24th Academy Awards
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| 24th Academy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 20, 1952 |
| Site | RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California |
| Host | Danny Kaye |
The 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951.
The single film which came out with the largest number of honors was An American in Paris, which scoops six Oscars, including Best Picture. However, A Streetcar Named Desire took four of them for itself, including three of the acting awards. Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh took the most coveted Best Actor and Actress awards.
[edit] Winners
[edit] Best Picture of the Year
An American in Paris ... Arthur Freed, producer (MGM)
[edit] Best Leading Actor
Humphrey Bogart ... (The African Queen)
[edit] Best Leading Actress
Vivien Leigh ... (A Streetcar Named Desire)
[edit] Best Supporting Actor
Karl Malden ... (A Streetcar Named Desire)
[edit] Best Supporting Actress
Kim Hunter ... (A Streetcar Named Desire)
[edit] Best Director
George Stevens ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Best Writing
[edit] Motion Picture Story
Paul Dehn and James Bernard ... (Seven Days to Noon)
[edit] Screenplay
Michael Wilson and Harry Brown ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Story and Screenplay
Alan Jay Lerner ... (An American in Paris)
[edit] Best Cinematography
[edit] Black and White
William C. Mellor ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Color
Alfred Gilks and John Alton ... (An American in Paris)
[edit] Best Art Direction
[edit] Black and White
Richard Day, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration ... (A Streetcar Named Desire)
[edit] Color
Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration ... (An American in Paris)
[edit] Best Sound Recording
MGM Studio Sound Dept. ... (The Great Caruso)
[edit] Best Music
[edit] Song
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" ... (Here Comes the Groom); Hoagy Carmichael, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
[edit] Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Franz Waxman ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Scoring of a Musical Picture
Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin ... (An American in Paris)
[edit] Best Film Editing
William Hornbeck ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Best Costume Design
[edit] Black and White
Edith Head ... (A Place in the Sun)
[edit] Color
Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff ... (An American in Paris)
[edit] Best Special Effects
When Worlds Collide ... Paramount
[edit] Best Short Subjects
[edit] Cartoon
(The Two Mouseketeers) - Tom and Jerry Series); (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
[edit] One-Reel
(World of Kids) - (Vitaphone Novelties Series); (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Brothers)
[edit] Two-Reel
(Nature's Half Acre) - (True-Life Adventure Series); (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
[edit] Best Documentary
[edit] Short Subject
(Benjy); (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)
[edit] Best Feature
Kon-Tiki (Artfilm Production; RKO Radio)
[edit] Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
[edit] Honorary Awards
- To Gene Kelly in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.
- To Rashomon (Japan) voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951.
