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Academy Awards, USA: 1952

Oscar

Date:	20 March
Host:	Danny Kaye
Location:	RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Arthur Freed
Other Nominees:
	Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Anatole Litvak; Frank McCarthy (II) Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens (I) Quo Vadis (1951) - Sam Zimbalist Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Charles K. Feldman

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	African Queen, The (1951) - Humphrey Bogart
Other Nominees:
	Bright Victory (1951) - Arthur Kennedy (I) Death of a Salesman (1951) - Fredric March Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Montgomery Clift Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Marlon Brando

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Vivien Leigh - Vivien Leigh was not present at the awards ceremony. Greer Garson accepted on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	African Queen, The (1951) - Katharine Hepburn Blue Veil, The (1951) - Jane Wyman Detective Story (1951) - Eleanor Parker (I) Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Shelley Winters

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Karl Malden
Other Nominees:
	Come Fill the Cup (1951) - Gig Young Death of a Salesman (1951) - Kevin McCarthy (I) Quo Vadis (1951) - Leo Genn Quo Vadis (1951) - Peter Ustinov

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Kim Hunter (I) - Kim Hunter was not present at the awards ceremony. Bette Davis accepted on her behalf.
Other Nominees:
	Blue Veil, The (1951) - Joan Blondell Death of a Salesman (1951) - Mildred Dunnock Detective Story (1951) - Lee Grant (I) Mating Season, The (1951) - Thelma Ritter

Best Director


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens (I)
Other Nominees:
	African Queen, The (1951) - John Huston (I) American in Paris, An (1951) - Vincente Minnelli Detective Story (1951) - William Wyler Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Elia Kazan

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Alan Jay Lerner
Other Nominees:
	Ace in the Hole (1951) - Billy Wilder; Lesser Samuels; Walter Newman (I) David and Bathsheba (1951) - Philip Dunne Go for Broke! (1951) - Robert Pirosh Well, The (1951) - Clarence Greene; Russell Rouse

Best Writing, Motion Picture Story


Winner:
	Seven Days to Noon (1950) - Paul Dehn; James Bernard (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) - Budd Boetticher; Ray Nazarro Frogmen, The (1951) - Oscar Millard Here Comes the Groom (1951) - Robert Riskin; Liam O'Brien (IV) Teresa (1951) - Alfred Hayes; Stewart Stern

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Michael Wilson (I); Harry Brown (I)
Other Nominees:
	African Queen, The (1951) - James Agee; John Huston (I) Detective Story (1951) - Philip Yordan; Robert Wyler Ronde, La (1950) - Jacques Natanson; Max Ophüls Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Tennessee Williams

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - William C. Mellor
Other Nominees:
	Death of a Salesman (1951) - Franz Planer Frogmen, The (1951) - Norbert Brodine Strangers on a Train (1951) - Robert Burks Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Harry Stradling Sr.

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Alfred Gilks; John Alton (I)
Other Nominees:
	David and Bathsheba (1951) - Leon Shamroy Quo Vadis (1951) - Robert Surtees; William V. Skall Show Boat (1951) - Charles Rosher When Worlds Collide (1951) - John F. Seitz; W. Howard Greene

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Cedric Gibbons; E. Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis; F. Keogh Gleason
Other Nominees:
	David and Bathsheba (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Thomas Little (I); Paul S. Fox On the Riviera (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little (I); Walter M. Scott Quo Vadis (1951) - William A. Horning; Cedric Gibbons; Edward C. Carfagno; Hugh Hunt (I) Tales of Hoffmann, The (1951) - Hein Heckroth

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Richard Day (I); George James Hopkins
Other Nominees:
	Fourteen Hours (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Thomas Little (I); Fred J. Rode House on Telegraph Hill, The (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; John DeCuir; Thomas Little (I); Paul S. Fox Ronde, La (1950) - Jean d'Eaubonne Too Young to Kiss (1951) - Cedric Gibbons; Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis; Jack D. Moore

