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The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films
[edit]United States
[edit]The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor(s) | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Paramount | $12,800,000[1] |
2 | This Is Cinerama | Cinerama Releasing | $12,500,000[1] |
3 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | 20th Century Fox | $6,500,000[1] |
4 | Hans Christian Andersen | RKO | $6,000,000[1] |
5 | Ivanhoe | MGM | $5,810,000[2] |
6 | Sailor Beware | Paramount | $4,300,000[3] |
7 | Moulin Rouge | United Artists | $4,252,000[4] |
8 | Jumping Jacks | Paramount | $4,000,000[3] |
9 | The Quiet Man | Republic | $3,800,000[4] |
10 | High Noon | United Artists | $3,750,000[5] |
International
[edit]Country | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Gross | Ref |
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France | Little World of Don Camillo | Julien Duvivier | Cineriz, Francinex | 12,791,168 admissions | [6] |
India | Aan | Mehboob Khan | Mehboob Productions | $5,880,000 | [b] |
Italy | Little World of Don Camillo | Julien Duvivier | Cineriz, Francinex | 13,215,653 admissions | [9] |
Japan | Himeyuri no Tō | Tadashi Imai | Toei Company | ¥176,590,000 | [10] |
Soviet Union | Tarzan the Ape Man | W. S. Van Dyke | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 42,900,000 admissions | [11] |
United Kingdom | The Greatest Show on Earth | Cecil B. DeMille | Paramount Pictures | 13,000,000 admissions | [12] |
Events
[edit]- January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth, is premièred at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[13]
- March 27 – The MGM musical Singin' in the Rain premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, James P. McGranery, announces plans to review his right to return to the US.[14]
- September 30 – The Cinerama multiple-projection widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller, makes its début in New York with the film This Is Cinerama.[15]
- 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.
Awards
[edit]Category/Organization | 10th Golden Globe Awards February 26, 1953 |
25th Academy Awards March 19, 1953 | |
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Drama | Comedy or Musical | ||
Best Film | The Greatest Show on Earth | With a Song in My Heart | The Greatest Show on Earth |
Best Director | Cecil B. DeMille The Greatest Show on Earth |
John Ford The Quiet Man | |
Best Actor | Gary Cooper High Noon |
Donald O'Connor Singin' in the Rain |
Gary Cooper High Noon |
Best Actress | Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba |
Susan Hayward With a Song in My Heart |
Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba |
Best Supporting Actor | Millard Mitchell My Six Convicts |
Anthony Quinn Viva Zapata! | |
Best Supporting Actress | Katy Jurado High Noon |
Gloria Grahame The Bad and the Beautiful | |
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Michael Wilson 5 Fingers |
Charles Schnee The Bad and the Beautiful | |
Best Screenplay, Original | T. E. B. Clarke The Lavender Hill Mob |
Notable films released in 1952
[edit]United States unless stated
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[edit]- 1st of April, 2000 – (Austria)
- 5 Fingers, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring James Mason
A
[edit]- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Above and Beyond, starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker
- Affair in Trinidad, starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
- Against All Flags, starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara
- Alraune, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim – (West Germany)
- Andrine og Kjell – (Norway)
- Androcles and the Lion, starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature
- Angel Face, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
- Angels One Five, starring Jack Hawkins – (GB)
- Anhonee, starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis – (India)
- At Sword's Point, starring Maureen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde
- The Atomic City, starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke
B
[edit]- Babes in Bagdad, starring Paulette Goddard and Gypsy Rose Lee
- The Bad and the Beautiful, starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
- Baiju Bawra, starring Meena Kumari – (India)
- The Beast Must Die (La Bestia debe morir) – (Argentina)
- Because of You, starring Loretta Young
- Because You're Mine, starring Mario Lanza
- The Belle of New York, starring Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen
- Les Belles de nuit (Beauties of the Night), directed by René Clair – (France)
- Belles on Their Toes, starring Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget
- Bend of the River, directed by Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson
- Beware, My Lovely, starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan
- Big Jim McLain, starring John Wayne and James Arness
- The Big Sky, starring Kirk Douglas
- The Big Trees, starring Kirk Douglas
- The Black Castle, starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr.
- Blackbeard the Pirate, starring Robert Newton
- Brandy for the Parson, starring James Donald and Kenneth More – (GB)
- Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, starring Clayton Moore
- The Bushwackers, starring John Ireland and Lawrence Tierney
C
[edit]- California Conquest, starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright
- Captive Women, starring Robert Clarke
- Carbine Williams, starring James Stewart and Jean Hagen
- The Card, starring Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Petula Clark – (GB)
- Carrie, starring Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins
- Carson City, starring Randolph Scott
- Casque d'Or (Golden Helmet), directed by Jacques Becker, starring Simone Signoret – (France)
- Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko) – (Japan)
- Ciguli Miguli – (Yugoslavia)
- The City Stands Trial (Processo alla città), directed by Luigi Zampa – (Italy)
- Clash by Night, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, Marilyn Monroe
- Come Back, Little Sheba, starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth
- The Crimson Pirate, starring Burt Lancaster
D
[edit]- Dark River (Las aguas bajan turbias) – (Argentina)
- Deadline - U.S.A., directed by Richard Brooks, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Jim Backus, Martin Gabel
- Denver and Rio Grande, starring Edmond O'Brien and Sterling Hayden
- Derby Day, starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding – (Britain)
- Desperate Search, starring Howard Keel and Jane Greer
- The Devil Makes Three, starring Gene Kelly
- Diplomatic Courier, directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Tyrone Power
- Don't Bother to Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft, Marilyn Monroe
- Down Among the Z Men, starring The Goons – (GB)
- Dreamboat, starring Ginger Rogers, Clifton Webb, Elsa Lanchester, Anne Francis
E
[edit]- Emergency Call, directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton and Freddie Mills – (U.K.)
- Europa '51, directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Ingrid Bergman – (Italy)
- The Eyes Leave Tracks (Los ojos dejan huella), starring Raf Vallone – (Spain)
F
[edit]- Face to Face, starring James Mason and Robert Preston
- Fanfan la Tulipe (a.k.a. Fearless Little Soldier), starring Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida – (France)
- Flaming Feather, starring Sterling Hayden
- Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice ( Ochazuke no aji), directed by Yasujirō Ozu – (Japan)
- Flesh and Fury, starring Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling
- Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits), directed by René Clément – winner of Oscar for best foreign language film – (France)
G
[edit]- A Girl in Every Port, starring Groucho Marx, William Bendix, Marie Wilson, Dee Hartford
- Gloria Mairena, directed by Luis Lucia, starring Juanita Reina, Eduardo Fajardo, Rafael Arcos (Spain)
- The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Anna Magnani – (France/Italy)
- The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Lamour, James Stewart
H
[edit]- Hangman's Knot, starring Randolph Scott, Donna Reed, Lee Marvin
- Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
- The Happy Family, directed by Muriel Box, starring Stanley Holloway and Kathleen Harrison – (GB)
- The Happy Time, starring Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn
- Heidi, directed by Luigi Comencini – (Switzerland)
- Hellgate, starring Sterling Hayden
- Hiawatha, starring Vince Edwards
- High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper (Oscar for best actor) and Grace Kelly
- Los hijos de María Morales (The Children of Maria Morales), starring Pedro Infante – (Mexico)
- Holiday for Sinners, starring Gig Young and Janice Rule
- The Holly and the Ivy, starring Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson – (GB)
- Home at Seven, directed by and starring Ralph Richardson – (GB)
- Horizons West, starring Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr
- Hunted, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley – (GB)
I
[edit]- The I Don't Care Girl, starring Mitzi Gaynor and Oscar Levant
- I Dream of Jeanie, starring Bill Shirley
- 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 – (GB)
- Indian Uprising, starring George Montgomery
- It Grows on Trees, starring Irene Dunne
- Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor
J
[edit]- Jaal (Net), starring Dev Anand – (India)
- Jack and the Beanstalk, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Japanese War Bride, starring Shirley Yamaguchi and Don Taylor
- The Jazz Singer, starring Danny Thomas and Peggy Lee
- Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair) – (Italy)
- Jumping Jacks, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Just This Once, starring Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford
K
[edit]- Kangaroo, starring Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford
- Kansas City Confidential, starring John Payne and Coleen Gray
