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- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Release date March 27, 1952
Directed by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly ... Don Lockwood
Debbie Reynolds ... Kathy Selden
Cyd Charisse ... Dancer
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jean Hagen)
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture - DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantGinger RogersMarilyn MonroeA chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.Release date August 29, 1952
Directed by Howard Hawks
Cary Grant ... Dr. Barnaby Fulton
Ginger Rogers ... Mrs. Edwina Fulton
Marilyn Monroe ... Miss Lois Laurel - DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsFernandelGino CerviVera TalchiA determined priest and a Communist mayor develop a grudging friendship in spite of their official rivalry.Release Date March 18, 1952
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Fernandel ... Don Camillo - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.Release date May 1, 1952
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper ... Marshal Will Kane
Grace Kelly ... Amy Fowler Kane
Lee Van Cleef ... Jack Colby
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Picture
WINNER Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Cooper)
NOMINEE Best Director
WINNER Best Film Editing
WINNER Best Music, Original Song
WINNER Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
NOMINEE Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLana TurnerKirk DouglasWalter PidgeonAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.Release date December 25, 1952
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Lana Turner ... Georgia
Kirk Douglas ... Jonathan
Gloria Grahame ... Rosemary
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kirk Douglas)
WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Gloria Grahame)
WINNER Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
WINNER Best Writing, Screenplay - DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGinger RogersMarilyn MonroeVictor MooreIn separate stories, five couples learn that they are not legally married.Release date July 11, 1952
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Ginger Rogers ... Ramona Gladwyn
Marilyn Monroe ... Annabel Jones Norris
Lee Marvin ... Pinky - DirectorVincent ShermanStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordAlexander ScourbyNightclub singer and her brother-in-law try to find her husband's killer.Release date July 29, 1952
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Rita Hayworth ... Chris Emery
Glenn Ford ... Steve Emery
Academy Awards 1953
NOMINEE Best Costume Design, Black-and-White - DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartRock HudsonArthur KennedyWhen a town boss confiscates homesteaders' supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them.Release date January 23, 1952
Directed by Anthony Mann
James Stewart ... Glyn McLyntock
Rock Hudson ... Trey Wilson - DirectorHenri VerneuilStarsFernandelFrançoise ArnoulJacques CastelotA doctor in southern France takes a mistress but lives to regret it.Release date 24 September 1952
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Fernandel ... Le docteur Charles Pellegrin - DirectorHal WalkerStarsDean MartinJerry LewisCorinne CalvetAlthough allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.Release date January 24, 1952
Directed by Hal Walker
Jerry Lewis ... Melvin Jones - DirectorSam NewfieldRon OrmondStarsMarie WindsorRichard RoberCarla BalendaThis rather unusual 50s western is set in a town where men may not enter. The town is controlled by a woman gambler who eventually succumbs to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.Release date April 28, 1952
Directed by Sam Newfield & Ron Ormond - DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRichard WidmarkMarilyn MonroeAnne BancroftAfter being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous.Release date July 18, 1952
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Marilyn Monroe ... Nell Forbes
Anne Bancroft ... Lyn Lesley - DirectorJean BoyerStarsFernandelRenée DevillersArlette PoirierMario (Fernandel), a bumptious sheep-shearer, discovers he has a inimtable touch that makes women, as well as sheep, swoon at his professional caress. He is soon the most sought-after hairdresser in France and is awarded the Legion of Honor. Among the women whose lives are changed by a hairdo(and his "touch") are Renee Devillers, his understanding wife; Arlette Poirier, a busy demimondaine, and Blanchette Brunoy, his most appreciative customer who sets up his ritzy establishment.Release date 9 May 1952
Directed by Jean Boyer
Fernandel ... Marius, dit Mario - DirectorHoward HawksStarsKirk DouglasDewey MartinElizabeth ThreattThe success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.Release date July 29, 1952
Directed by Howard Hawks
Kirk Douglas ... Jim Deakins
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Arthur Hunnicutt)