Best Costume Design, Color


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Orry-Kelly; Walter Plunkett; Irene Sharaff
Other Nominees:
	David and Bathsheba (1951) - Charles Le Maire; Edward Stevenson (I) Great Caruso, The (1951) - Helen Rose (I); Gile Steele Quo Vadis (1951) - Herschel McCoy (I) Tales of Hoffmann, The (1951) - Hein Heckroth

Best Costume Design, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Edith Head
Other Nominees:
	Kind Lady (1951) - Walter Plunkett; Gile Steele Model and the Marriage Broker, The (1951) - Charles Le Maire; Renié Mudlark, The (1950) - Edward Stevenson (I); Margaret Furse Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Lucinda Ballard

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Great Caruso, The (1951) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M)
Other Nominees:
	Bright Victory (1951) - Leslie I. Carey (U-I) I Want You (1951) - Gordon Sawyer (Goldwyn) Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros.) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) - John Aalberg (RKO Radio)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - William Hornbeck
Other Nominees:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Adrienne Fazan Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Dorothy Spencer Quo Vadis (1951) - Ralph E. Winters Well, The (1951) - Chester W. Schaeffer

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	When Worlds Collide (1951) - Paramount

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Here Comes the Groom (1951) - Hoagy Carmichael (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - For the song "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Other Nominees:
	Golden Girl (1951) - Lionel Newman (music); Eliot Daniel (lyrics) - For the song "Never" Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) - Nicholas Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "Wonder Why" Royal Wedding (1951) - Burton Lane (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) - For the song "Too Late Now" Strip, The (1951) - Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby; Oscar Hammerstein II - For the song "A Kiss to Build a Dream on"

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Franz Waxman
Other Nominees:
	David and Bathsheba (1951) - Alfred Newman Death of a Salesman (1951) - Alex North Quo Vadis (1951) - Miklós Rózsa Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Alex North

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	American in Paris, An (1951) - Johnny Green (I); Saul Chaplin
Other Nominees:
	Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Oliver Wallace Great Caruso, The (1951) - Peter Herman Adler; Johnny Green (I) On the Riviera (1951) - Alfred Newman Show Boat (1951) - Adolph Deutsch; Conrad Salinger

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Two Mouseketeers, The (1951) - Fred Quimby
Other Nominees:
	Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) - Walt Disney Rooty Toot Toot (1951) - Stephen Bosustow

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	Nature's Half Acre (1951) - Walt Disney
Other Nominees:
	Balzac (1951) - Les Films du Compass Danger Under the Sea (1951) - Tom Mead

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	World of Kids (1951) - Robert Youngson
Other Nominees:
	Grantland Rice Sportscope R-11-2: Ridin' the Rails (1951) - Jack Eaton Story of Time, The (1951) - Robert G. Leffingwell

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	Benjy (1951) - Fred Zinnemann
Other Nominees:
	One Who Came Back (1951) - Owen Crump Seeing Eye, The (1951) - Gordon Hollingshead

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	Kon-Tiki (1950) - Olle Nordemar
Other Nominees:
	I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) - Bryan Foy

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Gene Kelly (I) - In appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. Rashômon (1950) - Japan. Voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Arthur Freed

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winners:
	Radio Corp. of America, Victor Division - For pioneering direct positive recording with anticipatory noise reduction. Olin L. Dupy (M-G-M Studio) - For the design, construction and application of a motion picture reproducing system. Gordon Jennings (I); S.L. Stancliffe; Paramount Studio Special Photographic and Engineering Departments - For the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeating device.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Jack Gaylord; M-G-M Studio Construction Dept. - For the development of balsa falling snow. Richard M. Haff; Frank P. Herrnfeld; Garland C. Misener; Ansco Film Division of General Aniline and Film Corp. - For the development of the Ansco color scene tester. Fred Ponedel (Warner Bros. Studio); Ralph Ayres (II) (Warner Bros. Studio); George Brown (I) (Warner Bros. Studio) - For an air-driven water motor to provide flow, wake and white water for marine sequences in motion pictures. Carlos Rivas (VII) (M-G-M Studio) - For the development of an automatic magnetic film splicer. Glen Robinson (I); M-G-M Studio Construction Dept. - For the development of a new music wire and cable cutter.