- Kid Monk Baroni, starring Leonard Nimoy
L
[edit]- Lady in the Iron Mask, starring Louis Hayward
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- The Last Page, a.k.a. Man Bait, starring George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors – (GB)
- The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan)
- Lightning (Inazuma), directed by Mikio Naruse – (Japan)
- Limelight, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, with Claire Bloom
- Lola the Coalgirl, directed by Luis Lucia and starring Juanita Reina, Virgílio Teixeira (Spain)
- Lone Star, starring Clark Gable and Ava Gardner
- Lost in Alaska, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Lovely to Look At, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Red Skelton
- Lure of the Wilderness, starring Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Walter Brennan
- The Lusty Men, starring Robert Mitchum
M
[edit]- Macao, starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
- Mandy, starring Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hawkins – (GB)
- The Marrying Kind, starring Judy Holliday
- Meet Danny Wilson, starring Frank Sinatra
- The Member of the Wedding, starring Julie Harris
- The Merry Widow, starring Lana Turner
- Mexican Bus Ride (Subida al cielo), directed by Luis Buñuel – (Mexico)
- Million Dollar Mermaid, starring Esther Williams and Victor Mature
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, starring Gilbert Roland
- Les Misérables, starring Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget
- Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe
- Monsoon, starring Diana Douglas and Ursula Thiess
- Montana Belle, starring Jane Russell
- Moulin Rouge, starring José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor – (GB)
- My Cousin Rachel, starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton
- My Pal Gus, starring Richard Widmark and George Winslow
- My Six Convicts, starring Gilbert Roland
- My Son John, starring Robert Walker and Van Heflin
N
[edit]- The Narrow Margin, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Charles McGraw
- Neighbours – (Canada)
- Never Look Back directed by Francis Searle, starring Rosamund John – (GB)
- No Room for the Groom, directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie
O
[edit]- O. Henry's Full House, an anthology film starring Charles Laughton, David Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain
- One Big Affair, starring Evelyn Keyes
- One Minute to Zero, directed by Tay Garnett, starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth
- Othello (a.k.a. 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 – (GB)
- The Overcoat (Il Cappotto) – (Italy)
P
[edit]- Pahit-Pahit Manis, starring Titien Sumarni and Chatir Harro (Indonesia)
- Panta Rhei, directed by Bert Haanstra
- Pat and Mike, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
- Phone Call from a Stranger, starring Shelley Winters and Gary Merrill
- The Pickwick Papers, starring James Hayter and James Donald – (GB)
- Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House of Pleasure), directed by Max Ophüls, starring Claude Dauphin – (France)
- The Planter's Wife, directed by Ken Annakin, starring Claudette Colbert, Jack Hawkins & Anthony Steel – (GB)
- Pony Soldier, starring Tyrone Power
- The Pride of St. Louis, starring Dan Dailey
- The Prisoner of Zenda, starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Jane Greer
Q
[edit]- The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
R
[edit]- Rancho Notorious, starring Marlene Dietrich
- Red Ball Express, starring Jeff Chandler
- Red Planet Mars, starring Peter Graves
- Retreat, Hell!, starring Frank Lovejoy
- Return of the Texan, starring Dale Robertson and Joanne Dru
- Reverón, directed by Margot Benacerraf
- Road to Bali, starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
- Rome 11:00 – (Italy)
- Room for One More, starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake
- Ruby Gentry, starring Jennifer Jones, Charlton Heston and Karl Malden
S
[edit]- Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Sangdil, starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala – (India)
- Saturday Island, starring Linda Darnell and Tab Hunter – (GB)
- The Savage, starring Charlton Heston and Susan Morrow
- Scandal Sheet, starring Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed
- Scaramouche, starring Stewart Granger and Janet Leigh
- The Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy tsvetochek) – (U.S.S.R.)
- Sea Tiger, starring Marguerite Chapman
- Secrets of Women (Kvinnors väntan), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden)
- Siempre tuya (Forever Yours) – (Mexico)
- Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Donald O'Connor
- The Sniper, directed by Edward Dmytryk
- The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) – (U.S.S.R.)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
- Something Money Can't Buy, directed by Pat Jackson, starring Patricia Roc, Anthony Steel, Moira Lister & A.E. Matthews – (U.K.)