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Black-and-White - DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinClaire BloomNigel BruceA fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.Release date October 16, 1952
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin ... Calvero
Buster Keaton ... Calvero's Partner
Academy Awards, USA 1973
WINNER Best Music, Original Dramatic Score - DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorElizabeth TaylorJoan FontaineA knight seeks to free the captive King Richard and put him back on the throne.Release date June 12, 1952
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Elizabeth Taylor ... Rebecca
Joan Fontaine ... Rowena
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Picture
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color
NOMINEE Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - DirectorHenry KingRoy Ward BakerStarsGregory PeckSusan HaywardAva GardnerWriter Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.Release date September 17, 1952
Directed by Henry King
Gregory Peck ... Harry Street
Susan Hayward ... Helen
Ava Gardner ... Cynthia Green
Hildegard Knef ... Countess Liz
Academy Awards, USA 1953
NOMINEE Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
NOMINEE Best Cinematography, Color - DirectorJean RenoirStarsAnna MagnaniOdoardo SpadaroNada FiorelliThree men of varying social standing - a viceroy, a bullfighter, and a soldier - vie for the affections of an actress in 18th-century Peru.Release date 5 December 1952
Directed by Jean Renoir
Anna Magnani ... Camilla - DirectorKing VidorStarsJennifer JonesCharlton HestonKarl MaldenA sexy but poor young girl marries a rich man she doesn't love, but carries a torch for another man.Release date December 25, 1952
Directed by King Vidor
Jennifer Jones ... Ruby Gentry
Charlton Heston ... Boake Tackman - DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsKirk DouglasEve MillerPatrice WymoreA Quaker colony tries to save the giant sequoias from a timber baron.Release date February 5, 1952
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Kirk Douglas ... Jim Fallon - DirectorMaurice LabroStarsYves DeniaudJane MarkenBernard LajarrigeFollenfant, a designated lawyer, fails to justify Leguignon, who is scheduled to appear for insulting a policeman, but helps him to move when he is expropriated.Release date 9 May 1952
Directed by Maurice Labro
Louis de Funès ... Un habitant du quartier - DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsCarlo BattistiMaria Pia CasilioLina GennariAn elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.Release date 10 January 1952
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Academy Awards, USA 1957
NOMINEE Best Writing, Motion Picture Story - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaWhen Jerry befriends a canary, Tom finds it necessary to construct a makeshift pair of wings.Release date January 12, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsRed CoffeyTom is duck hunting, and he wings a little duckling that can't quite keep up with the flock. Jerry gets to the fallen duck before Tom, bandages his wing, and shelters him from Tom as he keeps running out to join his flock.Release date February 16, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsFrancoise Brun-CottanArthur Q. BryanWilliam HannaThis Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 17th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in the King's castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering "mouseketeers," make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.Release date March 15, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry
Academy Awards, USA 1952
WINNER Best Short Subject, Cartoons - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaPat McGeehanTom's in love again, and Jerry's devil conscience reminds him of times this has happened in the past (which, of course, we see, in the form of clips from earlier shorts), and how that's been nothing but trouble for Jerry.Release date April 12, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaThe Kanders BrothersLillian RandolphMammy Two-Shoes agrees to babysit three seemingly innocent kittens. But while she is away buying cream, the trio of brats torment Tom and Jerry.Release date April 19, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsDaws ButlerPinto ColvigWilliam HannaA baby seal escapes from the circus and ends up in Jerry's backyard pond. Tom finds out soon enough when Jerry grabs a fish from Tom's plate, and when the circus offers a $10,000 reward, his goal is clear. After some straightforward chases, Tom disguises himself in an inner tube to lure the seal and gets caught by the circus's own patrol.Release date June 14, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaBob ShamrockJerry removes a tack from Spike's paw. In gratitude, Spike gives Jerry a bell to ring when he's in trouble. Soon, Tom is acting as Jerry's servant. But then the city passes a leash law, and Spike can no longer help. Soon, Tom is taunting Spike (much like Foghorn Leghorn taunts the barnyard dog) and harassing Jerry, who becomes his servant until the