1952 in film
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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
Births
- June 7 - Liam Neeson, actor
- June 18 - Isabella Rossellini, actress
Deaths
- 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
