24th Academy Awards

24th Academy Awards
Date	March 20, 1952
Site	RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
Host	Danny Kaye
Highlights
Best Picture	An American in Paris
Most awards	An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun (6)
Most nominations	A Streetcar Named Desire (12)

The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,

Best Picture was awarded to An American in Paris, which, like A Place in the Sun, received six Academy Awards. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the acting awards, excluding Marlon Brando, whose performance as Stanley Kowalski was later considered one of the most influential of modern film acting.

• Humphrey Bogart was the last man to ever win a leading role Oscar who was born in the 19th century.
• An American in Paris became only the second color film to win Best Picture. The first one was 12 years earlier: Gone with the Wind.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

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

Academy Honorary Award

• Gene Kelly for "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.

Best Foreign Language Film

• Rashomon (Japan)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Arthur Freed

Presenters

• Lucille Ball (Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
• Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Award to Gene Kelly)
• Leslie Caron (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
• Marge and Gower Champion (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
• Cyd Charisse (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
• Ronald Colman (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Sally Forrest (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
• Zsa Zsa Gabor (Presenter: Best Costume Design)
• Greer Garson (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Jesse L. Lasky (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Claire Luce (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Presenter: Best Director)
• George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific & Technical Awards)
• Donald O'Connor (Presenter: Music Awards)
• Janice Rule (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
• George Sanders (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
• Constance Smith (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
• Claire Trevor (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
• Vera-Ellen (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
• Darryl F. Zanuck (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)

Performers

• Kay Brown
• Dick Haymes
• Howard Keel and Jane Powell
• Jane Wyman

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

• 12 nominations: A Streetcar Named Desire
• 9 nominations: A Place in the Sun
• 8 nominations: An American in Paris, Quo Vadis
• 5 nominations: David and Bathsheba, Death of a Salesman
• 4 nominations: The African Queen, Detective Story
• 3 nominations: The Great Caruso
• 2 nominations: The Blue Veil, Bright Victory, Decision Before Dawn, The Frogmen, Here Comes the Groom, La Ronde, On the Riviera, Show Boat, Tales of Hoffmann, The Well, When Worlds Collide

The following films received multiple awards.

• 6 wins: An American in Paris, A Place in the Sun
• 4 wins: A Streetcar Named Desire

See also

• 9th Golden Globe Awards
• 1951 in film
• 3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
• 4th Primetime Emmy Awards
• 5th British Academy Film Awards
• 6th Tony Awards