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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 film, 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	Actors	Gross
1.	The Greatest Show on Earth	Paramount	Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston and Gloria Grahame	$14,000,000
2.	The Bad and the Beautiful	MGM	Lana Turner and Kirk Douglas	$8,500,000
3.	The Snows of Kilimanjaro	20th Century Fox	Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner	$6,700,000
4.	Ivanhoe	MGM	Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine and Elizabeth Taylor	$6,258,000
5.	Singin' in the Rain	MGM	Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.	$6,000,000
6.	Sailor Beware	Paramount	Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis	$4,300,000
7.	Moulin Rouge	United Artists	José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor	$4,252,000
8.	Hans Christian Andersen	RKO	Danny Kaye and Farley Granger	$4,100,000
9.	Affair in Trinidad	Columbia	Rita Hayworth	$4,000,000
10.	Monkey Business	20th Century Fox	Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers and Marilyn Monroe	$3,800,000
11.	Come Back, Little Sheba	Paramount	Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster, and Terry Moore
12.	Million Dollar Mermaid	MGM	Esther Williams
13.	Road to Bali	Paramount	Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour
14.	The Quiet Man	Republic Pictures	John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
15.	We're Not Married!	20th Century Fox	Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Louis Calhern
16.	Rancho Notorious	RKO	Marlene Dietrich
17.	Montana Belle	RKO	Jane Russell
18.	High Noon	United Artists	Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
19.	Don't Bother to Knock	20th Century Fox	Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, and Anne Bancroft
20.	Clash by Night	RKO	Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe, and Keith Andes

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 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

Supporting Role:

Best Supporting Actor: Millard Mitchell - My Six Convicts

Best Supporting Actress: Katy Jurado - High Noon

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

Films released in 1952

U.S.A. unless stated

• 5 Fingers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason

A

• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Above and Beyond
• Affair in Trinidad, starring Rita Hayworth
• Against All Flags
• Alraune, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim - (Germany)
• Androcles and the Lion
• Angel Face, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
• Angels One Five, starring Jack Hawkins - (U.K.)
• April 1, 2000 - (Austria)
• The Atomic City, a thriller starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke

B

• The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan and Gloria Grahame
• Because You're Mine
• Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla starring Bela Lugosi
• The Belle of New York, starring Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen
• Les Belles de nuit, directed by René Clair - (France)
• Bend of the River, starring James Stewart
• The Big Sky
• The Big Trees, starring Kirk Douglas
• The Black Castle starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney, Jr.
• Blackbeard the Pirate, starring Robert Newton
• Brandy for the Parson - (U.K.)
• Brave Warrior
• Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory

C-D

• Captive Women
• The Card - (U.K.)
• Carrie, starring Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones and Miriam Hopkins
• Carson City, starring Randolph Scott
• Casque d'or (Golden Helmet), directed by Jacques Becker, starring Simone Signoret - (France)
• Children of Hiroshima - (Japan)
• Ciguli Miguli - (Yugoslavia)
• Clash by Night, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe
• Come Back, Little Sheba, starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth
• The Crimson Pirate, starring Burt Lancaster
• Derby Day, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding - (U.K.)
• Diplomatic Courier, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Tyrone Power
• Don't Bother to Knock, starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe
• Down Among the Z Men, starring The Goons - (U.K.)

E-F

• Europa '51, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman - (Italy)
• Fanfan la Tulipe - (France)
• Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ( Ochazuke no aji), directed by Yasujiro Ozu - (Japan)
• Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits), directed by Rene Clement - winner of Oscar for best foreign language film - (France)

G-H

• The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Anna Magnani - (France/Italy)
• The Greatest Show on Earth, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Lamour and James Stewart
• Hangman's Knot
• Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
• The Happy Family, directed by Muriel Box, starring Stanley Holloway and Kathleen Harrison - (U.K.)
• The Happy Time, starring Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll
• Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson and Charles Coburn
• Hiawatha
• High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper (Oscar for best actor) and Grace Kelly
• Hunted, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley - (U.K.)

