Best Motion Picture

• An American in Paris, Arthur Freed, producer
• Decision Before Dawn, Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy, producers
• A Place in the Sun, George Stevens, producer
• Quo Vadis, Sam Zimbalist, producer
• A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman, producer

Best Actor

• 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

Best Actress

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

Actor in a Supporting Role

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

Actress in a Supporting Role

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

Directing

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

Writing

• Motion Picture Story
  • Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro, Bullfighter and the Lady
  • Paul Dehn and James Bernard, Seven Days to Noon
  • Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern, Teresa
  • Oscar Millard, The Frogmen
  • Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brian, Here Comes the Groom
• Screenplay
  • James Agee and John Huston, The African Queen
  • Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls, La Ronde
  • Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, A Place in the Sun
  • Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler, Detective Story
• Story and Screenplay
  • Philip Dunne, David and Bathsheba
  • Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse, The Well
  • Alan Jay Lerner, An American in Paris
  • Robert Pirosh, Go for Broke!
  • Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman, The Big Carnival

Cinematography

• Black-and-White
  • Norbert Brodine, The Frogmen
  • Robert Burks, Strangers on a Train
  • William C. Mellor, A Place in the Sun
  • Frank Planer, Death of a Salesman
  • Harry Stradling, A Streetcar Named Desire
• Color
  • Alfred Gilks and John Alton, An American in Paris
  • Charles Rosher, Show Boat
  • John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene, When Worlds Collide
  • Leon Shamroy, David and Bathsheba
  • Robert Surtees and William V. Skall, Quo Vadis

Art Direction

• Black-and-White
  • Richard Day, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • D'Eaubonne, art direction and set decoration, La Ronde
  • Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore, set decoration, Too Young to Kiss
  • Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, House on Telegraph Hill
  • Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode, set decoration, Fourteen Hours
• Color
  • Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration, An American in Paris
  • Hein Heckroth, art direction and set decoration, Tales of Hoffmann
  • William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Quo Vadis
  • Lyle Wheeler and George Davis, art direction; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox, set decoration, David and Bathsheba
  • Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Joseph C. Wright, musical settings; Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott, set decoration, On the Riviera

Sound Recording

• MGM Studio Sound Dept., The Great Caruso
• RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Two Tickets to Broadway
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Dept., I Want You
• Universal-International Studio Sound Dept., Bright Victory
• Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., A Streetcar Named Desire

Music

• Song
  • "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", Here Comes the Groom, Hoagy Carmichael, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
  • "A Kiss to Build a Dream On", The Strip, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II, music and lyrics
  • "Never", Golden Girl, Lionel Newman, music; Eliot Daniel, lyrics
  • "Too Late Now", Royal Wedding, Burton Lane, music; Alan Jay Lerner, lyrics
  • "Wonder Why", Rich, Young and Pretty, Nicholas Brodszky, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics
• Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
  • Alfred Newman, David and Bathsheba
  • Alex North, Death of a Salesman
  • Alex North, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Miklos Rozsa, Quo Vadis
  • Franz Waxman, A Place in the Sun
• Scoring of a Musical Picture
  • Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green, The Great Caruso
  • Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger, Show Boat
  • Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, An American in Paris
  • Alfred Newman, On the Riviera
  • Oliver Wallace, Alice in Wonderland

Film Editing

• Adrienne Fazan, An American in Paris
• William Hornbeck, A Place in the Sun
• Chester Schaeffer, The Well
• Dorothy Spencer, Decision Before Dawn
• Ralph E. Winters, Quo Vadis

Costume Design

• Black-and-White
  • Lucinda Ballard, A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Edith Head, A Place in the Sun
  • Charles LeMaire and Renie, The Model and the Marriage Broker
  • Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele, Kind Lady
  • Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse, The Mudlark
• Color
  • Hein Heckroth, Tales of Hoffmann
  • Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson, David and Bathsheba
  • Herschel McCoy, Quo Vadis
  • Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff, An American in Paris
  • Helen Rose and Gile Steele, The Great Caruso

Special Effects

• When Worlds Collide (Paramount)

Short Subjects

• Cartoon
  • Lambert, the Sheepish Lion (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
  • Rooty Toot Toot (Jolly Frolics Series) (United Productions of America; Columbia)
  • Two Mouseketeers (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
• One-Reel
  • Ridin' the Rails (Grantland Rice Spotlight Series) (Jack Eaton, producer; Paramount)
  • The Story of Time (Signal Films Production; Cornell Film Company)
  • World of Kids (Vitaphone Novelties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Two-Reel
  • Balzac (Les Films du Compass; A.F. Films, Inc.)
  • Danger Under the Sea (Tom Mead, producer; Universal-International)
  • Nature's Half Acre (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

Documentary

• Short Subject
  • Benjy (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)
  • One Who Came Back (U.S. Department of Defense; Association of Motion Picture Producers)
  • The Seeing Eye (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.)
• Feature
  • I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (Bryan Foy, producer; Warner Bros.)
  • Kon-Tiki (Artfilm Production; RKO Radio)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Arthur Freed

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

Facts:

• Winners Announced: March 20, 1952
• Held at: RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
• Host: Danny Kaye
• Eligibility Year: 1951