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1952 Academy Awards

The 1952 Academy Awards were presented March 19, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Calif and the NBC International Theatre, New York, N.Y.

Best Motion Picture

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

High Noon, Stanley Kramer, producer (United Artists)

Ivanhoe, Pandro S. Berman, producer (MGM)

Moulin Rouge, John Huston, producer (United Artists)

The Quiet Man, John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, producers (Republic)

The Greatest Show on Earth

Archive Photos

Best Actor

Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata!

Gary Cooper, High Noon

Kirk Douglas, The Bad and the Beautiful

José Ferrer, Moulin Rouge

Alec Guinness, The Lavender Hill Mob

Best Actress

Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba

Joan Crawford, Sudden Fear

Bette Davis, The Star

Julie Harris, The Member of the Wedding

Susan Hayward, With a Song in My Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role

Richard Burton, My Cousin Rachel

Arthur Hunnicutt, The Big Sky

Victor McLaglen, The Quiet Man

Jack Palance, Sudden Fear

Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata!

Actress in a Supporting Role

Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful

Jean Hagen, Singin'in the Rain

Colette Marchand, Moulin Rouge

Terry Moore, Come Back, Little Sheba

Thelma Ritter, With a Song in My Heart

Directing

Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth

John Ford, The Quiet Man

John Huston, Moulin Rouge

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Five Fingers

Fred Zinnemann, High Noon

Writing

Motion Picture Story	Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt, The Sniper
	Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett, The Greatest Show on Earth
	Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard, The Narrow Margin
	Leo McCarey, My Son John
	Guy Trosper, The Pride of St. Louis
Screenplay	Carl Foreman, High Noon
	Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick, The Man in the White Suit
	Frank S. Nugent, The Quiet Man
	Charles Schnee, The Bad and the Beautiful
	Michael Wilson, Five Fingers
Story and Screenplay	Sydney Boehm, The Atomic City
	T.E.B. Clarke, The Lavender Hill Mob
	Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin, Pat and Mike
	Terence Rattigan, Breaking the Sound Barrier
	John Steinbeck, Viva Zapata!

Cinematography

Black-and-White	Russell Harlan, The Big Sky
	Charles B. Lang, Jr., Sudden Fear
	Joseph LaShelle, My Cousin Rachel
	Virgil E. Miller, Navajo
	Robert Surtees, The Bad and the Beautiful
Color	George J. Folsey, Million Dollar Mermaid
	Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout, The Quiet Man
	Leon Shamroy, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
	Harry Stradling, Hans Christian Andersen
	F.A. Young, Ivanhoe

Art Direction

Black-and-White	Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration, The Bad and the Beautiful
	Matsuyama, art direction; H. Motsumoto, set decoration, Rashomon
	Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Emile Kuri, set decoration, Carrie
	Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Walter M. Scott, set decoration, My Cousin Rachel
	Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter, set decoration, Viva Zapata!
Color	Richard Day and Clave, art direction; Howard Bristol, set decoration, Hans Christian Andersen
	Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams, set decoration, The Merry Widow
	Frank Hotaling, art direction; John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles Thompson, set decoration, The Quiet Man
	Paul Sheriff, art direction; Marcel Vertes, set decoration, Moulin Rouge
	Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Sound Recording

London Film Sound Dept., Breaking the Sound Barrier

Pinewood Studios Sound Dept., The Promoter

Republic Studio Sound Dept.; Daniel J. Bloomberg, The Quiet Man

Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., Hans Christian Andersen

Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Thomas T. Moulton, With a Song in My Heart

Music

Song	“Am I in Love,” Son of Paleface, Jack Brooks, music
	“Because You're Mine,” Because You're Mine, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
	*“High Noon” (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'), High Noon, Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics*
	“Thumbelina,” Hans Christian Andersen, Frank Loesser, music and lyrics
	“Zing a Little Zong,” Just for You, Harry Warren, music; Leo Robin, lyrics
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Herschel Burke Gilbert, The Thief
	Alex North, Viva Zapata!
	Miklos Rozsa, Ivanhoe
	Max Steiner, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
	Dimitri Tiomkin, High Noon
Scoring of a Musical Picture	Lennie Hayton, Singin' in the Rain
	Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner, The Jazz Singer
	Gian-Carlo Menotti, The Medium
	Alfred Newman, With a Song in My Heart
	Walter Scharf, Hans Christian Andersen

Film Editing

William Austin, Flat Top

Anne Bauchens, The Greatest Show on Earth

Ralph Kemplen, Moulin Rouge

Warren Low, Come Back, Little Sheba

Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad, High Noon

Costume Design

Black-and-White	Edith Head, Carrie
	Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jeakins, My Cousin Rachel
	Jean Louis, Affair in Trinidad
	Sheila O'Brien, Sudden Fear
	Helen Rose, The Bad and the Beautiful
Color	Clave, Mary Wills and Madame Karinska, Hans Christian Andersen
	Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins and Miles White, The Greatest Show on Earth
	Charles LeMaire, With a Song in My Heart
	Helen Rose and Gile Steele, The Merry Widow
	Marcel Vertes, Moulin Rouge

Special Effects

Plymouth Adventure (MGM)

Short Subjects

Cartoon	Johann Mouse (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
	Little Johnny Jet (MGM Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
	Madeline (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	Pink and Blue Blues (Mister Magoo Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
	Romance of Transportation (Tom Daly, producer; National Film Board of Canada)
One-Reel	Athletes of the Saddle (Grantland Rice Sportlights Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
	Desert Killer (Sports Parade Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Light in the Window (Art Film Series) (Art Film Productions; Twentieth Century-Fox)
	Neighbours (National Film Board of Canada; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.)
	Royal Scotland (Crown Film Unit; British Information Services)
Two-Reel	Bridge of Time (London Films; British Information Services)
	Devil Take Us (Theatre of Life Series) (Herbert Morgan, producer; Theatre of Life Production)
	Thar She Blows! (Technicolor Special Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
	Water Birds (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

Documentary

Short Subject	Devil Take Us (Herbert Morgan, producer; Theatre of Life Production)
	The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema) (Cristallo Films; I.F.E. Releasing Corp.)
	Man Alive! (United Productions of America; American Cancer Society)
	Neighbours (National Film Board of Canada; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.)
Feature	The Hoaxters (Dore Schary, producer; MGM)
	Navajo (Bartlett-Foster Productions; Lippert Pictures, Inc.)
	The Sea Around Us (Irwin Allen, producer; RKO Radio)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Cecil B. DeMille

Honorary Awards

To George Alfred Mitchell for the design and development of the camera which bears his name and for his continued and dominant presence in the field of cinematography

To Joseph M. Schenck for long and distinguished service to the motion picture industry

To Merian C. Cooper for his many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures

To Harold Lloyd, master comedian and good citizen

To Bob Hope for his contribution to the laughter of the world, his service to the motion picture industry and his devotion to the American premise

To Forbidden Games (France), best foreign language film first released in the United States during 1952

1953 Academy Awards

The Academy Awards

1951 Academy Awards