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1952 Oscars:
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) | |
| 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 |
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