- Something to Live For, directed by George Stevens, starring Joan Fontaine and Teresa Wright
- Son of Paleface, directed by Frank Tashlin, starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers
- Song of the Sea (O canto do mar), directed by Alberto Cavalcanti – (Brazil)
- The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean, starring Ralph Richardson – (GB)
- Springfield Rifle, starring Gary Cooper and Phyllis Thaxter
- The Star, starring Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden
- Stars and Stripes Forever, starring Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner and Ruth Hussey
- Steel Town, starring Ann Sheridan and John Lund
- The Steel Trap, starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright
- The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Stop, You're Killing Me, starring Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor
- The Story of Will Rogers, starring Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman
- Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
T
[edit]- The Hour of 13, starring Peter Lawford
- The Thief, starring Ray Milland
- This Is Cinerama, directed by Merian C. Cooper
- Thunderbirds, starring John Derek
- Tico-Tico no Fubá, directed by Adolfo Celi – (Brazil)
- Toto in Colour (Totò a colori), starring Totò – (Italy)
- Toxi, directed by Robert A. Stemmle (West Germany)
- Trent's Last Case, starring Orson Welles and Michael Wilding – (GB)
- The Turning Point, starring William Holden, Alexis Smith, Edmond O'Brien
- Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) – (Italy)
U
[edit]- Umberto D., directed by Vittorio De Sica – (Italy)
- Untamed Frontier, starring Joseph Cotten and Shelley Winters
V
[edit]- La villa Santo-Sospir, short film directed by Jean Cocteau – (France)
- Viva Zapata!, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Peters
W
[edit]- We're Not Married!, starring Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor
- The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) – (Finland)
- The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco), directed by Federico Fellini – (Italy)
- Who Goes There!, starring Nigel Patrick and Valerie Hobson – (GB)
- Wide Boy, starring Sydney Tafler and Susan Shaw – (GB)
- The Wild North, starring Stewart Granger and Cyd Charisse
- Wings of Danger, directed by Terence Fisher, starring Zachary Scott – (GB)
- The Witch (Noita palaa elämään) – (Finland)
- 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, starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Ann Blyth
Y
[edit]- You for Me, starring Peter Lawford, Jane Greer, Gig Young
- Young Man with Ideas, starring Glenn Ford and Ruth Roman
Film releases
[edit]January–March
[edit]- February 7 - Viva Zapata!
- February 13 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-release)
- February 19 - Retreat, Hell!
- February 22
April–June
[edit]- April 4 - With a Song in My Heart
- May 2 - The Narrow Margin
- May 15 - Outcast of the Islands
- June 13 - No Room for the Groom
- June 26 - The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
July–September
[edit]- July 21 - One Minute to Zero
- July 23 - Untamed Frontier
- August 21 - The Quiet Man
- September 18 - O. Henry's Full House
October–December
[edit]- November 26 - Bwana Devil
- December 25
Serials
[edit]- 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 and Leonard Nimoy
Short film series
[edit]- 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
[edit]- January 1 - David Andrews, American character actor
- January 6
- Armelia McQueen, American actress (died 2020)
- Frank Sivero, Italian-American character actor
- January 11 - Bille Brown, Australian actor (died 2013)
- January 18 - Michael Angelis, English actor (died 2020)
- January 22 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (died 2007)
- February 2 - Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014)
- February 4
- Lisa Eichhorn, American actress
- Richard Lineback, American actor
- February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (died 2010)
- February 14 - Anton Lesser, English actor
- February 22 - Issey Ogata, Japanese actor and comedian
- March 2 – Laraine Newman, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
- March 4 - Ronn Moss, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- March 6 - John David Carson, American actor (died 2009)
- March 11 - James Fleet, English actor
- March 19 – Harvey Weinstein, American producer
- March 24 - Nicholas Campbell, Canadian actor and filmmaker
- March 27 – Kalju Orro, Estonian actor
- April 1 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
- April 5 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
- April 6 – Marilu Henner, American actress
- April 7
- Dennis Hayden, American actor, producer and writer
- Clarke Peters, American-British actor, writer and director
- April 8 - Andrew Stahl, American actor
- April 10
- Robert Miranda, American actor
- Steven Seagal, American actor & martial artist
- April 11 - Michael Thomas, British actor (died 2019)
- April 13 - Erick Avari, Indian-American actor
- April 15 – Glenn Shadix, American actor (died 2010)
- April 16 – Billy West, American voice actor, musician, singer and songwriter
- April 17 - Joe Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (died 2016)
- April 26 - Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress
- April 28 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
- May 1 - Pierre van Pletzen, South African actor, writer and director
- May 2
- Christine Baranski, American actress
- Thom Gossom Jr., American actor
- May 6
- Gregg Henry, American actor & musician
- Fred Newman, American actor and comedian
- May 9 - Patrick Ryecart, English actor
- May 11
- Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
- Frances Fisher, British-born American actress
- May 14 – Robert Zemeckis, American director
- May 15 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor
- May 20 - Julia Deakin, English actress
- May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, bodyguard, television personality and retired professional wrestler
- May 22 - Mike Muscat, American actor
- May 28 - Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (died 2018)
- May 31 – Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)[16]
- June 4 - Kerry Shale, Canadian actor and writer
- June 5 - Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker (died 2024)
- June 7 – Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
