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1951 Academy Awards

The 1951 Academy Awards were presented March 20, 1952 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.

Best Motion Picture

An American in Paris, Arthur Freed, producer (MGM)

Decision Before Dawn, Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy, producers (Twentieth Century-Fox)

A Place in the Sun, George Stevens, producer (Paramount)

Quo Vadis, Sam Zimbalist, producer (MGM)

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman, producer (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

Marlon Brando, A Streetcar Named Desire

Montgomery Clift, A Place in the Sun

Arthur Kennedy, Bright Victory

Fredric March, Death of a Salesman

Humphrey Bogart, The African Queen

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Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn, The African Queen

Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire

Eleanor Parker, Detective Story

Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun

Jane Wyman, The Blue Veil

Actor in a Supporting Role

Leo Genn, Quo Vadis

Karl Malden, A Streetcar Named Desire

Kevin McCarthy, Death of a Salesman

Peter Ustinov, Quo Vadis

Gig Young, Come Fill the Cup

Actress in a Supporting Role

Joan Blondell, The Blue Veil

Mildred Dunnock, Death of a Salesman

Lee Grant, Detective Story

Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire

Thelma Ritter, The Mating Season

Directing

John Huston, The African Queen

Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire

Vincente Minnelli, An American in Paris

George Stevens, A Place in the Sun

William Wyler, Detective Story

Writing

Motion Picture Story	Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro, Bullfighter and the Lady
	Paul Dehn and James Bernard, Seven Days to Noon
	Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern, Teresa
	Oscar Millard, The Frogmen
	Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brian, Here Comes the Groom
Screenplay	James Agee and John Huston, The African Queen
	Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls, La Ronde
	Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
	Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, A Place in the Sun
	Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler, Detective Story
Story and Screenplay	Philip Dunne, David and Bathsheba
	Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse, The Well
	Alan Jay Lerner, An American in Paris
	Robert Pirosh, Go for Broke!
	Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman, The Big Carnival

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Norbert Brodine, The Frogmen
	Robert Burks, Strangers on a Train
	William C. Mellor, A Place in the Sun
	Frank Planer, Death of a Salesman
	Harry Stradling, A Streetcar Named Desire
Color	Alfred Gilks and John Alton, An American in Paris
	Charles Rosher, Show Boat
	John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene, When Worlds Collide
	Leon Shamroy, David and Bathsheba
	Robert Surtees and William V. Skall, Quo Vadis

Art Direction

Black-and-White	Richard Day, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, A Streetcar Named Desire
	D'Eaubonne, art direction and set decoration, La Ronde
	Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, Too Young to Kiss
	Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, House on Telegraph Hill
	Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode, set decoration, Fourteen Hours
Color	Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration, An American in Paris
	Hein Heckroth, art direction and set decoration, Tales of Hoffmann
	William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Quo Vadis
	Lyle Wheeler and George Davis, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, David and Bathsheba
	Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Joseph C. Wright, musical settings; Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott, set decoration, On the Riviera

Sound Recording

MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Great Caruso

RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Two Tickets to Broadway

Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., I Want You

Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., Bright Victory

Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., A Streetcar Named Desire

Music

Song	*“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening,” Here Comes the Groom, Hoagy Carmichael, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics*
	“A Kiss to Build a Dream On,” The Strip, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II, music and lyrics
	“Never,” Golden Girl, Lionel Newman, music; Eliot Daniel, lyrics
	“Too Late Now,” Royal Wedding, Burton Lane, music; Alan Jay Lerner, lyrics
	“Wonder Why,” Rich, Young and Pretty, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Alfred Newman, David and Bathsheba
	Alex North, Death of a Salesman
	Alex North, A Streetcar Named Desire
	Miklos Rozsa, Quo Vadis
	Franz Waxman, A Place in the Sun
Scoring of a Musical Picture	Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green, The Great Caruso
	Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger, Show Boat
	Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, An American in Paris
	Alfred Newman, On the Riviera
	Oliver Wallace, Alice in Wonderland

Film Editing

Adrienne Fazan, An American in Paris

William Hornbeck, A Place in the Sun

Chester Schaeffer, The Well

Dorothy Spencer, Decision Before Dawn

Ralph E. Winters, Quo Vadis

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Lucinda Ballard, A Streetcar Named Desire
	Edith Head, A Place in the Sun
	Charles LeMaire and Renie, The Model and the Marriage Broker
	Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele, Kind Lady
	Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse, The Mudlark
Color	Hein Heckroth, Tales of Hoffmann
	Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson, David and Bathsheba
	Herschel McCoy, Quo Vadis
	Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff, An American in Paris
	Helen Rose and Gile Steele, The Great Caruso

Special Effects

When Worlds Collide (Paramount)

Short Subjects

Cartoon	Lambert, the Sheepish Lion (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
	Rooty Toot Toot (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	Two Mouseketeers (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
One-Reel	Ridin' the Rails (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
	The Story of Time (Signal Films Production; Cornell Film Company)
	World of Kids (Vitaphone Novelties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
Two-Reel	Balzac (Les Films du Compass; A.F. Films, Inc.)
	Danger Under the Sea (Tom Mead, producer; Universal-International)
	Nature's Half Acre (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

Documentary

Short Subject	Benjy (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)
	One Who Came Back (U.S. Department of Defense; Association of Motion Picture Producers)
	The Seeing Eye (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
Feature	I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (Bryan Foy, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Kon-Tiki (Artfilm Production; RKO Radio)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Arthur Freed

Honorary Awards

To Gene Kelly 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

To Rashomon (Japan) voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951

1952 Academy Awards

The Academy Awards

1950 Academy Awards