1952 in film

See also: *1951 in film *1952 *1953 in film *1950s in film *years in film *film

Events

* February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater 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 feature-length color 3-D movie, is released.
*May Britt debuts in Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair

Top grossing films

:North America# The Greatest Show on Earth, starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Lawrence Tierney, and Gloria Grahame# Quo Vadis# Ivanhoe, starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, and George Sanders# The Snows of Kilimanjaro, starring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, and Ava Gardner# Sailor Beware# tie The African Queen and Jumping Jacks# tie High Noon and Son of Paleface# Singin' in the Rain

Academy Awards

*Best Picture: The Greatest Show on Earth - DeMille, Paramount
*Best Actor: Gary Cooper - High Noon
*Best Actress: Shirley Booth - Come Back, Little Sheba

Other films released

* Hans Christian Andersen, starring Danny Kaye and Farley Granger
* Ikiru
* The Importance of Being Earnest
* Invasion U.S.A.
* Jeux interdits (Forbidden Games)
* Moulin Rouge
* My Six Convicts
* Othello, directed by Orson Welles
* The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford
* The Sound Barrier, directed by David Lean
* This Is Cinerama
* Umberto D.
* The World in His Arms

Short film series

Donald Duck (1936)-(1956)
Popeye (1933-1957)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)
Tom and Jerry (1940-1958)

Births

*June 7 - Liam Neeson, actor
*June 18 - Isabella Rossellini, actress
*July 20 - Adrian Biddle, cinematographer (d. 2005)

Deaths

*January 18 - Curly Howard, comedian, of The Three Stooges
*April 21 - Leslie Banks, actor
*May 8 - Walter Fox, US movie producer
*October 23 - Susan Peters, actress
*October 26 - Hattie McDaniel, African-American actress best known as Mammy in Gone with the Wind