1952 in film
Overview of the events of 1952 in film
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1952
Rank
Title
Distributor(s)
Domestic rentals
1
The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount
$12,800,000[ 1]
2
This Is Cinerama Cinerama Releasing
$12,500,000[ 1]
3
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 20th Century Fox
$6,500,000[ 1]
4
Hans Christian Andersen RKO
$6,000,000[ 1]
5
Ivanhoe MGM
$5,810,000[ 2]
6
Sailor Beware Paramount
$4,300,000[ 3]
7
Moulin Rouge United Artists
$4,252,000[ 4]
8
Jumping Jacks Paramount
$4,000,000[ 3]
9
The Quiet Man Republic
$3,800,000[ 4]
10
High Noon United Artists
$3,750,000[ 5]
International
Country
Title
Director
Studio(s)
Gross
Ref
France
Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier
Cineriz , Francinex
12,791,168 admissions
[ 6]
India
Aan Mehboob Khan
Mehboob Productions
$5,880,000
[ b]
Italy
Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier
Cineriz , Francinex
13,215,653 admissions
[ 9]
Japan
Himeyuri no Tō Tadashi Imai
Toei Company
¥176,590,000
[ 10]
Soviet Union
Tarzan the Ape Man W. S. Van Dyke
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
42,900,000 admissions
[ 11]
United Kingdom
The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille
Paramount Pictures
13,000,000 admissions
[ 12]
Events
January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille 's circus epic, The Greatest Show on Earth Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[ 13] March 27 – The MGM musical Singin' in the Rain Radio City Music Hall in New York City.May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech " and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .
September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, James P. McGranery , announces plans to review his right to return to the US.[ 14] September 30 – The Cinerama multiple-projection widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller , makes its début in New York with the film This Is Cinerama [ 15] November 27 – Bwana Devil 3-D film , is released, and begins the demand for 3-D films that lasts for the next two years.
Awards
Notable films released in 1952
United States unless stated
A
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Above and Beyond Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker Affair in Trinidad Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford Against All Flags Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara Alraune Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim – (West Germany )Andrine og Kjell Norway )Androcles and the Lion Jean Simmons and Victor Mature Angel Face Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons Angels One Five Jack Hawkins – (GB )Anhonee Raj Kapoor and Nargis – (India )At Sword's Point Maureen O'Hara and Cornel Wilde The Atomic City Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke
B
Babes in Bagdad Paulette Goddard and Gypsy Rose Lee The Bad and the Beautiful Lana Turner , Kirk Douglas , Walter Pidgeon , Dick Powell , Barry Sullivan , Gloria Grahame Baiju Bawra Meena Kumari – (India )The Beast Must Die Argentina )Because of You Loretta Young Because You're Mine Mario Lanza The Belle of New York Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen Les Belles de nuit René Clair – (France )Belles on Their Toes Myrna Loy , Jeanne Crain , Debra Paget Bend of the River Anthony Mann , starring James Stewart , Arthur Kennedy , Julie Adams , Rock Hudson Beware, My Lovely Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan Big Jim McLain John Wayne and James Arness The Big Sky Kirk Douglas The Big Trees Kirk Douglas The Black Castle Stephen McNally , Boris Karloff , Lon Chaney Jr. Blackbeard the Pirate Robert Newton Brandy for the Parson James Donald and Kenneth More – (GB )Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory Clayton Moore The Bushwackers John Ireland and Lawrence Tierney
C
California Conquest Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright Captive Women Robert Clarke Carbine Williams James Stewart and Jean Hagen The Card Alec Guinness , Glynis Johns , Petula Clark – (GB )Carrie Laurence Olivier , Jennifer Jones , Miriam Hopkins Carson City Randolph Scott Casque d'Or Jacques Becker , starring Simone Signoret – (France )Children of Hiroshima Japan )Ciguli Miguli Yugoslavia )The City Stands Trial Luigi Zampa – (Italy )Clash by Night Fritz Lang , starring Barbara Stanwyck , Robert Ryan , Paul Douglas , Marilyn Monroe Come Back, Little Sheba Burt Lancaster and Shirley Booth The Crimson Pirate Burt Lancaster
