24th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (1952)
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- Date of Ceremony: Thursday, March 20, 1952
- For films released in: 1951
Here is a complete list of nominations for the 24th Annual Academy Awards.
And the nominees are:
Best Motion Picture
- An American in Paris
Arthur Freed [Producer] - Decision before Dawn
Anatole Litvak [Producer] and Frank McCarthy [Producer] - A Place in the Sun
George Stevens [Producer] - Quo Vadis
Sam Zimbalist [Producer] - A Streetcar Named Desire
Charles K. Feldman
Best Directing
- The African Queen
John Huston - An American in Paris
Vincente Minnelli - Detective Story
William Wyler - A Place in the Sun
George Stevens - A Streetcar Named Desire
Elia Kazan
Best Actor
- The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart - Bright Victory
Arthur Kennedy - Death of a Salesman
Fredric March - A Place in the Sun
Montgomery Clift - A Streetcar Named Desire
Marlon Brando
Best Actress
- The African Queen
Katharine Hepburn - The Blue Veil
Jane Wyman - Detective Story
Eleanor Parker - A Place in the Sun
Shelley Winters - A Streetcar Named Desire
Vivien Leigh
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Come Fill the Cup
Gig Young - Death of a Salesman
Kevin McCarthy - Quo Vadis
Leo Genn - Quo Vadis
Peter Ustinov - A Streetcar Named Desire
Karl Malden
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- The Blue Veil
Joan Blondell - Death of a Salesman
Mildred Dunnock - Detective Story
Lee Grant - The Mating Season
Thelma Ritter - A Streetcar Named Desire
Kim Hunter
Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- Fourteen Hours
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], Leland Fuller [Art Direction], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Fred J. Rode [Set Decoration] - House on Telegraph Hill
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], John DeCuir [Art Direction], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration] - La Ronde
D'Eaubonne - A Streetcar Named Desire
Richard Day [Art Direction] and George James Hopkins [Set Decoration] - Too Young to Kiss
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Paul Groesse [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Jack D. Moore [Set Decoration]
Best Art Direction (Color)
- An American in Paris
Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Preston Ames [Art Direction], Edwin B. Willis [Set Decoration] and Keogh Gleason [Set Decoration] - David and Bathsheba
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], George Davis [Art Direction], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Paul S. Fox [Set Decoration] - On the Riviera
Lyle Wheeler [Art Direction], Leland Fuller [Art Direction], Joseph C. Wright [Musical Settings], Thomas Little [Set Decoration] and Walter M. Scott [Set Decoration] - Quo Vadis
William A. Horning [Art Direction], Cedric Gibbons [Art Direction], Edward Carfagno [Art Direction] and Hugh Hunt [Set Decoration] - Tales of Hoffmann
Hein Heckroth
Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- Death of a Salesman
Franz F. Planer - The Frogmen
Norbert Brodine - A Place in the Sun
William C. Mellor - Strangers on a Train
Robert Burks - A Streetcar Named Desire
Harry Stradling Sr.
Best Cinematography (Color)
- An American in Paris
Alfred Gilks and John Alton [Ballet Photography by] - David and Bathsheba
Leon Shamroy - Quo Vadis
Robert Surtees and William V. Skall - Show Boat
Charles Rosher - When Worlds Collide
John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene
Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
- Kind Lady
Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele - The Model and the Marriage Broker
Charles LeMaire and Renie - The Mudlark
Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse - A Place in the Sun
Edith Head - A Streetcar Named Desire
Lucinda Ballard
Best Costume Design (Color)
- An American in Paris
Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff - David and Bathsheba
Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson - The Great Caruso
Helen Rose and Gile Steele - Quo Vadis
Herschel McCoy - Tales of Hoffmann
Hein Heckroth
Best Documentary (Feature)
- I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
Brian Foy - Kon-Tiki
Olle Nordemar
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- Benjy
Fred Zinnemann - One Who Came Back
Owen Crump - The Seeing Eye
Gordon Hollingshead
Best Film Editing
- An American in Paris
Adrienne Fazan - Decision before Dawn
Dorothy Spencer - A Place in the Sun
William Hornbeck - Quo Vadis
Ralph E. Winters - The Well
Chester Schaeffer
Best Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- David and Bathsheba
Alfred Newman - Death of a Salesman
Alex North - A Place in the Sun
Franz Waxman - Quo Vadis
Miklos Rozsa - A Streetcar Named Desire
Alex North
Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Alice in Wonderland
Oliver Wallace - An American in Paris
Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin - The Great Caruso
Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green - On the Riviera
Alfred Newman - Show Boat
Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger
Best Music (Song)
- Golden Girl "Never"
Lionel Newman [Music by] and Eliot Daniel [Lyrics by] - Here Comes the Groom "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Hoagy Carmichael [Music by] and Johnny Mercer [Lyrics by] - Rich, Young and Pretty "Wonder Why"
Nicholas Brodszky [Music by] and Sammy Cahn [Lyrics by] - Royal Wedding "Too Late Now"
Burton Lane [Music by] and Alan Jay Lerner [Lyrics by] - The Strip "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
Bert Kalmar [Music and Lyrics by], Harry Ruby [Music and Lyrics by] and Oscar Hammerstein II [Music and Lyrics by]
Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
- Lambert, the Sheepish Lion
Walt Disney - Rooty Toot Toot
Stephen Bosustow - The Two Mouseketeers
Fred Quimby
Best Short Subject (One-reel)
- Ridin' the Rails
Jack Eaton - The Story of Time
Robert G. Leffingwell - World of Kids
Robert Youngson
Best Short Subject (Two-reel)
- Balzac
Les Films du Compass - Danger under the Sea
Tom Mead - Nature's Half Acre
Walt Disney
Best Sound Recording
- Bright Victory
Universal-International Studio Sound Department and Leslie I. Carey [Sound Director] - The Great Caruso
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director] - I Want You
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department and Gordon Sawyer [Sound Director] - A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department and Col. Nathan Levinson [Sound Director] - Two Tickets to Broadway
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and John O. Aalberg [Sound Director]
Best Special Effects
- When Worlds Collide
Paramount
Best Writing (Screenplay)
- The African Queen
James Agee and John Huston - Detective Story
Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler - La Ronde
Max Ophuls and Jacques Natanson - A Place in the Sun
Michael Wilson and Harry Brown - A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams
Best Writing (Story and Screenplay)
- An American in Paris
Alan Jay Lerner - The Big Carnival
Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Alfred Newman - David and Bathsheba
Philip Dunne - Go for Broke!
Robert Pirosh - The Well
Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse
Best Writing (Motion Picture Story)
- Bullfighter and the Lady
Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro - The Frogmen
Oscar Millard - Here Comes the Groom
Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien - Seven Days to Noon
Paul Dehn and James Bernard - Teresa
Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern