Academy Awards 1952 Nominations

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Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Best Actor	Best Actress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Story and Screenplay	Best Motion Picture Story
Best Screenplay	Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short	Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)
Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)	Best Short Subject (Cartoon)
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture	Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Best Song	Best Sound Recording
Best Art Direction (Color)	Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Best Cinematography (Color)	Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Best Costume Design (Color)	Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Best Film Editing	Best Special Effects

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Best Motion Picture

• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• An American in Paris
• Decision Before Dawn
• Quo Vadis

Best Director

• A Place in the Sun (George Stevens)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan)
• An American in Paris (Vincente Minnelli)
• Detective Story (William Wyler)
• The African Queen (John Huston)

Best Actor

• A Place in the Sun (Montgomery Clift)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Marlon Brando)
• Bright Victory (Arthur Kennedy)
• Death of a Salesman (Fredric March)
• The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart)

Best Actress

• A Place in the Sun (Shelley Winters)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Vivien Leigh)
• Detective Story (Eleanor Parker)
• The African Queen (Katharine Hepburn)
• The Blue Veil (Jane Wyman)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• A Streetcar Named Desire (Karl Malden)
• Come Fill the Cup (Gig Young)
• Death of a Salesman (Kevin McCarthy)
• Quo Vadis (Leo Genn)
• Quo Vadis (Peter Ustinov)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• A Streetcar Named Desire (Kim Hunter)
• Death of a Salesman (Mildred Dunnock)
• Detective Story (Lee Grant)
• The Blue Veil (Joan Blondell)
• The Mating Season (Thelma Ritter)

Best Story and Screenplay

• Ace in the Hole
• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• Go for Broke!
• The Well

Best Motion Picture Story

• Bullfighter and the Lady
• Here Comes the Groom
• Seven Days to Noon
• Teresa
• The Frogmen

Best Screenplay

• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Detective Story
• La ronde
• The African Queen

Best Documentary Feature

• I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
• Kon-Tiki

Best Documentary Short

• Benjy
• One Who Came Back
• The Seeing Eye

Best Live Action Short Subject (One-reel)

• Ridin' the Rails
• The Story of Time
• World of Kids

Best Live Action Short Subject (Two-reel)

• Balzac
• Danger Under the Sea
• Nature's Half Acre

Best Short Subject (Cartoon)

• Lambert the Sheepish Lion
• Rooty Toot Toot
• The Two Mouseketeers

Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• David and Bathsheba
• Death of a Salesman
• Quo Vadis

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

• Alice in Wonderland
• An American in Paris
• On the Riviera
• Show Boat
• The Great Caruso

Best Song

• Golden Girl ("Never")
• Here Comes the Groom ("In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening")
• Rich, Young and Pretty ("Wonder Why")
• Royal Wedding ("Too Late Now")
• The Strip ("A Kiss to Build a Dream On")

Best Sound Recording

• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Bright Victory
• I Want You
• The Great Caruso
• Two Tickets to Broadway

Best Art Direction (Color)

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• On the Riviera
• Quo Vadis
• The Tales of Hoffmann

Best Art Direction (Black-and-White)

• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Fourteen Hours
• La ronde
• The House on Telegraph Hill
• Too Young to Kiss

Best Cinematography (Color)

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• Quo Vadis
• Show Boat
• When Worlds Collide

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Death of a Salesman
• Strangers on a Train
• The Frogmen

Best Costume Design (Color)

• An American in Paris
• David and Bathsheba
• Quo Vadis
• The Great Caruso
• The Tales of Hoffmann

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)

• A Place in the Sun
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Kind Lady
• The Model and the Marriage Broker
• The Mudlark

Best Film Editing

• A Place in the Sun
• An American in Paris
• Decision Before Dawn
• Quo Vadis
• The Well

Best Special Effects

• When Worlds Collide