D
Dark River Argentina )Deadline - U.S.A. Richard Brooks , starring Humphrey Bogart , Ethel Barrymore , Kim Hunter , Jim Backus , Martin Gabel Denver and Rio Grande Edmond O'Brien and Sterling Hayden Derby Day Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding – (Britain )Desperate Search Howard Keel and Jane Greer The Devil Makes Three Gene Kelly Diplomatic Courier Henry Hathaway , starring Tyrone Power Don't Bother to Knock Richard Widmark , Anne Bancroft , Marilyn Monroe Down Among the Z Men The Goons – (GB )Dreamboat Ginger Rogers , Clifton Webb , Elsa Lanchester , Anne Francis
E
F
G
A Girl in Every Port Groucho Marx , William Bendix , Marie Wilson , Dee Hartford Gloria Mairena Luis Lucia , starring Juanita Reina , Eduardo Fajardo , Rafael Arcos (Spain )The Golden Coach Jean Renoir , starring Anna Magnani – (France /Italy )The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille , starring Betty Hutton , Cornel Wilde , Charlton Heston , Gloria Grahame , Dorothy Lamour , James Stewart
H
Hangman's Knot Randolph Scott , Donna Reed , Lee Marvin Hans Christian Andersen Danny Kaye and Farley Granger The Happy Family Muriel Box , starring Stanley Holloway and Kathleen Harrison – (GB )The Happy Time Charles Boyer and Bobby Driscoll Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Piper Laurie , Rock Hudson , Charles Coburn Heidi Luigi Comencini – (Switzerland )Hellgate Sterling Hayden Hiawatha Vince Edwards High Noon Fred Zinnemann , starring Gary Cooper (Oscar for best actor) and Grace Kelly Los hijos de María Morales Pedro Infante – (Mexico )Holiday for Sinners Gig Young and Janice Rule The Holly and the Ivy Ralph Richardson and Celia Johnson – (GB)Home at Seven Ralph Richardson – (GB)Horizons West Robert Ryan , Rock Hudson , Raymond Burr Hunted Charles Crichton , starring Dirk Bogarde and Jon Whiteley – (GB )
I
The I Don't Care Girl Mitzi Gaynor and Oscar Levant I Dream of Jeanie Bill Shirley Ikiru Akira Kurosawa , starring Takashi Shimura – winner of Golden Bear – (Japan )The Importance of Being Earnest Anthony Asquith , starring Michael Redgrave – (GB )Indian Uprising George Montgomery It Grows on Trees Irene Dunne Ivanhoe Robert Taylor , Joan Fontaine , Elizabeth Taylor
J
K
L
Lady in the Iron Mask Louis Hayward Lambert the Sheepish Lion The Last Page Man Bait , starring George Brent , Marguerite Chapman , Diana Dors – (GB )The Life of Oharu Saikaku ichidai onna ), directed by Kenji Mizoguchi – (Japan )Lightning Mikio Naruse – (Japan)Limelight Charlie Chaplin , with Claire Bloom Lola the Coalgirl Luis Lucia and starring Juanita Reina , Virgílio Teixeira (Spain )Lone Star Clark Gable and Ava Gardner Lost in Alaska Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Lovely to Look At Kathryn Grayson , Howard Keel , Red Skelton Lure of the Wilderness Jean Peters , Jeffrey Hunter , Walter Brennan The Lusty Men Robert Mitchum
M
Macao Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell Mandy Phyllis Calvert and Jack Hawkins – (GB )The Marrying Kind Judy Holliday Meet Danny Wilson Frank Sinatra The Member of the Wedding Julie Harris The Merry Widow Lana Turner Mexican Bus Ride Luis Buñuel – (Mexico )Million Dollar Mermaid Esther Williams and Victor Mature The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Gilbert Roland Les Misérables Michael Rennie , Robert Newton , Debra Paget Monkey Business Cary Grant , Ginger Rogers , Charles Coburn , Marilyn Monroe Monsoon Diana Douglas and Ursula Thiess Montana Belle Jane Russell Moulin Rouge José Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor – (GB )My Cousin Rachel Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton My Pal Gus Richard Widmark and George Winslow My Six Convicts Gilbert Roland My Son John Robert Walker and Van Heflin
N
O
O. Henry's Full House Charles Laughton , David Wayne , Marilyn Monroe , Richard Widmark , Anne Baxter , Jeanne Crain One Big Affair Evelyn Keyes One Minute to Zero Tay Garnett , starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth Othello The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice ), written, directed by and starring Orson Welles Outcast of the Islands Carol Reed , starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard – (GB )The Overcoat Italy )
P
Pahit-Pahit Manis Titien Sumarni and Chatir Harro (Indonesia)Panta Rhei Bert Haanstra Pat and Mike Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn Phone Call from a Stranger Shelley Winters and Gary Merrill The Pickwick Papers James Hayter and James Donald – (GB )Le Plaisir Max Ophüls , starring Claude Dauphin – (France )The Planter's Wife Ken Annakin , starring Claudette Colbert , Jack Hawkins & Anthony Steel – (GB )Pony Soldier Tyrone Power The Pride of St. Louis Dan Dailey The Prisoner of Zenda Stewart Granger , Deborah Kerr , James Mason , Jane Greer
Q
R
Rancho Notorious Marlene Dietrich Red Ball Express Jeff Chandler Red Planet Mars Peter Graves Retreat, Hell! Frank Lovejoy Return of the Texan Dale Robertson and Joanne Dru Reverón Margot Benacerraf Road to Bali Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Rome 11:00 Italy )Room for One More Cary Grant and Betsy Drake Ruby Gentry Jennifer Jones , Charlton Heston and Karl Malden
S
Sailor Beware Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Sangdil Dilip Kumar and Madhubala – (India )Saturday Island Linda Darnell and Tab Hunter – (GB )The Savage Charlton Heston and Susan Morrow Scandal Sheet Broderick Crawford and Donna Reed Scaramouche Stewart Granger and Janet Leigh The Scarlet Flower U.S.S.R. )Sea Tiger Marguerite Chapman Secrets of Women Ingmar Bergman , starring Eva Dahlbeck – (Sweden )Siempre tuya Mexico )Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly , Debbie Reynolds , Jean Hagen , Donald O'Connor The Sniper Edward Dmytryk The Snow Maiden U.S.S.R. )The Snows of Kilimanjaro Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner Something Money Can't Buy Pat Jackson , starring Patricia Roc , Anthony Steel , Moira Lister & A.E. Matthews – (U.K. )Something to Live For George Stevens , starring Joan Fontaine and Teresa Wright Son of Paleface Frank Tashlin , starring Bob Hope , Jane Russell , Roy Rogers Song of the Sea Alberto Cavalcanti – (Brazil )The Sound Barrier David Lean , starring Ralph Richardson – (GB )Springfield Rifle Gary Cooper and Phyllis Thaxter The Star Bette Davis and Sterling Hayden Stars and Stripes Forever Clifton Webb , Debra Paget , Robert Wagner and Ruth Hussey Steel Town Ann Sheridan and John Lund The Steel Trap Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright The Stooge Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Stop, You're Killing Me Broderick Crawford and Claire Trevor The Story of Will Rogers Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman Sudden Fear Joan Crawford , Jack Palance , Gloria Grahame
T
The Hour of 13 Peter Lawford The Thief Ray Milland This Is Cinerama Merian C. Cooper Thunderbirds John Derek Tico-Tico no Fubá Adolfo Celi – (Brazil )Toto in Colour Totò – (Italy )Toxi Robert A. Stemmle (West Germany )Trent's Last Case Orson Welles and Michael Wilding – (GB )The Turning Point William Holden , Alexis Smith , Edmond O'Brien Two Cents Worth of Hope Italy )
U
V
W
We're Not Married! Ginger Rogers , Marilyn Monroe , Eve Arden , Paul Douglas , Eddie Bracken , Mitzi Gaynor The White Reindeer Finland )The White Sheik Federico Fellini – (Italy )Who Goes There! Nigel Patrick and Valerie Hobson – (GB )Wide Boy Sydney Tafler and Susan Shaw – (GB)The Wild North Stewart Granger and Cyd Charisse Wings of Danger Terence Fisher , starring Zachary Scott – (GB )The Witch Finland )With a Song in My Heart Susan Hayward A Woman Without Love Luis Buñuel – (Mexico )The World in His Arms Gregory Peck , Anthony Quinn , Ann Blyth
Y
Film releases
Serials
Short film series
Births
January 1 – David Andrews , American character actor
January 6
January 11 – Bille Brown , Australian actor (died 2013 )
January 17 – Kevin Reynolds , American director and screenwriter
January 18 – Michael Angelis , English actor (died 2020 )
January 22 – Ace Vergel , Filipino actor (died 2007)
February 2 – Carol Ann Susi , American actress (died 2014)
February 4
February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale , English actor (died 2010)
February 14 – Anton Lesser , English actor
February 22 – Issey Ogata , Japanese actor and comedian
March 2 – Laraine Newman , American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
March 4 – Ronn Moss , American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
March 6 – John David Carson , American actor (died 2009)
March 11 – James Fleet , English actor
March 19 – Harvey Weinstein , American producer
March 24 – Nicholas Campbell , Canadian actor and filmmaker
March 27 – Kalju Orro , Estonian actor
April 1 – Annette O'Toole , American actress
April 5 – Mitch Pileggi , American actor
April 6 – Marilu Henner , American actress
April 7
April 8 – Andrew Stahl , American actor
April 10
April 11 – Michael Thomas , British actor (died 2019)
April 13 – Erick Avari , Indian-American actor
April 15 – Glenn Shadix , American actor (died 2010)
April 16 – Billy West , American voice actor, musician, singer and songwriter
April 17 – Joe Alaskey , American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (died 2016)
April 19 - Tony Plana , Cuban-American actor and director
April 26 – Spice Williams-Crosby , American actress
April 28 – Mary McDonnell , American actress
April 29 – Nora Dunn , American actress and comedian
May 1 – Pierre van Pletzen , South African actor, writer and director
May 2
May 6
May 9 – Patrick Ryecart , English actor
May 11
May 14 – Robert Zemeckis , American director
May 15 – Chazz Palminteri , American actor
May 20 – Julia Deakin , English actress
May 21 – Mr. T , American actor, bodyguard, television personality and retired professional wrestler
May 22 – Mike Muscat , American actor
May 28 – Denis Akiyama , Canadian actor (died 2018)
May 31 – Carole Achache , French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)[ 16]
June 4 – Kerry Shale , Canadian actor and writer
June 5 – Connie Chiume , South African actress and filmmaker (died 2024)
June 7 – Liam Neeson , Northern Irish actor
June 18
June 19 – Virginia Hey , Australian actress
June 20
June 22 – Graham Greene , Canadian actor
June 26 – Peter Crombie , American actor (died 2024)
June 30 – Patrick Pinney , American actor
July 1
July 3 – Rick Ducommun , Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
July 6 – Dean Parisot , American director
July 8 – Mary Ellen Trainor , American character actress (died 2015)
July 11
July 13 – Rosemary Dunsmore , Canadian actress and director
July 14
July 15
July 17 – David Hasselhoff , American actor, singer, producer and television personality
July 20
July 21 – George Wallace , American comedian and actor
July 24 – Gus Van Sant , American director
August 6 - Brian Levant , American filmmaker
August 10
August 12 – Ronald Guttman , Belgian actor and producer
August 16 – Reginald VelJohnson , American actor
August 18 – Patrick Swayze , American actor & dancer (died 2009)
August 19 – Jonathan Frakes , American actor & director
August 26 – Michael Jeter , American actor (died 2003)
August 27 – Paul Reubens , American actor, comedian, writer and producer (died 2023)
September 1 – Michael Massee , American actor (died 2016)
September 4
September 5 – Michael Horton , American actor
September 6 – Vitali Baganov , Russian actor
September 8 – David R. Ellis , American director and stunt performer (died 2013)
September 9 – Angela Cartwright , British-American actress
September 13 – Christine Estabrook , American actress
September 16 – Mickey Rourke , American actor and screenwriter
September 19 – Rein Aedma , Estonian actor
September 24 – Christopher Reeve , American actor (died 2004)
September 25 – Colin Friels , Scottish-born Australian actor
September 26 – James Keane , American actor
September 29 – Gábor Csupó , Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer, and graphic designer
September 30
October 5 – Harold Faltermeyer , German musician and composer
October 7
October 8 – Edward Zwick , American filmmaker
October 13 – John Lone , Chinese-American actor
October 14 – Rick Aviles , American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1995)
October 22
October 27 – Roberto Benigni , Italian actor
October 28
October 30 – Emily Kuroda , American actress
November 3
November 6 – Gary Goetzman , American producer and actor
November 8 – Alfre Woodard , American actress
November 9 – John Megna , American actor and director (died 1995)
November 13 – Art Malik , Pakistani-born British actor
November 14
November 15 – Randy Savage , American professional wrestler, commentator, actor, rapper and professional baseball player (died 2011)
November 18 – Delroy Lindo , British actor
November 24 – Ulrich Seidl , Austrian director
November 28 – S. Epatha Merkerson , American actress
November 29 – Jeff Fahey , American actor
November 30 – Mandy Patinkin , American actor
December 1 – Forry Smith , American actor
December 2 – Keith Szarabajka , American actor
December 3 – Mel Smith , English comedian, actor and director (died 2013)
December 8 – Greg Collins , American character actor and former professional football linebacker
December 9 – Michael Dorn , American actor
December 12 – Sarah Douglas , English actress
December 20 – Jenny Agutter , English actress
December 21 – Dennis Boutsikaris , American character actor
December 25 – CCH Pounder , Guayanese-born American actress
December 29 – Külliki Saldre , Estonian actress
Deaths
Curly Howard in Disorder in the Court January 18 – Curly Howard , comedian (b. 1903), The Three Stooges
January 25 – Polly Moran , actress (b. 1883), Chasing Rainbows Adam's Rib
March 1 – Gregory La Cava , director (b. 1892), My Man Godfrey Stage Door
March 26 – J. P. McGowan , director (b. 1880), Where the West Begins Tarzan and the Golden Lion
April 21 – Leslie Banks , actor (b. 1890), The Most Dangerous Game Jamaica Inn
May 8 – William Fox , movie executive (b. 1879), 7th Heaven
May 9 – Canada Lee , actor (b. 1907), Lifeboat Lost Boundaries Cry, the Beloved Country
May 21 – John Garfield , actor (b. 1913), Body and Soul Nobody Lives Forever Gentleman's Agreement
May 26 – Richard Rober , actor (b. 1910), The Well The File on Thelma Jordon
June 27 – Elmo Lincoln , actor (b. 1889), Tarzan of the Apes The Adventures of Tarzan
July 6 – Gertrud Wolle , actress (b. 1891), The Hound of the Baskervilles
August 2 – J. Farrell MacDonald , actor (b. 1875), Me and My Gal The Last Alarm
August 18 – Ralph Byrd , actor (b. 1909), Dick Tracy's Dilemma The Vigilante
August 28 – Lamar Trotti , screenwriter (b. 1900), The Ox-Bow Incident Cheaper by the Dozen
September 7 – Gertrude Lawrence , actress (b. 1898), Rembrandt The Glass Menagerie
October 11 – Jack Conway , director (b. 1888), Boom Town Libeled Lady Viva Villa!
October 17 – Julia Dean , stage and screen actress (b. 1878), A Society Exile The Curse of the Cat People
October 20 – Basil Radford , actor (b. 1887), Crook's Tour The Galloping Major
October 23 – Susan Peters , actress (b. 1921), Song of Russia Random Harvest
October 26 – Hattie McDaniel , actress (b. 1893), Gone with the Wind Saratoga
November 1 – Dixie Lee , actress (b. 1912), Manhattan Love Song Love in Bloom
November 6 – George H. Reed , actor, (b. 1866), Huckleberry Finn Green Pastures
Film Debuts
Notes
^ 4.76 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1951 to 1965[ 8]
^ ₹28 million [ 7] million)[ a]
References
^ a b c d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story . Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359 . ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6 ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger , Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study^ a b "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952." Variety , January 7, 1953.
^ a b "Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue" . boxofficereport.com . Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.^ Meyers, Jeffrey (1998). Gary Cooper: American Hero . ISBN 0-688-15494-8 High Noon grossed $3.75 million in America and eventually earned $18 million worldwide, and Cooper was said to have earned $600,000 from this film. ^ "Bilan Annuel France – 1952" . JP's Box-Office . Retrieved 10 December 2018 .^ "Box Office 1952" . Box Office India the original on 22 September 2012.^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF) . UBC Sauder School of Business University of British Columbia . p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017 .^ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1952" . JP's Box-Office . Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2018 .^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011 . Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 96. ISBN 978-4873767550 ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev (4 July 2006). "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате" .^ "The Greatest Show on Earth" . British Film Institute . 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013 .^ Bosley Crowther (January 11, 1952). "De Mille Puts Greatest Show on Earth on Film for All to See" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 14, 2021 . ^ Lauren Niland (February 17, 2012). "1952: Charlie Chaplin banned from the US" . The Guardian . Retrieved December 14, 2021 . ^ Gomery, Douglas (1992). Shared pleasures: a history of movie presentation in the United States . Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780299132149 ^ "Achache, Carole (1952–....)" . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved 1 December 2023 .
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