I-J

• Ikiru (To Live), directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Takashi Shimura - winner of Golden Bear - (Japan)
• The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Michael Redgrave - (U.K.)
• Indian Uprising
• Invasion U.S.A.
• Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine and Elizabeth Taylor
• Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Japanese War Bride
• The Jazz Singer, starring Danny Thomas
• Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero - (Italy)
• Jumping Jacks, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

K-L

• Kansas City Confidential
• Kid Monk Baroni, starring Leonard Nimoy
• The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi - (Japan)
• Lightning, directed by Mikio Naruse - (Japan)
• Limelight, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin with Claire Bloom
• Lost in Alaska, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• The Lusty Men, starring Robert Mitchum

M

• Mandy - (U.K.)
• The Marrying Kind, starring Judy Holliday
• The Member of the Wedding, starring Julie Harris
• The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner
• Million Dollar Mermaid, starring Esther Williams and Victor Mature
• The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
• Les Misérables
• Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe
• Montana Belle, starring Jane Russell
• Moulin Rouge, starring José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor - (U.K.)
• My Cousin Rachel, starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton
• My Six Convicts
• My Son John, starring Robert Walker and Van Heflin

N-O

• The Narrow Margin, directed by Richard Fleischer
• Never Look Back directed by Francis Searle and starring Rosamund John (U.K.)
• No Greater Love (Herz der Welt) - (Germany)
• O. Henry's Full House, an anthology film with an all-star cast
• On Dangerous Ground, starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
• Othello (aka The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice), written, directed by and starring, Orson Welles
• Outcast of the Islands, directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard - (U.K.)

P-Q

• Pat and Mike, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
• Phone Call from a Stranger
• The Pickwick Papers - (U.K.)
• Le Plaisir, directed by Max Ophuls, starring Claude Dauphin - (France)
• The Pride of St. Louis, starring Dan Dailey
• The Prisoner of Zenda
• The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara

R

• Rancho Notorious, starring Marlene Dietrich
• Red Ball Express
• Red Planet Mars
• Road to Bali, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
• Rome 11:00 - (Italy)
• Ruby Gentry

S

• Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Sangdil, starring Dilip Kumar - (India)
• The Savage, starring Charlton Heston
• Scandal Sheet, starring Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed
• Scaramouche, starring Stewart Granger and Janet Leigh
• The Scarlet Flower - (U.S.S.R.)
• Secrets of Women, starring Eva Dahlbeck - (Sweden)
• Siempre tuya (Forever Yours) - (Mexico)
• Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor
• The Sniper
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
• Son of Paleface, starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell and Roy Rogers
• The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean, starring Ralph Richardson - (U.K.)
• The Star, starring Bette Davis
• The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• The Story of Will Rogers, starring Will Rogers Jr and Jane Wyman
• Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame

T-V

• The Thief, starring Ray Milland
• This is Cinerama
• Trent's Last Case, starring Orson Welles and Michael Wilding - (U.K.)
• Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) - (Italy)
• Umberto D., directed by Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
• La villa Santo-Sospir, short film directed by Jean Cocteau - (France)
• Viva Zapata!, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Peters

W-Z

• We're Not Married!, starring Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor, Louis Calhern and Zsa Zsa Gabor
• The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) - (Finland)
• The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco), directed by Federico Fellini - (Italy)
• Who Goes There! - (U.K.)
• Wings of Danger, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Zachary Scott (U.K.)
• With a Song in My Heart, starring Susan Hayward
• A Woman Without Love (Una mujer sin amor), directed by Luis Buñuel - (Mexico)
• The World in His Arms

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

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)

Births

• February 12 - Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (d. 2010)
• March 19 - Harvey Weinstein, American producer
• April 1 - Annette O'Toole, American actress
• April 6 - Marilu Henner, American actress
• April 15 - Glenn Shadix, American actor (d. 2010)
• April 28 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
• May 6 - Gregg Henry, American actor & musician
• May 11 - Frances Fisher, British-born American actress
• May 14 - Robert Zemeckis, American director
• June 7 - Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
• June 18 - Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
• June 20 - John Goodman, American actor
• July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor & comedian
• July 15 - Terry O'Quinn, American actor
• July 24 - Gus Van Sant, American director
• August 10 - Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
• August 18 - Patrick Swayze, American actor & dancer (d. 2009)
• August 26 - Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)
• September 16 - Mickey Rourke, American actor
• September 24 - Christopher Reeve, American actor (d. 2004)
• October 22 - Jeff Goldblum, American actor
• October 28 - Annie Potts, American actress
• November 8 - Alfre Woodard, American actress
• December 12 - Sarah Douglas, English actress
• December 20 - Jenny Agutter, English actress

Deaths

• January 18 - Curly Howard, comedian, The Three Stooges (b. 1903)
• April 21 - Leslie Banks, actor (b. 1890)
• May 21 - John Garfield, actor (b. 1913)
• July 6 - Gertrud Wolle, actress (b. 1891)
• October 17 - Julia Dean, stage and screen actress (b. 1878)
• October 23 - Susan Peters, actress (b. 1921)
• October 26 - Hattie McDaniel, African American actress best known as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (b. 1895)

Film Debuts

• Anne Bancroft
• Brigitte Bardot
• Julie Harris
• Leonard Nimoy

See also

• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson