1951 (24th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1951. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations and winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur Freed, Producer.

Decision Before Dawn, 20th Century-Fox. (USA, West Germany) Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy, Producers.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. George Stevens, Producer.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sam Zimbalist, Producer.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Charles K. Feldman, Producer.

Best Actor

Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen, Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. (USA, UK)

Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun, Paramount.

Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory, Universal-International.

Fredric March in Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen, Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. (USA, UK)

Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

Eleanor Parker in Detective Story, Paramount.

Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun, Paramount.

Jane Wyman in The Blue Veil, Wald-Krasna Productions, Inc.; RKO Radio.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Leo Genn in Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Kevin McCarthy in Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

Peter Ustinov in Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Gig Young in Come Fill the Cup, Warner Bros.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Joan Blondell in The Blue Veil, Wald-Krasna Productions, Inc.; RKO Radio.

Mildred Dunnock in Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia.

Lee Grant in Detective Story, Paramount.

Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros.

Thelma Ritter in The Mating Season, Paramount.

Directing

The African Queen, Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. (USA, UK) John Huston.

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Vincente Minnelli.

Detective Story, Paramount. William Wyler.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. George Stevens.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Elia Kazan.

Art Direction-Set Decoration

(Black-and-White)

Fourteen Hours, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; set decoration by Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode.

House on Telegraph Hill, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; set decoration by Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.

La Ronde, Sacha Gordine Production; Commercial Pictures. (France) D’Eaubonne.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Art direction by Richard Day; set decoration by George James Hopkins.

Too Young to Kiss, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore.

(Color)

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames; set decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason.

David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and George Davis; set decoration by Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.

On the Riviera, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; musical settings by Joseph C. Wright; set decoration by Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; set decoration by Hugh Hunt.

Tales of Hoffmann, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Production; Lopert Films. (UK) Hein Heckroth.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Frank Planer.

The Frogmen, 20th Century-Fox. Norbert Brodine.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. William C. Mellor.

Strangers on a Train, Warner Bros. Robert Burks.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Harry Stradling.

(Color)

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alfred Gilks; ballet photography by John Alton.

David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Surtees and William V. Skall.

Show Boat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles Rosher.

When Worlds Collide, Paramount. John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene.

Costume Design

(Black-and-White)

Kind Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele.

The Model and the Marriage Broker, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire and Renie.

The Mudlark, 20th Century-Fox. (UK, USA) Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. Edith Head.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Lucinda Ballard.

(Color)

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff.

David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson.

The Great Caruso, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Helen Rose and Gile Steele.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Herschel McCoy.

Tales of Hoffmann, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Production; Lopert Films. (UK) Hein Heckroth.

Documentary

(Feature)

I Was a Communist for the F.B.I., Warner Bros. Bryan Foy, Producer.

Kon-Tiki, Artfilm Production; RKO Radio. (Norway, Sweden) Olle Nordemar, Producer.

(Short Subject)

Benjy, Paramount. Fred Zinnemann, Producer. [Made by Fred Zinnemann with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.]

One Who Came Back, United States Department of Defense; Association of Motion Picture Producers. Owen Crump, Producer. [Film sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, in cooperation with the United States Department of Defense and the Association of Motion Picture Producers.]

The Seeing Eye, Warner Bros. Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Film Editing

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adrienne Fazan.

Decision Before Dawn, 20th Century-Fox. (USA, West Germany) Dorothy Spencer.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. William Hornbeck.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ralph E. Winters.

The Well, Harry M. Popkin; United Artists. Chester Schaeffer.

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Death of a Salesman, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Alex North.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. Franz Waxman.

Quo Vadis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Miklos Rozsa.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Alex North.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Oliver Wallace.

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin.

The Great Caruso, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green.

On the Riviera, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Show Boat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger.

(Song)

In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening from Here Comes the Groom, Paramount. Music by Hoagy Carmichael; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

A Kiss to Build a Dream On from The Strip, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music and lyrics by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Never from Golden Girl, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Lionel Newman; lyrics by Eliot Daniel.

Too Late Now from Royal Wedding, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Burton Lane; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

Wonder Why from Rich, Young and Pretty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Nicholas Brodszky; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Lambert, the Sheepish Lion, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Special Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Rooty Toot Toot, UPA (United Productions of America); Columbia. [Jolly Frolics Series] Stephen Bosustow, Producer.

Two Mouseketeers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series] Fred Quimby, Producer.

(One-reel)

Ridin’ the Rails, Paramount. [Grantland Rice Sportlight Series] Jack Eaton, Producer.

The Story of Time, Signal Films Production; Cornell Film Company. (UK) Robert G. Leffingwell, Producer.

World of Kids, Warner Bros. [Vitaphone Novelties Series] Robert Youngson, Producer.

(Two-reel)

Balzac, Les Films du Compass; A. F. Films. (France)

Danger Under the Sea, Universal-International. Tom Mead, Producer.

Nature’s Half Acre, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [True-Life Adventure Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Sound Recording

Bright Victory, Universal-International. Universal-International Studio Sound Department, Leslie I. Carey, Sound Director.

The Great Caruso, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

I Want You, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Col. Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Two Tickets to Broadway, RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, John O. Aalberg, Sound Director.

Special Effects

When Worlds Collide, Paramount.

Writing

(Motion Picture Story)

Bullfighter and the Lady, Republic. Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro.

The Frogmen, 20th Century-Fox. Oscar Millard.

Here Comes the Groom, Paramount. Robert Riskin and Liam O’Brien.

Seven Days to Noon, Boulting Brothers; Mayer-Kingsley-Distinguished Films. (UK) Paul Dehn and James Bernard.

Teresa, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern.

(Screenplay)

The African Queen, Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. (USA, UK) James Agee and John Huston.

Detective Story, Paramount. Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler.

La Ronde, Sacha Gordine Production; Commercial Pictures. (France) Max Ophuls and Jacques Natanson.

A Place in the Sun, Paramount. Michael Wilson and Harry Brown.

A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Tennessee Williams.

(Story and Screenplay)

An American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alan Jay Lerner.

The Big Carnival, Paramount. Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman.

David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Philip Dunne.

Go for Broke!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Pirosh.

The Well, Harry M. Popkin; United Artists. Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse.

Honorary Award

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. [ [Statuette]]

(Foreign Language Film)

To Rashomon, Daiei Production; RKO Radio. (Japan) – voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951. [ [Statuette]]

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Arthur Freed

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class II)

To Gordon Jennings, S. L. Stancliffe, the Paramount Studio Special Photographic Department and the Paramount Studio Engineering Department for the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeating device.

To Olin L. Dupy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the design, construction and application of a motion picture reproducing system.

To Radio Corporation of America, Victor Division, for pioneering direct positive recording with anticipatory noise reduction.

(Class III)

To Richard M. Haff, Frank P. Herrnfeld, Garland C. Misener and the Ansco Film Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation for the development of the Ansco color scene tester.

To Fred Ponedel, Ralph Ayres and George Brown of Warner Bros. Studio for an air-driven water motor to provide flow, wake and white water for marine sequences in motion pictures.

To Glen Robinson and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department for the development of a new music wire and cable cutter.

To Jack Gaylord and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Construction Department for the development of balsa falling snow.

To Carlos Rivas of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio for the development of an automatic magnetic film splicer.