The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of

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. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye. ''

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'' and '' A Place in the Sun'' each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director, respectively. ''

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'' won four Oscars, including three of the four acting awards for which it was nominated. The film's only unsuccessful acting nomination was that of

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, whose performance as

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was later considered one of the most influential of modern film acting.

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was the last man born in the 19th century to win Best Actor. He won it over favored winner Marlon Brando, by the logic of the former being too long overlooked and the latter being a newcomer. The next day, Bogart remarked that "awards don't mean a thing unless every actor plays

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and then who is best is decided." ''

'' became the second color film to win Best Picture, and was the first film since '' Grand Hotel'' to win Best Picture without any acting nominations. Its win was a surprise, as either ''

'' or '' A Place in the Sun'' was expected to win. Some reflected that it may have won due to the number of Academy voters employed by

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at the time.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominations were announced on February 11, 1952. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Best Special Effects

* '' When Worlds Collide'' –

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Honorary Foreign Language Film Award

*To '' Rashomon'' - voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951.

Honorary Award

*To

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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.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

* Arthur Freed

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for h ...

(Presenter: Short Subject Awards) * Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Award to Gene Kelly) * Leslie Caron (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film) *

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and Gower Champion (Presenters: Best Art Direction) * Cyd Charisse (Presenter: Best Sound Recording) *

Ronald Colman Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor who started his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then emigrated to the United States where he had a highly successful Cinema of the United ...

(Presenter: Best Actress) * Sally Forrest (Presenter: Best Special Effects) *

Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor ( , ; born Sári Gábor ; February 6, 1917 – December 18, 2016) was a Hungarian Americans, Hungarian-American socialite and actress. Her sisters were socialites and actresses Eva Gabor and Magda Gabor. Gabor competed in the ...

(Presenter: Best Costume Design) * Greer Garson (Presenter: Best Actor) * Jesse L. Lasky (Presenter: Best Motion Picture) * Claire Luce (Presenter: Writing Awards) * Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Presenter: Best Director) * George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific or Technical Awards) *

Donald O'Connor Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor. He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred, in succession, with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talki ...

(Presenter: Music Awards) * Janice Rule (Presenter: Documentary Awards) *

George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous charac ...

(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 Harold Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919November 7, 2004), professionally Howard Keel, was an American actor and singer known for his rich bass-baritone singing voice. He starred in a number of MGM musicals in the 1950s, including ''Show Boat'' (195 ...

and Jane Powell *

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Multiple nominations and awards

References

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