24th Academy Awards

Infobox Academy AwardsB | name = 24th
poster =
date = March 20, 1952
site = RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California
host = Danny Kaye
last = 23rd
next = 25th

The 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951.

The single film which came out with the largest number of honors was "An American in Paris", which scoops six Oscars, including Best Picture. However, "A Streetcar Named Desire" took four of them for itself, including three of the acting awards. Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh took the most coveted Best Actor and Actress awards.

Winners

Best Picture of the Year

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

Best Leading Actor

Humphrey Bogart ... ("The African Queen")

Best Leading Actress

Vivien Leigh ... ("A Streetcar Named Desire")

Best Supporting Actor

Karl Malden ... ("A Streetcar Named Desire")

Best Supporting Actress

Kim Hunter ... ("A Streetcar Named Desire")

Best Director

George Stevens ... ("A Place in the Sun")

Best Writing

Motion Picture Story

Paul Dehn and James Bernard ... ("Seven Days to Noon")

creenplay

Michael Wilson and Harry Brown ... ("A Place in the Sun")

tory and Screenplay

Alan Jay Lerner ... ("An American in Paris")

Best Cinematography

Black and White

William C. Mellor ... ("A Place in the Sun")

Color

Alfred Gilks and John Alton ... ("An American in Paris")

Best Art Direction

Black and White

Richard Day, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration ... ("A Streetcar Named Desire")

Color

Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration ... ("An American in Paris")

Best Sound Recording

MGM Studio Sound Dept. ... ("The Great Caruso")

Best Music

ong

"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" ... ("Here Comes the Groom"); Hoagy Carmichael, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics

coring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Franz Waxman ... ("A Place in the Sun")

coring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin ... ("An American in Paris")

Best Film Editing

William Hornbeck ... ("A Place in the Sun")

Best Costume Design

Black and White

Edith Head ... ("A Place in the Sun")

Color

Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff ... ("An American in Paris")

Best Special Effects

"When Worlds Collide" ... Paramount

Best Short Subjects

Cartoon

("The Two Mouseketeers") - Tom and Jerry Series); (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)

One-Reel

("World of Kids") - (Vitaphone Novelties Series); (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Brothers)

Two-Reel

("Nature's Half Acre") - (True-Life Adventure Series); (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)

Best Documentary

hort Subject

("Benjy"); (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)

Best Feature

"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.