24th Academy Awards (1952)
Highlights of 24th Academy Awards ceremony
The 24th Academy Awards honored the best films of 1951.
The award ceremony was held on 20th March 1952.
An American in Paris won the Best Picture award.
Humphrey Bogart won the Best Actor award for his role in The African Queen.
Vivien Leigh won the Best Actess award for her role in A Streetcar Named Desire.
George Stevens won the Best Director award for A Place in the Sun.
- WINNER
Best Picture
An American in Paris
- Arthur Freed
Best Director
A Place in the Sun
- George Stevens
Best Actor in a Leading Role
The African Queen
- Humphrey Bogart
Best Actress in a Leading Role
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Vivien Leigh
Best Supporting Actor
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Karl Malden
Best Supporting Actress
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Kim Hunter
Best Documentary Feature
Kon-Tiki
Best Documentary Short Subject
Benjy
- Fred Zinnemann
Academy Honorary Award
Gene Kelly
for "His versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film"
Rashomon
for "The most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951"
Best Film Editing
A Place in the Sun
- William Hornbeck
Best Cinematography, Color
An American in Paris
- Alfred Gilks, John Alton
Best Cinematography, Black & White
A Place in the Sun
- William C. Mellor
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
An American in Paris
- Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black & White
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Richard Day, George James Hopkins
Best Costume Design, Color
An American in Paris
- Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, Irene Sharaff
Best Costume Design, Black & White
A Place in the Sun
- Edith Head
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Arthur Freed
Best Short Subject - One-reel
World of Kids
- Robert Youngson
Best Short Subject - Two-reel
Nature's Half Acre
Best Short Subject - Cartoon
The Two Mouseketeers
- Frederick Quimby
Best Music - Song
Here Comes the Groom
- Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer
for "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Best Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
A Place in the Sun
- Franz Waxman
Best Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture
An American in Paris
- Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Seven Days to Noon
- Paul Dehn, James Bernard
Best Sound, Recording
The Great Caruso
Best Effects, Special Effects
When Worlds Collide
Best Writing, Screenplay
A Place in the Sun
- Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
An American in Paris
- Alan Jay Lerner