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1952 (25th Annual Awards)
Winners Only

Listed below are the Academy Award winners for the year 1952 (non-winning nominations have been omitted from this list). Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

Winner markerThe Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Cecil B. DeMille, Producer.

Best Actor

Winner markerGary Cooper in High Noon, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists.

Best Actress

Winner markerShirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Winner markerAnthony Quinn in Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Winner markerGloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Directing

Winner markerThe Quiet Man, Argosy Pictures; Republic. John Ford.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerThe Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason.

(Color)

Winner markerMoulin Rouge, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; United Artists. (UK) Art direction by Paul Sheriff; set decoration by Marcel Vertes.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerThe Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees.

(Color)

Winner markerThe Quiet Man, Argosy Pictures; Republic. Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

Winner markerThe Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Helen Rose.

(Color)

Winner markerMoulin Rouge, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; United Artists. (UK) Marcel Vertes.

Documentary

(Feature)

Winner markerThe Sea Around Us, RKO Radio. Irwin Allen, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Winner markerNeighbours, National Film Board of Canada; Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc. (Canada) Norman McLaren, Producer.

Film Editing

Winner markerHigh Noon, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad.

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Winner markerHigh Noon, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Dimitri Tiomkin.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Winner markerWith a Song in My Heart, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

(Song)

Winner markerHigh Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’) from High Noon, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Winner markerJohann Mouse, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series] Fred Quimby, Producer.

(One-reel)

Winner markerLight in the Window: The Art of Vermeer, Art Film Productions; 20th Century-Fox. [Art Film Series] Boris Vermont, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Winner markerWater Birds, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [True Life Adventure Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Sound Recording

Winner markerBreaking the Sound Barrier, London Films; United Artists. (UK) London Films Sound Department.

Special Effects

Winner markerPlymouth Adventure, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing

(Motion Picture Story)

Winner markerThe Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles Schnee.

(Story and Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Lavender Hill Mob, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Universal-International. (UK) T. E. B. Clarke.

Honorary Award

Winner markerTo 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. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo Joseph M. Schenck for long and distinguished service to the motion picture industry. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo Merian C. Cooper for his many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo Harold Lloyd, master comedian and good citizen. [ [Statuette]]
Winner markerTo 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. [ [Statuette]]

(Foreign Language Film)

Winner markerTo Forbidden Games, Silver Films; Times Film Corporation. (France) Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952. [ [Statuette]]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Winner markerCecil B. DeMille

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class I)

Winner markerTo Eastman Kodak Company for the introduction of Eastman color negative and Eastman color print film.
Winner markerTo Ansco Film Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation for the introduction of Ansco color negative and Ansco color print film.

(Class II)

Winner markerTo Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation for an improved method of color motion picture photography under incandescent light.

(Class III)

Winner markerTo the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Projection Department, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Still Photographic Department and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Development Engineering Department for an improved method of projecting photographic backgrounds.
Winner markerTo John G. Frayne and R. R. Scoville and Westrex Corporation for a method of measuring distortion in sound reproduction.
Winner markerTo Photo Research Corporation for creating the Spectra color temperature meter.
Winner markerTo Gustav Jirouch for the design of the Robot automatic film splicer.
Winner markerTo Carlos Rivas of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the development of a sound reproducer for magnetic film.