The 25th Academy Awards (1952): Nominees and Winners

NOMINATIONS		AWARDS
7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3	High Noon Moulin Rouge The Quiet Man The Bad and the Beautiful Hans Christian Andersen The Greatest Show on Earth Viva Zapata! With a Song in My Heart My Cousin Rachel Sudden Fear Come Back, Little Sheba Ivanhoe	5 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1	The Bad and the Beautiful High Noon The Greatest Show on Earth Moulin Rouge The Quiet Man Breaking the Sound Barrier Come Back, Little Sheba Johann Mouse The Lavender Hill Mob Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer Plymouth Adventure The Sea around Us Viva Zapata! Water Birds With a Song in My Heart
NOMINATION/WIN TALLY LEGEND Best Picture winner Best Picture nominee Nominations are listed for all films receiving 3 or more

PICTURE (Best Motion Picture)

• The Greatest Show on Earth - Cecil B. DeMille
• High Noon - Stanley Kramer
• Ivanhoe - Pandro S. Berman
• Moulin Rouge - Romulus Films
• The Quiet Man - John Ford, Merian C. Cooper

DIRECTING

• Five Fingers - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• The Greatest Show on Earth - Cecil B. DeMille
• High Noon - Fred Zinnemann
• Moulin Rouge - John Huston
• The Quiet Man - John Ford

ACTOR

• Marlon Brando - Viva Zapata!
• Gary Cooper - High Noon
• Kirk Douglas - The Bad and the Beautiful
• Jos Ferrer - Moulin Rouge
• Alec Guinness - The Lavender Hill Mob

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

SUPPORTING ACTOR (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!

SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Actress in a Supporting Role)

• Colette Marchand - Moulin Rouge
• Gloria Grahame - The Bad and the Beautiful
• Jean Hagen - Singin' in the Rain
• Terry Moore - Come Back, Little Sheba
• Thelma Ritter - With a Song in My Heart

SCREENPLAY

• The Bad and the Beautiful - Charles Schnee
• Five Fingers - Michael Wilson
• High Noon - Carl Foreman
• The Man in the White Suit - Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
• The Quiet Man - Frank S. Nugent

STORY AND SCREENPLAY

• The Atomic City - Sydney Boehm
• Breaking the Sound Barrier - Terence Rattigan
• The Lavender Hill Mob - T. E. B. Clarke
• Pat and Mike - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
• Viva Zapata! - John Steinbeck

MOTION PICTURE STORY

• The Greatest Show on Earth - Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett
• My Son John - Leo McCarey
• The Narrow Margin - Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
• The Pride of St. Louis - Guy Trosper
• The Sniper - Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt

SONG

• "Am I in Love" - Son of Paleface - Music, Lyrics by Jack Brooks
• "Because You're Mine" - Because You're Mine - Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
• "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" - High Noon - Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington
• "Thumbelina" - Hans Christian Andersen - Music, Lyrics by Frank Loesser
• "Zing a Little Zong" - Just for You - Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo Robin

MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

• High Noon - Dimitri Tiomkin
• Ivanhoe - Miklos Rozsa
• Miracle of Fatima - Max Steiner
• The Thief - Herschel Burke Gilbert
• Viva Zapata! - Alex North

SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE

• Hans Christian Andersen - Walter Scharf
• The Jazz Singer - Ray Heindorf, Max Steiner
• The Medium - Gian-Carlo Menotti
• Singin' in the Rain - Lennie Hayton
• With a Song in My Heart - Alfred Newman

FILM EDITING

• Come Back, Little Sheba - Warren Low
• Flat Top - William Austin
• The Greatest Show on Earth - Anne Bauchens
• High Noon - Elmo Williams, Harry Gerstad
• Moulin Rouge - Ralph Kemplen

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White)

• The Bad and the Beautiful - Robert Surtees
• The Big Sky - Russell Harlan
• My Cousin Rachel - Joseph LaShelle
• Navajo - Virgil E. Miller
• Sudden Fear - Charles B. Lang Jr.

CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color)

• Hans Christian Andersen - Harry Stradling
• Ivanhoe - F. A. Young
• Million Dollar Mermaid - George J. Folsey
• The Quiet Man - Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro - Leon Shamroy

ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White)

• The Bad and the Beautiful - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Keogh Gleason
• Carrie - Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; Set Decoration: Emile Kuri
• My Cousin Rachel - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott
• Rashomon - Art Direction: Matsuyama; Set Decoration: H. Motsumoto
• Viva Zapata! - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Claude Carpenter

ART DIRECTION (Color)

• Hans Christian Andersen - Art Direction: Richard Day, Clave; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
• The Merry Widow - Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Arthur Krams
• Moulin Rouge - Art Direction: Paul Sheriff; Set Decoration: Marcel Vertes
• The Quiet Man - Art Direction: Frank Hotaling; Set Decoration: John McCarthy Jr., Charles Thompson
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro - Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox

COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White)

• Affair in Trinidad - Jean Louis
• The Bad and the Beautiful - Helen Rose
• Carrie - Edith Head
• My Cousin Rachel - Charles LeMaire, Dorothy Jeakins
• Sudden Fear - Sheila O'Brien

COSTUME DESIGN (Color)

• The Greatest Show on Earth - Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Miles White
• Hans Christian Andersen - Clave, Mary Wills, Madame Karinska
• The Merry Widow - Helen Rose, Gile Steele
• Moulin Rouge - Marcel Vertes
• With a Song in My Heart - Charles LeMaire

SOUND RECORDING

• Breaking the Sound Barrier - London Film Sound Department
• Hans Christian Andersen - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer (Sound Director)
• The Promoter - Pinewood Studios Sound Department
• The Quiet Man - Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg (Sound Director)
• With a Song in My Heart - 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton (Sound Director)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

• Plymouth Adventure - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

HONORARY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM AWARD

• Forbidden Games - Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952.

DOCUMENTARY (Feature)

• The Hoaxters - Dore Schary
• Navajo - Hall Bartlett
• The Sea around Us - Irwin Allen

DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject)

• Devil Take Us - Herbert Morgan
• The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema) - Alberto Ancilotto
• Man Alive! - Stephen Bosustow
• Neighbours - Norman McLaren

SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon)

• Johann Mouse - Fred Quimby
• Little Johnny Jet - Fred Quimby
• Madeline - Stephen Bosustow
• Pink and Blue Blues - Stephen Bosustow
• Romance of Transportation - Tom Daly

SHORT SUBJECT (One-Reel)

• Athletes of the Saddle - Jack Eaton
• Desert Killer - Gordon Hollingshead
• Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
• Neighbours - Norman McLaren
• Royal Scotland - Crown Film Unit

SHORT SUBJECT (Two-Reel)

• Bridge of Time - London Film Production
• Devil Take Us - Herbert Morgan
• Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
• Water Birds - Walt Disney

HONORARY AWARDS

• 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 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 Harold Lloyd, master comedian and good citizen.
• 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.

IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD

• Cecil B. DeMille

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE I (Academy Award of Merit)

• To ANSCO FILM DIVISION OF GENERAL ANILINE AND FILM CORPORATION for the introduction of Ansco color negative and Ansco color print film. [Film]
• To EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY for the introduction of Eastman color negative and Eastman color print film. [Film]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE II (Plaque)

• To TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION for an improved method of color motion picture photography under incandescent light. [Photography]

SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AWARD - TYPE III (Certificate)

• To GUSTAV JIROUCH for the design of the Robot automatic film splicer. [Editorial]
• To PHOTO RESEARCH CORPORATION for creating the Spectra color temperature meter. [Photography]
• To CARLOS RIVAS of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the development of a sound reproducer for magnetic film. [Sound]
• To JOHN G. FRAYNE and R. R. SCOVILLE and WESTREX CORPORATION for a method of measuring distortion in sound reproduction. [Sound]
• To the PROJECTION, STILL PHOTOGRAPHIC and DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS of METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIO for an improved method of projecting photographic backgrounds. [Special Photographic]