1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.
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 ).
March 27 - The MGM musical Singin' in the Rain premieres at Radio City Music Hall 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)
Top grossing films (U.S.)
Rank
Title
Studio
Gross
1.
This is Cinerama
Cinerama
$15,400,000
2.
The Greatest Show on Earth
Paramount
$14,000,000
3.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
20th Century Fox
$6,500,000
4.
Ivanhoe
MGM
$6,258,000
5.
Hans Christian Andersen
RKO
$6,000,000
6.
Sailor Beware
Paramount
$4,300,000
7.
Moulin Rouge
United Artists
$4,252,000
8.
Singin' in the Rain
MGM
$4,221,000
9.
Jumping Jacks
Paramount
$4,000,000
10.
The Quiet Man
Republic
$3,800,000
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1952.shtml
Awards
Academy Awards :
Best Picture : The Greatest Show on Earth - DeMille, ParamountBest 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 Bad and the Beautiful
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 StatesTwo 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
Films released in 1952
5 Fingers , directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd , starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Above and Beyond
Against All Flags
Alraune
Androcles and the Lion
April 1, 2000
The Atomic City , a thriller starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke
The Bad and the Beautiful
Because You're Mine
Bend of the River
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla starring Bela Lugosi
The Big Sky
The Big Trees
The Black Castle starring Stephen McNally , Boris Karloff , and Lon Chaney Jr.
Brandy for the Parson
Captive Women
The Card
Carrie
Clash by Night
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Crimson Pirate
Don't Bother to Knock
Down Among the Z Men
Forbidden Games
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
Japanese War Bride
Jolanda la Figlia Del Corsaro Nero
Jumping Jacks , starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Kansas City Confidential
The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna )
Limelight , starring Charlie Chaplin
Lost in Alaska , starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
The Medium
The Member of the Wedding
The Merry Widow
Million Dollar Mermaid , starring Esther Williams and Victor Mature
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Monkey Business
Moulin Rouge
My Cousin Rachel
My Six Convicts
My Son John , starring Van Heflin
The Narrow Margin
On Dangerous Ground
Othello (aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice ), written and directed by, and starring, Orson Welles
Pat and Mike
The Pride of St. Louis
The Quiet Man , directed by John Ford
Red Planet Mars
Sailor Beware , starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Scaramouche
Singin' in the Rain
The Sniper
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Son of Paleface
The Sound Barrier , directed by David Lean
The Star
The Stooge , starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Sudden Fear
This is Cinerama
The Thief
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!
We're Not Married!
With a Song in My Heart
The World in His Arms
Serials
Short film series
Births
Deaths
See also
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