Date: 20 March
Host: Danny Kaye
Location: RKO Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Arthur Freed
Other Nominees:
Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Anatole Litvak; Frank McCarthy (III)
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens Jr.
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Sam Zimbalist
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Charles K. Feldman
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:
African Queen, The (1951) - Humphrey Bogart
Other Nominees:
Bright Victory (1951) - Arthur Kennedy (I)
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Fredric March
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Montgomery Clift
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Marlon Brando
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Vivien Leigh
Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - Katharine Hepburn
Blue Veil, The (1951) - Jane Wyman
Detective Story (1951) - Eleanor Parker (I)
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Shelley Winters
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Karl Malden
Other Nominees:
Come Fill the Cup (1951) - Gig Young
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Kevin McCarthy
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Leo Genn
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Peter Ustinov
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner:
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Kim Hunter
Other Nominees:
Blue Veil, The (1951) - Joan Blondell
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Mildred Dunnock
Detective Story (1951) - Lee Grant (I)
Mating Season, The (1951) - Thelma Ritter
Best Director
Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - George Stevens
Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - John Huston
American in Paris, An (1951) - Vincente Minnelli
Detective Story (1951) - William Wyler
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Elia Kazan
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Alan Jay Lerner
Other Nominees:
Big Carnival, The (1951) - Billy Wilder; Lesser Samuels; Walter Newman (I)
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Philip Dunne
Go for Broke! (1951) - Robert Pirosh
Well, The (1951) - Clarence Greene; Russell Rouse
Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
Winner:
Seven Days to Noon (1950) - Paul Dehn; James Bernard
Other Nominees:
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951) - Budd Boetticher; Ray Nazarro
Frogmen, The (1951) - Oscar Millard
Here Comes the Groom (1951) - Robert Riskin; Liam O'Brien (I)
Teresa (1951) - Alfred Hayes; Stewart Stern
Best Writing, Screenplay
Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Michael Wilson (I); Harry Brown (I)
Other Nominees:
African Queen, The (1951) - James Agee; John Huston
Detective Story (1951) - Philip Yordan; Robert Wyler
Ronde, La (1950) - Jacques Natanson; Max Ophüls
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Tennessee Williams
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - William C. Mellor
Other Nominees:
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Franz Planer
Frogmen, The (1951) - Norbert Brodine
Strangers on a Train (1951) - Robert Burks
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Harry Stradling Sr.
Best Cinematography, Color
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Alfred Gilks; John Alton (I)
Other Nominees:
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Leon Shamroy
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Robert Surtees; William V. Skall
Show Boat (1951) - Charles Rosher
When Worlds Collide (1951) - John F. Seitz; W. Howard Greene
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Cedric Gibbons; E. Preston Ames; Edwin B. Willis; F. Keogh Gleason
Other Nominees:
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; George W. Davis; Thomas Little; Paul S. Fox
On the Riviera (1951) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little; Walter M. Scott
Quo Vadis? (1951) - William A. Horning; Cedric Gibbons; Edward C. Carfagno; Hugh Hunt
Tales of Hoffmann, The (1951) - Hein Heckroth
Best Costume Design, Color
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Orry-Kelly; Walter Plunkett; Irene Sharaff
Other Nominees:
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Charles Le Maire; Edward Stevenson
Great Caruso, The (1951) - Helen Rose; Gile Steele
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Herschel McCoy (I)
Tales of Hoffmann, The (1951) - Hein Heckroth
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White
Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Edith Head
Other Nominees:
Kind Lady (1951) - Walter Plunkett; Gile Steele
Model and the Marriage Broker, The (1951) - Charles Le Maire; Renié
Mudlark, The (1950) - Edward Stevenson; Margaret Furse
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Lucinda Ballard
Best Sound, Recording
Winner:
Great Caruso, The (1951) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M)
Other Nominees:
Bright Victory (1951) - Leslie I. Carey (U-I)
I Want You (1951) - Gordon Sawyer (Goldwyn)
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros.)
Best Effects, Special Effects
Winner:
When Worlds Collide (1951) - Gordon Jennings
Best Music, Song
Winner:
Here Comes the Groom (1951) - Hoagy Carmichael (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
- For the song "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
Other Nominees:
Golden Girl (1951) - Lionel Newman (music); Eliot Daniel (lyrics)
- For the song "Never"
Rich, Young and Pretty (1951) - Nicholas Brodszky (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
- For the song "Wonder Why"
Royal Wedding (1951) - Burton Lane (music); Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics)
- For the song "Too Late Now"
Strip, The (1951) - Bert Kalmar; Harry Ruby; Oscar Hammerstein II
- For the song "A Kiss to Build a Dream on"
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Winner:
Place in the Sun, A (1951) - Franz Waxman
Other Nominees:
David and Bathsheba (1951) - Alfred Newman
Death of a Salesman (1951) - Alex North
Quo Vadis? (1951) - Miklós Rózsa
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) - Alex North
Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Winner:
American in Paris, An (1951) - Johnny Green (I); Saul Chaplin
Other Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (1951) - Oliver Wallace
Great Caruso, The (1951) - Peter Herman Adler; Johnny Green (I)
On the Riviera (1951) - Alfred Newman
Show Boat (1951) - Adolph Deutsch; Conrad Salinger
Best Short Subject, Cartoons
Winner:
Two Mouseketeers, The (1952) - Fred Quimby
Other Nominees:
Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) - Walt Disney
Rooty Toot Toot (1952) - Stephen Bosustow