1952 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 123 Academy Award records for the 1952 film year, covering 62 films and including 27 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Greatest Show on EarthCecil B. DeMille, Producer
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- The Bad and the Beautiful
5 wins from 6 award records
- High Noon
4 wins from 7 award records
- Moulin Rouge
2 wins from 7 award records
- The Quiet Man
2 wins from 7 award records
- The Greatest Show on Earth
2 wins from 5 award records
- Viva Zapata!
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
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- ★ High Noon — Will Kane
- ★ Viva Zapata! — Eufemio Zapata
- ★ Come Back, Little Sheba — Lola Delaney
- ★ The Bad and the Beautiful — Rosemary Bartlow
- ★ High Noon — High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 123 of 123 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Greatest Show on Earth IMDB — Cecil B. DeMille, Producer
- High Noon IMDB — Stanley Kramer, Producer
- Ivanhoe IMDB — Pandro S. Berman, Producer
- Moulin Rouge IMDB — Romulus Films
- The Quiet Man IMDB — John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ High Noon IMDB — Gary CooperWill Kane
- Viva Zapata! IMDB — Marlon BrandoEmiliano Zapata
- The Bad and the Beautiful IMDB — Kirk DouglasJonathan Shields
- Moulin Rouge IMDB — José FerrerToulouse-Lautrec
- The Lavender Hill Mob IMDB — Alec GuinnessHolland
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Viva Zapata! IMDB — Anthony QuinnEufemio Zapata
- My Cousin Rachel IMDB — Richard BurtonPhilip Ashley
- The Big Sky IMDB — Arthur HunnicuttZeb Callaway
- The Quiet Man IMDB — Victor McLaglenRed Will Danaher
- Sudden Fear IMDB — Jack PalanceLester Blaine
Best Actress
- ★ Come Back, Little Sheba IMDB — Shirley BoothLola Delaney
- Sudden Fear IMDB — Joan CrawfordMyra Hudson
- The Star IMDB — Bette DavisMargaret Elliot
- The Member of the Wedding IMDB — Julie HarrisFrankie Addams
- With a Song in My Heart IMDB — Susan HaywardJane Froman
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Bad and the Beautiful IMDB — Gloria GrahameRosemary Bartlow
- Singin' in the Rain IMDB — Jean HagenLina Lamont
- Moulin Rouge IMDB — Colette MarchandMarie Charlet
- Come Back, Little Sheba IMDB — Terry MooreMarie Loring
- With a Song in My Heart IMDB — Thelma RitterClancy
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- ★ The Bad and the Beautiful IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
- Carrie IMDB — Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
- My Cousin Rachel IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
- Rashomon IMDB — Art Direction: Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto
- Viva Zapata! IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter
Art Direction (Color)
- ★ Moulin Rouge IMDB — Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Art Direction: Richard Day, Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
- The Merry Widow IMDB — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
- The Quiet Man IMDB — Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy, Jr., Charles Thompson
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro IMDB — Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Cinematography (Color)
- ★ The Quiet Man IMDB — Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Harry Stradling
- Ivanhoe IMDB — F. A. Young
- Million Dollar Mermaid IMDB — George J. Folsey
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro IMDB — Leon Shamroy
Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- ★ The Bad and the Beautiful IMDB — Helen Rose
- Affair in Trinidad IMDB — Jean Louis
- Carrie IMDB — Edith Head
- My Cousin Rachel IMDB — Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins
- Sudden Fear IMDB — Sheila O'Brien
Costume Design (Color)
- ★ Moulin Rouge IMDB — Marcel Vertes
- The Greatest Show on Earth IMDB — Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Clave, Mary Wills, Madame Karinska
- The Merry Widow IMDB — Helen Rose, Gile Steele
- With a Song in My Heart IMDB — Charles LeMaire
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The Sea around Us IMDB — Irwin Allen, Producer
- The Hoaxters IMDB — Dore Schary, Producer
- Navajo IMDB — Hall Bartlett, Producer
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Neighbours IMDB — Norman McLaren, Producer
- Devil Take Us IMDB — Herbert Morgan, Producer
- The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema) IMDB — Alberto Ancilotto, Producer
- Man Alive! IMDB — Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer
Film Editing
- ★ High Noon IMDB — Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad
- Come Back, Little Sheba IMDB — Warren Low
- Flat Top IMDB — William Austin
- The Greatest Show on Earth IMDB — Anne Bauchens
- Moulin Rouge IMDB — Ralph Kemplen
International Feature Film
- ★ Forbidden Games IMDB
Source context
Forbidden Games - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952.
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ High Noon IMDB — Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned WashingtonHigh Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')
- Son of Paleface IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Jack BrooksAm I In Love
- Because You're Mine IMDB — Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy CahnBecause You're Mine
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Music and Lyrics by Frank LoesserThumbelina
- Just for You IMDB — Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo RobinZing A Little Zong
Music (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score)
- ★ With a Song in My Heart IMDB — Alfred Newman
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Walter Scharf
- The Jazz Singer IMDB — Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
- The Medium IMDB — Gian-Carlo Menotti
- Singin' in the Rain IMDB — Lennie Hayton
Animated Short Film
- ★ Johann Mouse IMDB — Fred Quimby, Producer
- Little Johnny Jet IMDB — Fred Quimby, Producer
- Madeline IMDB — Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer
- Pink and Blue Blues IMDB — Stephen Bosustow, Executive Producer
- Romance of Transportation IMDB — Tom Daly, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
- ★ Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer IMDB — Boris Vermont, Producer
- Athletes of the Saddle IMDB — Jack Eaton, Producer
- Desert Killer IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- Neighbours IMDB — Norman McLaren, Producer
- Royal Scotland IMDB — Crown Film Unit
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
- ★ Water Birds IMDB — Walt Disney, Producer
- Bridge of Time IMDB — London Film Production
- Devil Take Us IMDB — Herbert Morgan, Producer
- Thar She Blows! IMDB — Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Sound Recording
- ★ Breaking the Sound Barrier IMDB — London Film Sound Department
- Hans Christian Andersen IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director
- The Promoter IMDB — Pinewood Studios Sound Department
- The Quiet Man IMDB — Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
- With a Song in My Heart IMDB — 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Visual Effects
- ★ Plymouth Adventure IMDB — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Bad and the Beautiful IMDB — Charles Schnee
- Five Fingers IMDB — Michael Wilson
- High Noon IMDB — Carl Foreman
- The Man in the White Suit IMDB — Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
- The Quiet Man IMDB — Frank S. Nugent
Original Screenplay
- ★ The Lavender Hill Mob IMDB — T. E. B. Clarke
- The Atomic City IMDB — Sydney Boehm
- Breaking the Sound Barrier IMDB — Terence Rattigan
- Pat and Mike IMDB — Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
- Viva Zapata! IMDB — John Steinbeck
Writing (Original Story)
- ★ The Greatest Show on Earth IMDB — Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett
- My Son John IMDB — Leo McCarey
- The Narrow Margin IMDB — Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
- The Pride of St. Louis IMDB — Guy Trosper
- The Sniper IMDB — Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
Nominated films and other recorded entries
62 films represented in the 1952 archive selection.
- Affair in Trinidad
- Athletes of the Saddle
- Because You're Mine
- Breaking the Sound Barrier
- Bridge of Time
- Carrie
- Come Back, Little Sheba
- Desert Killer
- Devil Take Us
- Five Fingers
- Flat Top
- Forbidden Games
- Hans Christian Andersen
- High Noon
- Ivanhoe
- Johann Mouse
- Just for You
- Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer
- Little Johnny Jet
- Madeline
- Man Alive!
- Million Dollar Mermaid
- Miracle of Fatima
- Moulin Rouge
- My Cousin Rachel
- My Son John
- Navajo
- Neighbours
- Pat and Mike
- Pink and Blue Blues
- Plymouth Adventure
- Rashomon
- Romance of Transportation
- Royal Scotland
- Singin' in the Rain
- Son of Paleface
- Sudden Fear
- Thar She Blows!
- The Atomic City
- The Bad and the Beautiful
- The Big Sky
- The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema)
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The Hoaxters
- The Jazz Singer
- The Lavender Hill Mob
- The Man in the White Suit
- The Medium
- The Member of the Wedding
- The Merry Widow
- The Narrow Margin
- The Pride of St. Louis
- The Promoter
- The Quiet Man
- The Sea around Us
- The Sniper
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- The Star
- The Thief
- Viva Zapata!
- Water Birds
- With a Song in My Heart
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
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