1952 in film

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The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1952
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 See also
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[edit] Events
January 10 - Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City).
September 30 - The Cinerama widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller, debuts with the film This Is Cinerama.
November 27 - Bwana Devil, the first American, feature-length, color 3-D movie, is released, and begins the demand for 3-D films that lasts for the next two years.
May Britt debuts in Jolanda la Figlia Del Corsaro Nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair)

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
The Greatest Show on Earth, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Lawrence Tierney, and Gloria Grahame
Quo Vadis
Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, and Ava Gardner
Sailor Beware
tie The African Queen and Jumping Jacks
tie High Noon and Son of Paleface
Singin' in the Rain

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth - DeMille, Paramount
Best Director: John Ford - The Quiet Man
Best Actor: Gary Cooper - High Noon
Best Actress: Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn - Viva Zapata!
Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Grahame - The Greatest Show on Earth
Golden Globe Awards:
Drama:
Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth
Best Actor: Gary Cooper - High Noon
Best Actress: Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba
Musical or comedy:
Best Picture: With a Song in My Heart
Best Actor: Donald O'Connor - Singin' in the Rain
Best Actress: Susan Hayward - With a Song in My Heart
Other
Best Director: Cecil B. DeMille - The Greatest Show on Earth
Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival):
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, directed by Orson Welles, United States
Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza), directed by Renato Castellani, Italy
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits), directed by René Clément, France
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Hon dansade en sommar (One Summer of Happiness), directed by Arne Mattsson, Sweden

[edit] Films released in 1952
5 Fingers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Alraune
Androcles and the Lion
April 1, 2000
Bend of the River
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla starring Bela Lugosi
The Black Castle starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr.
Captive Women
The Card
Come Back, Little Sheba
Down Among the Z Men
The Greatest Show on Earth
Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
High Noon
Ikiru
The Importance of Being Earnest
Invasion U.S.A.
Ivanhoe
The Jazz Singer
Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits)
Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Jolanda la Figlia Del Corsaro Nero
Jumping Jacks, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna)
Limelight, starring Charlie Chaplin
Lost in Alaska, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Moulin Rouge
My Six Convicts
Othello (aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice), directed by Orson Welles
Pat and Mike
The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford
Red Planet Mars
Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Singin' in the Rain
The Snows of Kilimanjaro -(film only mentioned in article)
Son of Paleface
The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean
The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
This is Cinerama
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza)
Umberto D.
La villa Santo-Sospir, short film directed by Jean Cocteau
Viva Zapata!
With a Song in My Heart
The World in His Arms

[edit] Serials
Blackhawk, starring Kirk Alyn
King of the Congo, starring Buster Crabbe
Radar Men from the Moon, starring George D. Wallace and Aline Towne
Son of Geronimo starring Clayton Moore
Zombies of the Stratosphere, starring Judd Holdren

[edit] Short film series
Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
Terrytoons (1930-1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
Popeye (1933-1957)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
Donald Duck (1936)-(1956)
Goofy (1939-1953)
Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)
Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
Mighty Mouse (1942-1955)
Chip and Dale (1943-1956)
Droopy (1943-1958)
Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)

[edit] Births
March 19 - Harvey Weinstein producer
June 7 - Liam Neeson, actor
June 18 - Isabella Rossellini, actress
July 20 - Adrian Biddle, cinematographer (d. 2005)

[edit] Deaths
January 18 - Curly Howard, comedian, of The Three Stooges
April 21 - Leslie Banks, actor
May 8 - Walter Fox, US movie producer
October 23 - Susan Peters, actress
October 26 - Hattie McDaniel, African-American actress best known as Mammy in Gone with the Wind

[edit] See also
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson