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 honored the best in films of 1951.

The single film which came out with the largest number of honours was An American in Paris, which scooped six wins, including Best Motion Picture. However, A Streetcar Named Desire took four for itself, including three of the acting awards. Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh took the most coveted best actor and actress awards.

Contents 1 Winners 1.1 Best Motion Picture 1.2 Best Actor 1.3 Best Actress 1.4 Actor in a Supporting Role 1.5 Actress in a Supporting Role 1.6 Directing 1.7 Writing 1.7.1 Motion Picture Story 1.7.2 Screenplay 1.7.3 Story and Screenplay 1.8 Cinematography 1.8.1 Black and White 1.8.2 Color 1.9 Art Direction 1.9.1 Black and White 1.9.2 Color 1.10 Sound Recording 1.11 Music 1.11.1 Song 1.11.2 Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture 1.11.3 Scoring of a Musical Picture 1.12 Film Editing 1.13 Costume Design 1.13.1 Black and White 1.13.2 Color 1.14 Special Effects 1.15 Short Subjects 1.15.1 Cartoon 1.15.2 One-Reel 1.15.3 Two-Reel 1.16 Documentary 1.16.1 Short Subject 1.16.2 Feature 1.17 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1.18 Honorary Awards

[edit] Winners

[edit] Best Motion Picture

An American in Paris, Arthur Freed, producer (MGM)

[edit] Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart, in The African Queen

[edit] Best Actress

Vivien Leigh, in A Streetcar Named Desire

[edit] Actor in a Supporting Role

Karl Malden, in A Streetcar Named Desire

[edit] Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Hunter, in A Streetcar Named Desire

[edit] Directing

George Stevens, A Place in the Sun

[edit] 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] 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] 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] Sound Recording

MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Great Caruso

[edit] 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] Film Editing

William Hornbeck, A Place in the Sun

[edit] 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] Special Effects

When Worlds Collide, Paramount

[edit] Short Subjects

[edit] Cartoon

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] Documentary

[edit] Short Subject

Benjy (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)

[edit] Feature

Kon-Tiki (Artfilm Production; RKO Radio)

[edit] Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Arthur Freed

[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