March 20, 1952 RKO Pantages Theatre Hosted by Danny Kaye
MOTION PICTURE
“An American in Paris”
“Decision Before Dawn”
“A Place in the Sun”
“Quo Vadis”
“A Streetcar Named Desire”
DIRECTOR
John Huston – “The African Queen”
Elia Kazan – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Vincente Minnelli – “An American in Paris”
George Stevens – “A Place in the Sun”
William Wyler – “Detective Story”
ACTOR
Humphrey Bogart – “The African Queen”
Marlon Brando – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Montgomery Clift – “A Place in the Sun”
Arthur Kennedy – “Bright Victory”
Fredric March – “Death of a Salesman”
ACTRESS
Katharine Hepburn – “The African Queen”
Vivien Leigh – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Eleanor Parker – “Detective Story”
Shelley Winters – “A Place in the Sun”
Jane Wyman – “The Blue Veil”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Leo Genn – “Quo Vadis”
Karl Malden – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Kevin McCarthy – “Death of a Salesman”
Peter Ustinov – “Quo Vadis”
Gig Young – “Come Fill the Cup”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Joan Blondell – “The Blue Veil”
Mildred Dunnock – “Death of a Salesman”
Lee Grant – “Detective Story”
Kim Hunter – “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Thelma Ritter – “The Mating Season”
ART DIRECTION (BLACK & WHITE)
“Fourteen Hours” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode
“The House on Telegraph Hill” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
“La Ronde” Art Direction and Set Decoration: D’Eaubonne
“A Streetcar Named Desire” Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
“Too Young to Kiss” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore
ART DIRECTION (COLOR)
“An American in Paris” Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
“David and Bathsheba” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
“On the Riviera” Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright
“Quo Vadis” Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
“Tales of Hoffmann” Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hein Heckroth
CINEMATOGRAPHY (BLACK & WHITE)
“Death of a Salesman” – Franz 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
CINEMATOGRAPHY (COLOR)
“An American in Paris” – Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
“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
COSTUME DESIGN (BLACK & WHITE)
“Kind Lady” – Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele
“The Model and the Marriage Broker” – Charles LeMaire and Renié
“The Mudlark” – Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse
“A Place in the Sun” – Edith Head
“A Streetcar Named Desire” – Lucinda Ballard
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
DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“I Was a Communist for the FBI”
“Kon-Tiki”
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Benjy”
“One Who Came Back”
“The Seeing Eye”
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
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Rashomon” (Japan)
SHORT SUBJECT (CARTOON)
“Lambert the Sheepish Lion”
“Rooty Toot Toot”
“The Two Mouseketeers”
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (ONE-REEL)
“Ridin’ the Rails”
“The Story of Time”
“World of Kids”
LIVE ACTION SHORT SUBJECT (TWO-REEL)
“Balzac”
“Danger Under the Sea”
“Nature’s Half Acre”
Scoring 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” – Miklós Rózsa
“A Streetcar Named Desire” – Alex North
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
SONG
“Never” from “Golden Girl” Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Eliot Daniel
“In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” from “Here Comes the Groom” Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
“Wonder Why” from “Rich, Young and Pretty” Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
“Too Late Now” from “Royal Wedding” Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
“A Kiss to Build a Dream On” from “The Strip” Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II
SOUND RECORDING
“Bright Victory” – Leslie I. Carey
“The Great Caruso” – Douglas Shearer
“I Want You” – Gordon E. Sawyer
“A Streetcar Named Desire” – Nathan Levinson
“Two Tickets to Broadway” – John O. Aalberg
SPECIAL EFFECTS
“When Worlds Collide“
WRITING (ADAPTATION)
“The African Queen” – James Agee and John Huston
“Detective Story” – Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler
“La Ronde” – Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls
“A Place in the Sun” – Michael Wilson and Harry Brown
“A Streetcar Named Desire” – Tennessee Williams
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
WRITING (STORY AND SCREENPLAY)
“Ace in the Hole” – Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman
“An American in Paris” – Alan Jay Lerner
“David and Bathsheba” – Philip Dunne
“Go for Broke!” – Robert Pirosh
“The Well” – Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse
ACADEMY HONORARY AWARD
Gene Kelly “his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film” for “An American in Paris”
