Oscar Nominations and Winners (1952)

Best Picture

• The Greatest Show on Earth
• High Noon
• Ivanhoe
• Moulin Rouge
• The Quiet Man

Best Director

• Cecil B. DeMille (The Greatest Show on Earth)
• John Ford (The Quiet Man)
• John Huston (Moulin Rouge)
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Five Fingers)
• Fred Zinnemann (High Noon)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Marlon Brando (Viva Zapata!)
• Gary Cooper, High Noon
• Kirk Douglas (The Bad and the Beautiful)
• Jos� Ferrer (Moulin Rouge)
• Alec Guinness (The Lavender Hill Mob)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Richard Burton (My Cousin Rachel)
• Arthur Hunnicutt (The Big Sky)
• Victor McLaglen (The Quiet Man)
• Jack Palance (Sudden Fear)
• Anthony Quinn (Viva Zapata!)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba)
• Joan Crawford (Sudden Fear)
• Bette Davis (The Star)
• Julie Harris (The Member of the Wedding)
• Susan Hayward (With a Song in My Heart)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Gloria Grahame (The Bad and the Beautiful)
• Jean Hagen (Singin'in the Rain)
• Colette Marchand (Moulin Rouge)
• Terry Moore (Come Back, Little Sheba)
• Thelma Ritter (With a Song in My Heart)

Best Story

• The Greatest Show on Earth (Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett)
• My Son John (Leo McCarey)
• The Narrow Margin (Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard)
• The Pride of St. Louis (Guy Trosper)
• The Sniper (Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Bad and the Beautiful (Charles Schnee)
• Five Fingers (Michael Wilson)
• High Noon (Carl Foreman)
• The Man in the White Suit (Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick)
• The Quiet Man (Frank S. Nugent)

Best Original Story and Screenplay

• The Atomic City (Sydney Boehm)
• Breaking the Sound Barrier (Terence Rattigan)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (T.E.B. Clarke)
• Pat and Mike (Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin)
• Viva Zapata! (John Steinbeck)

Art Direction - Black and White

• The Bad and the Beautiful
• Carrie
• My Cousin Rachel
• Rashomon
• Viva Zapata!

Art Direction - Color

• Hans Christian Andersen
• The Merry Widow
• Moulin Rouge
• The Quiet Man
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Cinematography - Black and White

• The Bad and the Beautiful
• The Big Sky
• My Cousin Rachel
• Navajo
• Sudden Fear

Cinematography - Color

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Ivanhoe
• Million Dollar Mermaid
• The Quiet Man
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Costume Design - Black and White

• Affair in Trinidad
• The Bad and the Beautiful
• Carrie
• My Cousin Rachel
• Sudden Fear

Costume Design - Color

• Hans Christian Andersen
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• The Merry Widow
• Moulin Rouge
• With a Song in My Heart

Documentary Feature

• The Hoaxters
• Navajo
• The Sea Around Us

Documentary Short Subject

• Devil Take Us
• The Garden Spider
• Man Alive!
• Neighbours

Film Editing

• Come Back, Little Sheba
• Flat Top
• The Greatest Show on Earth
• High Noon
• Moulin Rouge

Original Score For Drama or Comedy

• High Noon (Dimitri Tiomkin)
• Ivanhoe (Miklos Rozsa)
• The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (Max Steiner)
• The Thief (Herschel Burke Gilbert)
• Viva Zapata! (Alex North)

Original Score For Musical

• Hans Christian Andersen (Walter Scharf)
• The Jazz Singer (Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner)
• The Medium (Gian-Carlo Menotti)
• Singin' in the Rain (Lennie Hayton)
• With a Song in My Heart (Alfred Newman)

Original Song

• "Am I in Love" (Son of Paleface) Music by Jack Brooks.
• "Because You're Mine" (Because You're Mine) Music by Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
• "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" (High Noon) Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
• "Thumbelina" (Hans Christian Andersen) Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser.
• "Zing a Little Zong" (Just for You) Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

Animated Short Film (Cartoons)

• Johann Mouse
• Little Johnny Jet
• Madeline
• Pink and Blue Blues
• Romance of Transportation

Live Action Short Film - One Reel

• Athletes of the Saddle
• Desert Killer
• Light in the Window
• Neighbours
• Royal Scotland

Live Action Short Film - Two Reels

• Bridge of Time
• Devil Take Us
• Thar She Blows!
• Water Birds

Sound

• Breaking the Sound Barrier
• Hans Christian Andersen
• The Promoter
• The Quiet Man
• With a Song in My Heart

Special Effects

• Plymouth Adventure