leash law is repealed.Release date July 26, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsWilliam HannaHarry LangLillian RandolphTom's being especially lazy, which makes it even easier for Mammy to toss him out when her new mouse-catching robot cat, Mechano, arrives. Mechano is frighteningly efficient, foiling several attempts by Jerry. Jerry turns this efficiency against him by unleashing several mechanical mice; the zealous robot makes a shambles of the house, and finally itself, in the process of chasing them down. Tom is welcomed back, but at the last moment, a key part of the robot had gone down Tom's throat; Jerry activates it, and sends Tom chasing after one of the wind-up mice.Release date September 6, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsPaul FreesWilliam HannaHarry LangTom is the official cat on the cruise ship S.S. Aloha, but he'll be kicked off if the captain finds even one mouse. That one, of course, is Jerry, who sneaks on board just before sailing and is pursued relentlessly by Tom until they both run into the ship's theatre showing Texas Tom (1950), which they pause to watch part of.Release date October 18, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsDaws ButlerWilliam HannaBob ShamrockSpike is building his dream house when Tom crashes into it mid-chase. Of course, Jerry then takes every opportunity to route the chases through the construction project.Release date November 29, 1952
Directed by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Tom & Jerry - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetDaws ButlerSylvester gets a rubber mouse for Christmas, but he much prefers Granny's gift: a new Tweety Bird.Release date February 16, 1952
Directed by I. Freleng
Tweety - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancJohn T. SmithBugs Bunny's rabbit hole floods, causing him to float to the laboratory of an evil scientist who wants to use his brain for a robot.Release date April 19, 1952
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Bugs Bunny - DirectorChuck JonesStarsPaul JulianThe Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts, with their positions made visible only by the lamps on their helmets.Release date May 24, 1952
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Road Runner - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBea BenaderetSylvester Cat discovers Tweety Bird in a pet store window. Tweety is taken to be delivered by truck to a new owner - Granny. Sylvester chases the delivery truck to Granny's home, where Granny has a huge, fenced-in area for her army of bulldogs. Sylvester makes several unsuccessful attempts to pass the dogs and reach Tweety inside Granny's house.Release date June 21, 1952
Directed by I. Freleng
Tweety - DirectorChuck JonesStarsPaul JulianThe Coyote makes various attempts to get the Road Runner with an explosive-tipped arrow, by shooting himself out of a sling shot and by covering the road with quick drying cement.Release date August 23, 1952
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Road Runner - DirectorFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancSylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a doll house, evades the shots from a rifle Sylvester uses, and escapes in a vacuum tube. Tweety sends a dynamite stick through another tube, and Sylvester swallows it, thinking it is Tweety. The dynamite blows up inside Sylvester after the cat leaves the store and walks down the street.Release date August 30, 1952
Directed by I. Freleng
Tweety - DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanDaffy Duck tricks Elmer Fudd into believing it's rabbit season; but Bugs Bunny uses a female disguise and faulty pronouns to fight back.Release date September 20, 1952
Directed by Charles M. Jones
Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck
Elmer Fudd - DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancStan FrebergBugs rescues a young rabbit from Pete Puma and gives lessons on how to heckle.Release date November 15, 1952
Directed by Robert McKimson
Bugs Bunny - DirectorChuck JonesStarsBea BenaderetMel BlancA bulldog, charmed by a kitten, tries to keep her hidden from his human guardian.Release date February 2, 1952
Directed by Charles M. Jones - DirectorTex AveryStarsDaws ButlerTex AveryCarlos RamírezA magician seeks revenge against an opera singer for refusing to let him perform his magic act. He then devises what he thinks is a clever plan to enact his revenge with some hilarious results.Release date February 9, 1952
Directed by Tex Avery - DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AveryDaws ButlerJune ForayA happily married pair of taxicabs are delighted when Junior enters their lives, but this delight turns to consternation when he states his ambition to become a hotrodder...Release date May 17, 1952
Directed by Tex Avery - DirectorTex AveryStarsTex AverySara BernerDaws ButlerSpike gets a job running the house for a hibernating bear. Only problem is that same bear is VERY noise-sensitive, and Spike's got a rival that wants his job.Release date July 12, 1952
Directed by Tex Avery