24th Academy Awards
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award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1951
Key facts
- Date
- March 20, 1952
- Site
- RKO Pantages Theatre , Hollywood, California
- Hosted by
- Danny Kaye
- Best picture
- An American in Paris
- Most awards
- An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun (6)
- Most nominations
- A Streetcar Named Desire (12)
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Series
- Academy Awards
- Followed by
- 25th Academy Awards
- Follows
- 23rd Academy Awards
- Location
- California
- Official website
- www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1952
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- presenter
- Danny Kaye
- point in time
- 1952-03-20
- edition number
- 24
- awarded for period
- 1951-00-00
- Commons category
- 1952 Academy Awards
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Encyclopedic overview
The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films from 1951 and the ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye.
An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director, respectively. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the four acting awards for which it was nominated. The film's only unsuccessful acting nomination was that of Marlon Brando, whose performance as Stanley Kowalski was later considered one of the most influential of modern film acting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “24th Academy Awards” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.