24TH ACADEMY AWARDS


The '24th Academy Awards' honored the best in films of 1951.
The single film which came out with the largest number of honours was ''An American in Paris'', which scooped six wins, including Best Motion Picture. However, ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' took four for itself, including three of the acting awards. Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh took the most coveted best actor and actress awards.

Contents
Winners
Best Motion Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Actor in a Supporting Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Directing
Writing
Motion Picture Story
Screenplay
Story and Screenplay
Cinematography
Black and White
Color
Art Direction
Black and White
Color
Sound Recording
Music
Song
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Scoring of a Musical Picture
Film Editing
Costume Design
Black and White
Color
Special Effects
Short Subjects
Cartoon
One-Reel
Two-Reel
Documentary
Short Subject
Feature
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Honorary Awards

Winners


Best Motion Picture

''An American in Paris'', Arthur Freed, producer (MGM)
Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart, in ''The African Queen''
Best Actress

Vivien Leigh, in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''
Actor in a Supporting Role

Karl Malden, in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''
Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Hunter, in ''A Streetcar Named Desire''
Directing

George Stevens, ''A Place in the Sun
Writing

Motion Picture Story

Paul Dehn and James Bernard, ''Seven Days to Noon''
Screenplay

Michael Wilson and Harry Brown, ''A Place in the Sun''
Story and Screenplay

Alan Jay Lerner, ''An American in Paris''
Cinematography

Black and White

William C. Mellor, ''A Place in the Sun''
Color

Alfred Gilks and John Alton, ''An American in Paris''
Art Direction

Black and White

Richard Day, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, ''A Streetcar Named Desire''
Color

Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason, set decoration, ''An American in Paris''
Sound Recording

MGM Studio Sound Dept., ''The Great Caruso''
Music

Song

"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", ''Here Comes the Groom'', Hoagy Carmichael, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Franz Waxman, ''A Place in the Sun''
Scoring of a Musical Picture

Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, ''An American in Paris''
Film Editing

William Hornbeck, ''A Place in the Sun''
Costume Design

Black and White

Edith Head, ''A Place in the Sun''
Color

Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff, ''An American in Paris''
Special Effects

''When Worlds Collide'', Paramount
Short Subjects

Cartoon

Two Mouseketeers (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)
One-Reel

World of Kids (Vitaphone Novelties Series) (Robert Youngson, producer; Warner Brothers)
Two-Reel

Nature's Half Acre (True-Life Adventure Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio)
Documentary

Short Subject

Benjy (Fred Zinnemann, producer; Paramount)
Feature

Kon-Tiki (Artfilm Production; RKO Radio)
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Arthur Freed
Honorary Awards


★ To 'Gene Kelly' in appreciation of his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.

★ To Rashomon (Japan) voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951

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