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The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of 1951. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye. An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director, respectively. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the four acting awards for which it was ...
The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was the first to be broadcast on television: [1] For the first time in history, a television audience estimated at 40,000,000 persons [7] will watch the movie industry's biggest show. It will mark the TV debut for scores of the biggest names in moviedom.
This is a list of Academy Award–winning films. If a film won the Academy Award for Best Picture , its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Competitive Oscars are separated from non-competitive Oscars (i.e. Honorary Award, Special Achievement Award, Juvenile Award); as such, any films that were awarded a non ...
1952 Academy Awards may refer to: 24th Academy Awards, the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1952; 25th Academy Awards, the 1953 ceremony honoring the best ...
‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ (1952) Should Have Won: “High Noon” “Oscarologists have long described ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ as the worst Best Picture winner ever,” says Time.
Longest time span between the release of a film and winning an Oscar. Limelight (1952) is the only film to have won an award twenty years after its official release ...
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .
The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. All About Eve received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind in 1939 .