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- 1952: Franz Waxman, A Place in the Sun (drama or comedy); Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin, An American in Paris Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin landed a well-earned Oscar for their score to An American in Paris, one of the most iconic of all movie musicals.
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* Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) - Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin * Best Motion Picture - Arthur Freed, Producer * Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Alan Jay Lerner
- Honorary Foreign Language Film Award
- Best Sound Recording
- Honorary Award
- Scientific Or Technical Award
Rashomon Note: …voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951.
The Great Caruso Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Studio Sound Department and Douglas Shearer [Sound Director]
Gene Kelly Note: …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.
Gordon Jennings, S.L. Stancliffe and Paramount Studio Special Photographic and Engineering Departments Note: …for the design, construction and application of a servo-operated recording and repeatin...Olin L. Dupy [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio] Note: …for the design, construction and application of a motion picture reproducing system.Radio Corporation of America, Victor Division Note: …for pioneering direct positive recording with anticipatory noise reduction.Feb 5, 2014 · “Thumbelina” – Hans Christian Andersen – Music, Lyrics by Frank Loesser “Zing A Little Zong” – Just for You – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Leo Robin MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of 1951. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye . An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting Best Picture and Best Director , respectively.
An American In Paris also won Academy Awards for Color Art Direction-Set Decoration (Cedric Gibbons, Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and Keogh Gleason), Color Cinematography (Alfred Gilks and John Alton), Color Costume Design (Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett, and Irene Sharaff), Music – Scoring of a Musical Picture (Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin ...
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright; Set Decoration: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
Jan 20, 2017 · Discover the power and joy of classical music. Start the quiz. As the Academy Awards approach, we're taking a decade-by-decade look back at Oscar-winning film scores. 1950s films featured big scores for splashy widescreen spectaculars.
