The year 1952 in film involved some significant events. [edit] 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)
[edit] 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 | $6,000,000 | | 6. | Sailor Beware | Paramount | Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | $4,300,000 | | 7. | Moulin Rouge | United Artists | Jose 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 | [edit] 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
- 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
[edit] 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
- Affair in Trinidad, starring Rita Hayworth
- Against All Flags
- Alraune
- Androcles and the Lion
- Angel Face, starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons
- April 1, 2000
- The Atomic City, a thriller starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke
- 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
- Bend of the River
- The Big Sky
- The Big Trees
- The Black Castle starring Stephen McNally, Boris Karloff, and Lon Chaney Jr.
- Brandy for the Parson
- Brave Warrior
- Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
- Captive Women
- The Card
- Carrie, starring Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones and Miriam Hopkins
- Carson City
- Clash by Night, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe
- Come Back, Little Sheba, starring Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth
- The Crimson Pirate
- Don't Bother to Knock, starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe
- Down Among the Z Men
- Forbidden Games
- 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
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson and Charles Coburn
- Hiawatha
- High Noon, starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly
- Ikiru
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Invasion U.S.A.
- Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Joan Fontaine and Elizabeth Taylor
- 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, 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
- Monkey Business, starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe
- Montana Belle, starring Jane Russell
- Moulin Rouge, starring Jose Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor
- My Cousin Rachel, starring Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton
- My Six Convicts
- My Son John, starring Robert Walker and 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, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn
- Pepe el Toro, starring Pedro Infante
- The Pride of St. Louis
- The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
- Rancho Notorious, starring Marlene Dietrich
- Red Ball Express
- Red Planet Mars
- Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- The Savage, starring Charlton Heston
- Scaramouche, starring Errol Flynn
- Singin' in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly
- The Sniper
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner
- Son of Paleface
- The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean
- The Star, starring Bette Davis
- The Stooge, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
- Sudden Fear, starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame
- 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!, starring Marlon Brando and Jean Peters
- We're Not Married!, starring Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, Mitzi Gaynor, Louis Calhern and Zsa Zsa Gabor
- With a Song in My Heart, starring Susan Hayward
- The World in His Arms
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