Classic Film Guide

1952

1952 Academy Awards (Oscar winners and nominees)

(winners listed first, in bold print)

Best Picture

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

High Noon (1952)

Ivanhoe (1952)

Moulin Rouge (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Gary Cooper, High Noon (1952)

José Ferrer, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Alec Guinness, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata! (1952)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)

Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear (1952)

Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding (1952)

Bette Davis, The Star (1952)

Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata! (1952)

Richard Burton, My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Jack Palance, Sudden Fear (1952)

Arthur Hunnicutt, The Big Sky (1952)

Victor McLaglen, The Quiet Man (1952)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Terry Moore, Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)

Colette Marchand, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Jean Hagen, Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Thelma Ritter, With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Best Director

John Ford, The Quiet Man (1952)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 5 Fingers (1952)

Fred Zinnemann, High Noon (1952)

John Huston, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Best Writing, Screenplay

Charles Schnee, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Michael Wilson, 5 Fingers (1952)

Carl Foreman, High Noon (1952)

Roger MacDougall & John Dighton & Alexander Mackendrick, The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Frank S. Nugent, The Quiet Man (1952)

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story

Fredric M. Frank & Theodore St. John & Frank Cavett, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Leo McCarey, My Son John (1952)

Martin Goldsmith & Jack Leonard, The Narrow Margin (1952)

Guy Trosper, The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

Edna Anhalt & Edward Anhalt, The Sniper (1952)

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay

T.E.B. Clarke, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin, Pat and Mike (1952)

Sydney Boehm, The Atomic City (1952)

Terence Rattigan, The Sound Barrier (1952)

John Steinbeck, Viva Zapata! (1952)

Best Color Cinematography

Winton C. Hoch & Archie Stout, The Quiet Man (1952)

Harry Stradling Sr., Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Freddie Young, Ivanhoe (1952)

George J. Folsey, Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Leon Shamroy, The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Best B&W Cinematography

Robert Surtees, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Joseph LaShelle, My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Virgil Miller, Navajo (1952)

Charles Lang, Sudden Fear (1952)

Russell Harlan, The Big Sky (1952)

Best B&W Art Direction-Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons & Edward C. Carfagno & Edwin B. Willis & F. Keogh Gleason, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Hal Pereira & Roland Anderson & Emile Kuri, Carrie (1952)

Lyle R. Wheeler & John DeCuir & Walter M. Scott, My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Takashi Matsuyama & H. Motsumoto, Rashômon (1950)

Lyle R. Wheeler & Leland Fuller & Thomas Little & Claude E. Carpenter, Viva Zapata! (1952)

Best Color Art Direction-Set Decoration

Paul Sheriff & Marcel Vertès, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Richard Day & Clavé & Howard Bristol, Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Cedric Gibbons & Paul Groesse & Edwin B. Willis & Arthur Krams, The Merry Widow (1952)

Frank Hotaling & John McCarthy Jr. & Charles S. Thompson, The Quiet Man (1952)

Lyle R. Wheeler & John DeCuir & Thomas Little & Paul S. Fox, The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Best B&W Costume Design

Helen Rose, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Jean Louis, Affair in Trinidad (1952)

Edith Head, Carrie (1952)

Charles Le Maire & Dorothy Jeakins, My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Sheila O'Brien, Sudden Fear (1952)

Best Color Costume Design

Marcel Vertès, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Clavé & Mary Wills & Barbara Karinska, Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Edith Head & Dorothy Jeakins & Miles White, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Helen Rose & Gile Steele, The Merry Widow (1952)

Charles Le Maire, With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Best Sound, Recording

The Sound Barrier (1952)

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

The Card (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)

With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Best Film Editing

Elmo Williams & Harry W. Gerstad, High Noon (1952)

Warren Low, Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)

William Austin, Flat Top (1952)

Ralph Kemplen, Moulin Rouge (1952)

Anne Bauchens, The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Best Effects, Special Effects

Plymouth Adventure (1952)

Best Music, Original Song

Dimitri Tiomkin (music); Ned Washington (lyrics), “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’”, High Noon (1952)

Nicholas Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics), "Because You're Mine", Because You’re Mine (1952)

Frank Loesser, "Thumbelina", Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Harry Warren (music); Leo Robin (lyrics), "Zing a Little Zong", Just for You (1952)

Jack Brooks, "Am I in Love", Son of Paleface (1952)

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

Alfred Newman, With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Walter Scharf, Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Lennie Hayton, Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Ray Heindorf & Max Steiner, The Jazz Singer (1952)

Gian Carlo Menotti, The Medium (1951)

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Dimitri Tiomkin, High Noon (1952)

Miklós Rózsa, Ivanhoe (1952)

Max Steiner, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)

Herschel Burke Gilbert, The Thief (1952)

Alex North, Viva Zapata! (1952)