish Lion Rooty Toot Toot |
| Best Documentary Feature: Kon-Tiki (WINNER) I Was a Communist for the FBI |
| Best Documentary Short Subject: Benjy (WINNER) One Who Came Back The Seeing Eye |
| Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel: World of Kids (WINNER) Ridin’ the Rails The Story of Time Nature’s Half Acre (WINNER) Balzac Danger Under the Sea |
| Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: A Place in the Sun – Franz Waxman (WINNER) A Streetcar Named Desire – Alex North David and Bathsheba – Alfred Newman Death of a Salesman – Alex North Quo Vadis – Miklós Rózsa |
| Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: An American in Paris – Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (WINNER) Alice in Wonderland – Oliver Wallace On the Riviera – Alfred Newman The Great Caruso – Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green Show Boat – Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger |
| Best Song: “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” from Here Comes the Groom – Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (WINNER) “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” from The Strip – Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar (posthumous nomination), Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II “Never” from Golden Girl – Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Eliot Daniel “Too Late Now” from Royal Wedding – Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner “Wonder Why” from Rich, Young and Pretty – Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn |
| Best Sound Recording: The Great Caruso – Douglas Shearer (WINNER) Bright Victory – Leslie I. Carey I Want You – Gordon E. Sawyer A Streetcar Named Desire – Nathan Levinson Two Tickets to Broadway – John O. Aalberg |
| Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: A Streetcar Named Desire – Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins (WINNER) Fourteen Hours – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode The House on Telegraph Hill – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox La Ronde – Art Direction and Set Decoration: D’Eaubonne Too Young to Kiss – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore |
| Best Art Direction, Color: An American in Paris – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason (WINNER) David and Bathsheba – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox On the Riviera – Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright Quo Vadis – Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt Tales of Hoffmann – Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hein Heckroth |
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: A Place in the Sun – William C. Mellor (WINNER) Death of a Salesman – Franz Planer The Frogmen – Norbert Brodine Strangers on a Train – Robert Burks A Streetcar Named Desire – Harry Stradling |
| Best Cinematography, Color: An American in Paris – Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton (WINNER) David and Bathsheba – Leon Shamroy Quo Vadis – Robert Surtees and William V. Skall Show Boat – Charles Rosher When Worlds Collide – John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene |
| Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: A Place in the Sun – Edith Head (WINNER) Kind Lady – Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele (posthumous nomination) The Model and the Marriage Broker – Charles LeMaire and Renié The Mudlark – Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse A Streetcar Named Desire – Lucinda Ballard |
| Best Costume Design, Color: An American in Paris – Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff (WINNER) David and Bathsheba – Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson The Great Caruso – Helen Rose and Gile Steele (posthumous nomination) Quo Vadis – Herschel McCoy Tales of Hoffmann – Hein Heckroth |
| Best Film Editing: A Place in the Sun – William Hornbeck (WINNER) An American in Paris – Adrienne Fazan Decision Before Dawn – Dorothy Spencer Quo Vadis – Ralph E. Winters The Well – Chester Schaeffer |
| Academy Honorary Award: Gene Kelly for “his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film” for An American in Paris. When Worlds Collide for Best Special Effects |
| Best Foreign Language Film: Rashomon (Japan) |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: Arthur Freed |
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