1952 (25th Annual Awards)
Academy Award Overview
Shown below is an overview of the 1952 Academy Awards, comprised of selected items from the WebMaster’s collection. (All of the items for a given category—for example, all Reminder Lists—can be found in the “Gallery” section.)
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The 1952 Preliminaries
 
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Eligibility Period: January 1, 1952 to December 31, 1952 Reminder List of Eligible Releases Text of Voting Rules |
The 1952 Ceremony
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Thursday, March 19, 1953 7:30 PM RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood and NBC International Theatre, New York City Ceremony Program Nominations & Winners Winners Only Nominations by Film Nomination Statistics by Film See Also: Nominations & Winners by Category Winners Only by Category |
The 1952 Winners
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Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount Cecil B. DeMille, Producer Best Picture Poster Best Picture Home Page Background |
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Best Actor: Gary Cooper as Marshal Will Kane in the film High Noon |
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Best Actress: Shirley Booth as Lola Delaney in the film Come Back, Little Sheba |
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Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Quinn as Eufemio Zapata in the film Viva Zapata! |
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Best Supporting Actress: Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow in the film The Bad and the Beautiful |
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Best Song: High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’) from the film High Noon Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; lyrics by Ned Washington Best Song Lyrics |
Other 1952 Nominees
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Best Actor/Best Actress Nominees |