- June 18
- Miriam Flynn, American voice actress and character actress
- Carol Kane, American actress
- Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- June 19 - Virginia Hey, Australian actress
- June 20
- John Goodman, American actor
- Larry Riley, American actor and musician (died 1992)
- June 22 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
- June 26 - Peter Crombie, American actor (died 2024)
- June 30 - Patrick Pinney, American actor
- July 1
- Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor & comedian
- Brian George, Israeli-English actor, voice artist, comedian and singer
- July 3 - Rick Ducommun, Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
- July 6 - Dean Parisot, American director
- July 8 - Mary Ellen Trainor, American character actress (died 2015)
- July 11
- Tim de Zarn, American actor
- Stephen Lang, American actor
- July 13 - Rosemary Dunsmore, Canadian actress and director
- July 14
- Stan Shaw, American actor
- Joel Silver, American producer
- July 15
- Celia Imrie, English actress
- Terry O'Quinn, American actor
- Judson Scott, American actor
- July 17 - David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, producer and television personality
- July 20
- Adrian Biddle, English cinematographer (died 2005)
- Nathaniel Lees, New Zealand actor and director
- July 21 - George Wallace, American comedian and actor
- July 24 – Gus Van Sant, American director
- August 10
- Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
- Diane Venora, American actress
- August 12 - Ronald Guttman, Belgian actor and producer
- August 16 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
- August 18 – Patrick Swayze, American actor & dancer (died 2009)
- August 19 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor & director
- August 26 – Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
- August 27 – Paul Reubens, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (died 2023)
- September 1 - Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
- September 4
- Alan Blumenfeld, American character actor
- Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (died 2020)
- September 5 - Michael Horton, American actor
- September 6 - Vitali Baganov, Russian actor
- September 8 - David R. Ellis, American director and stunt performer (died 2013)
- September 9 - Angela Cartwright, British-American actress
- September 13 - Christine Estabrook, American actress
- September 16 – Mickey Rourke, American actor and screenwriter
- September 19 – Rein Aedma, Estonian actor
- September 24 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (died 2004)
- September 25 - Colin Friels, Scottish-born Australian actor
- September 26 - James Keane, American actor
- September 29 - Gábor Csupó, Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer, and graphic designer
- September 30
- October 5 - Harold Faltermeyer, German musician and composer
- October 7
- Mary Badham, American actress
- Tom McBride, American actor (died 1995)
- October 8 - Edward Zwick, American filmmaker
- October 13 - John Lone, Chinese-American actor
- October 14 - Rick Aviles, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1995)
- October 22
- Jeff Goldblum, American actor
- John Howard, Australian actor
- October 27 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
- October 28
- Annie Potts, American actress
- Jim Turner, American actor and stand-up comedian
- October 30 - Emily Kuroda, American actress
- November 3
- Roseanne Barr, American actress and stand-up comedian
- Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- November 6 - Gary Goetzman, American producer and actor
- November 8 – Alfre Woodard, American actress
- November 9 - John Megna, American actor and director (died 1995)
- November 13 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
- November 14
- Bill Farmer, American voice actor and comedian
- Chris Noonan, Australian filmmaker and actor
- Maggie Roswell, American actress, comedian, writer and producer
- November 15 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, commentator, actor, rapper and professional baseball player (died 2011)
- November 18 – Delroy Lindo, British actor
- November 24 – Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director
- November 28 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
- November 29 - Jeff Fahey, American actor
- November 30 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor
- December 1 - Forry Smith, American actor
- December 2 - Keith Szarabajka, American actor
- December 3 - Mel Smith, English comedian, actor and director (died 2013)
- December 8 - Greg Collins, American character actor and former professional football linebacker
- December 9 - Michael Dorn, American actor
- December 12 – Sarah Douglas, English actress
- December 20 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
- December 21 - Dennis Boutsikaris, American character actor
- December 25 - CCH Pounder, Guayanese-born American actress
- December 29 – Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress
Deaths
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Curlydisorder.jpg/250px-Curlydisorder.jpg)
- January 18 – Curly Howard, comedian (b. 1903), The Three Stooges
- January 25 – Polly Moran, actress (b. 1883), Chasing Rainbows, Adam's Rib
- March 1 – Gregory La Cava, director (b. 1892), My Man Godfrey, Stage Door
- March 26 – J. P. McGowan, director (b. 1880), Where the West Begins, Tarzan and the Golden Lion
- April 21 – Leslie Banks, actor (b. 1890), The Most Dangerous Game, Jamaica Inn
- May 9 – Canada Lee, actor (b. 1907), Lifeboat, Lost Boundaries, Cry, the Beloved Country
- May 21 – John Garfield, actor (b. 1913), Body and Soul, Nobody Lives Forever, Gentleman's Agreement
- May 8 – William Fox, movie executive (b. 1879), 7th Heaven
- May 26 – Richard Rober, actor (b. 1910), The Well, The File on Thelma Jordon
- June 27 – Elmo Lincoln, actor (b. 1889), Tarzan of the Apes, The Adventures of Tarzan
- July 6 – Gertrud Wolle, actress (b. 1891), The Hound of the Baskervilles
- August 2 – J. Farrell MacDonald, actor (b. 1875), Me and My Gal, The Last Alarm
- August 18 – Ralph Byrd, actor (b. 1909), Dick Tracy's Dilemma, The Vigilante
- August 28 – Lamar Trotti, screenwriter (b. 1900), The Ox-Bow Incident, Cheaper by the Dozen
- September 7 – Gertrude Lawrence, actress (b. 1898), Rembrandt, The Glass Menagerie
- October 11 – Jack Conway, director (b. 1888), Boom Town, Libeled Lady, Viva Villa!
