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
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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
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