- October 17 – Julia Dean, stage and screen actress (b. 1878), A Society Exile, The Curse of the Cat People
- October 20 – Basil Radford, actor (b. 1887), Crook's Tour, The Galloping Major
- October 23 – Susan Peters, actress (b. 1921), Song of Russia, Random Harvest
- October 26 – Hattie McDaniel, actress (b. 1893), Gone with the Wind, Saratoga
- November 1 – Dixie Lee, actress (b. 1912), Manhattan Love Song, Love in Bloom
- November 6 – George H. Reed, actor, (b. 1866), Huckleberry Finn, Green Pastures
Film Debuts
[edit]- Nick Adams – Somebody Loves Me
- Jane Asher – Mandy
- Leon Askin – Assignment – Paris!
- Laurence Badie – Forbidden Games
- Anne Bancroft – Don't Bother to Knock
- Brigitte Bardot – Crazy for Love
- Geoffrey Bayldon – Trent's Last Case
- Erica Beer – Captive Soul
- Geraldine Chaplin – Limelight
- Sydney Chaplin – Limelight
- Barrie Chase – Scaramouche
- Booth Colman – The Big Sky
- Chuck Connors – Pat and Mike
- Mike Connors – Sudden Fear
- Brigitte Fossey – Forbidden Games
- Michael Fox – Without Warning!
- Robert Fuller – Above and Beyond
- Zsa Zsa Gabor – Lovely to Look At
- Larry Gates – Glory Alley
- Raja Gosavi – Lakhachi Gosht
- George Hamilton – Lone Star
- Julie Harris – The Member of the Wedding
- Earl Holliman – Pony Soldier
- Russell Johnson – For Men Only
- Carolyn Jones – The Turning Point
- Miriam Karlin – Down Among the Z Men
- Christine Kaufmann – The White Horse Inn
- Helen Kleeb – Kansas City Confidential
- Eve McVeagh – High Noon
- Mort Mills – Affair in Trinidad
- Lee Montague – Moulin Rouge
- Alvy Moore – Okinawa
- Julie Newmar – She's Working Her Way Through College
- James O'Hara – The Quiet Man
- Christopher Rhodes – Moulin Rouge
- Henry Silva – Viva Zapata!
- Larri Thomas – Road to Bali
- Robert Urquhart – You're Only Young Twice
- Lee Van Cleef – High Noon
- Gregory Walcott – Red Skies of Montana
- Dennis Weaver – Horizons West
- Kenneth Williams – Trent's Last Case
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ a b "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952." Variety, January 7, 1953.
- ^ a b "Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue". boxofficereport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
- ^ Meyers, Jeffrey (1998). Gary Cooper: American Hero. ISBN 0-688-15494-8.
High Noon grossed $3.75 million in America and eventually earned $18 million worldwide, and Cooper was said to have earned $600,000 from this film.
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- ^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 96. ISBN 978-4873767550.
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- ^ "The Greatest Show on Earth". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ Bosley Crowther (January 11, 1952). "De Mille Puts Greatest Show on Earth on Film for All to See". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Lauren Niland (February 17, 2012). "1952: Charlie Chaplin banned from the US". The Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Gomery, Douglas (1992). Shared pleasures: a history of movie presentation in the United States. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780299132149.
- ^ "Achache, Carole (1952-....)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.