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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 , is premièred at
Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
[13]
March 27 – The
MGM musical
Singin' in the Rain premieres at
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 , the first American, feature-length, color
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 , starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
Above and Beyond , starring
Robert Taylor and
Eleanor Parker
Affair in Trinidad , starring
Rita Hayworth and
Glenn Ford
Against All Flags , starring
Errol Flynn and
Maureen O'Hara
Alraune , starring
Hildegard Knef and
Erich von Stroheim – (
West Germany )
Andrine og Kjell – (
Norway )
Androcles and the Lion , starring
Jean Simmons and
Victor Mature
Angel Face , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Jean Simmons
Angels One Five , starring
Jack Hawkins – (
GB )
Anhonee , starring
Raj Kapoor and
Nargis – (
India )
At Sword's Point , starring
Maureen O'Hara and
Cornel Wilde
The Atomic City , starring
Gene Barry and
Lydia Clarke
B
Babes in Bagdad , starring
Paulette Goddard and
Gypsy Rose Lee
The Bad and the Beautiful , starring
Lana Turner ,
Kirk Douglas ,
Walter Pidgeon ,
Dick Powell ,
Barry Sullivan ,
Gloria Grahame
Baiju Bawra , starring
Meena Kumari – (
India )
The Beast Must Die (La Bestia debe morir) – (
Argentina )
Because of You , starring
Loretta Young
Because You're Mine , starring
Mario Lanza
The Belle of New York , starring
Fred Astaire and
Vera-Ellen
Les Belles de nuit (Beauties of the Night), directed by
René Clair – (
France )
Belles on Their Toes , starring
Myrna Loy ,
Jeanne Crain ,
Debra Paget
Bend of the River , directed by
Anthony Mann , starring
James Stewart ,
Arthur Kennedy ,
Julie Adams ,
Rock Hudson
Beware, My Lovely , starring
Ida Lupino and
Robert Ryan
Big Jim McLain , starring
John Wayne and
James Arness
The Big Sky , starring
Kirk Douglas
The Big Trees , starring
Kirk Douglas
The Black Castle , starring
Stephen McNally ,
Boris Karloff ,
Lon Chaney Jr.
Blackbeard the Pirate , starring
Robert Newton
Brandy for the Parson , starring
James Donald and
Kenneth More – (
GB )
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory , starring
Clayton Moore
The Bushwackers , starring
John Ireland and
Lawrence Tierney
C
California Conquest , starring
Cornel Wilde and
Teresa Wright
Captive Women , starring
Robert Clarke
Carbine Williams , starring
James Stewart and
Jean Hagen
The Card , starring
Alec Guinness ,
Glynis Johns ,
Petula Clark – (
GB )
Carrie , starring
Laurence Olivier ,
Jennifer Jones ,
Miriam Hopkins
Carson City , starring
Randolph Scott
Casque d'Or (Golden Helmet), directed by
Jacques Becker , starring
Simone Signoret – (
France )
Children of Hiroshima (Gembaku no ko) – (
Japan )
Ciguli Miguli – (
Yugoslavia )
The City Stands Trial (Processo alla città), directed by
Luigi Zampa – (
Italy )
Clash by Night , directed by
Fritz Lang , starring
Barbara Stanwyck ,
Robert Ryan ,
Paul Douglas ,
Marilyn Monroe
Come Back, Little Sheba , starring
Burt Lancaster and
Shirley Booth
The Crimson Pirate , starring
Burt Lancaster
D
Dark River (Las aguas bajan turbias) – (
Argentina )
Deadline - U.S.A. , directed by
Richard Brooks , starring
Humphrey Bogart ,
Ethel Barrymore ,
Kim Hunter ,
Jim Backus ,
Martin Gabel
Denver and Rio Grande , starring
Edmond O'Brien and
Sterling Hayden
Derby Day , starring
Anna Neagle and
Michael Wilding – (
Britain )
Desperate Search , starring
Howard Keel and
Jane Greer
The Devil Makes Three , starring
Gene Kelly
Diplomatic Courier , directed by
Henry Hathaway , starring
Tyrone Power
Don't Bother to Knock , starring
Richard Widmark ,
Anne Bancroft ,
Marilyn Monroe
Down Among the Z Men , starring
The Goons – (
GB )
Dreamboat , starring
Ginger Rogers ,
Clifton Webb ,
Elsa Lanchester ,
Anne Francis
E
F
G
A Girl in Every Port , starring
Groucho Marx ,
William Bendix ,
Marie Wilson ,
Dee Hartford
Gloria Mairena , directed by
Luis Lucia , starring
Juanita Reina ,
Eduardo Fajardo ,
Rafael Arcos (
Spain )
The Golden Coach (Le Carrosse d'or), directed by
Jean Renoir , starring
Anna Magnani – (
France /
Italy )
The Greatest Show on Earth , directed by
Cecil B. DeMille , starring
Betty Hutton ,
Cornel Wilde ,
Charlton Heston ,
Gloria Grahame ,
Dorothy Lamour ,
James Stewart
H
Hangman's Knot , starring
Randolph Scott ,
Donna Reed ,
Lee Marvin
Hans Christian Andersen , starring
Danny Kaye and
Farley Granger
The Happy Family , directed by
Muriel Box , starring
Stanley Holloway and
Kathleen Harrison – (
GB )
The Happy Time , starring
Charles Boyer and
Bobby Driscoll
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? , starring
Piper Laurie ,
Rock Hudson ,
Charles Coburn
Heidi , directed by
Luigi Comencini – (
Switzerland )
Hellgate , starring
Sterling Hayden
Hiawatha , starring
Vince Edwards
High Noon , directed by
Fred Zinnemann , starring
Gary Cooper (
Oscar for best actor) and
Grace Kelly
Los hijos de María Morales (The Children of Maria Morales), starring
Pedro Infante – (
Mexico )
Holiday for Sinners , starring
Gig Young and
Janice Rule
The Holly and the Ivy , starring
Ralph Richardson and
Celia Johnson – (GB)
Home at Seven , directed by and starring
Ralph Richardson – (GB)
Horizons West , starring
Robert Ryan ,
Rock Hudson ,
Raymond Burr
Hunted , directed by
Charles Crichton , starring
Dirk Bogarde and
Jon Whiteley – (
GB )
I
The I Don't Care Girl , starring
Mitzi Gaynor and
Oscar Levant
I Dream of Jeanie , starring
Bill Shirley
Ikiru (To Live), directed by
Akira Kurosawa , starring
Takashi Shimura – winner of
Golden Bear – (
Japan )
The Importance of Being Earnest , directed by
Anthony Asquith , starring
Michael Redgrave – (
GB )
Indian Uprising , starring
George Montgomery
It Grows on Trees , starring
Irene Dunne
Ivanhoe , starring
Robert Taylor ,
Joan Fontaine ,
Elizabeth Taylor
J
K
L
Lady in the Iron Mask , starring
Louis Hayward
Lambert the Sheepish Lion
The Last Page , a.k.a. Man Bait , starring
George Brent ,
Marguerite Chapman ,
Diana Dors – (
GB )
The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna ), directed by
Kenji Mizoguchi – (
Japan )
Lightning (Inazuma), directed by
Mikio Naruse – (Japan)
Limelight , directed by and starring
Charlie Chaplin , with
Claire Bloom
Lola the Coalgirl , directed by
Luis Lucia and starring
Juanita Reina ,
Virgílio Teixeira (
Spain )
Lone Star , starring
Clark Gable and
Ava Gardner
Lost in Alaska , starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
Lovely to Look At , starring
Kathryn Grayson ,
Howard Keel ,
Red Skelton
Lure of the Wilderness , starring
Jean Peters ,
Jeffrey Hunter ,
Walter Brennan
The Lusty Men , starring
Robert Mitchum
M
Macao , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Jane Russell
Mandy , starring
Phyllis Calvert and
Jack Hawkins – (
GB )
The Marrying Kind , starring
Judy Holliday
Meet Danny Wilson , starring
Frank Sinatra
The Member of the Wedding , starring
Julie Harris
The Merry Widow , starring
Lana Turner
Mexican Bus Ride (Subida al cielo), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
Million Dollar Mermaid , starring
Esther Williams and
Victor Mature
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima , starring
Gilbert Roland
Les Misérables , starring
Michael Rennie ,
Robert Newton ,
Debra Paget
Monkey Business , starring
Cary Grant ,
Ginger Rogers ,
Charles Coburn ,
Marilyn Monroe
Monsoon , starring
Diana Douglas and
Ursula Thiess
Montana Belle , starring
Jane Russell
Moulin Rouge , starring
José Ferrer and
Zsa Zsa Gabor – (
GB )
My Cousin Rachel , starring
Olivia de Havilland and
Richard Burton
My Pal Gus , starring
Richard Widmark and
George Winslow
My Six Convicts , starring
Gilbert Roland
My Son John , starring
Robert Walker and
Van Heflin
N
O
O. Henry's Full House , an anthology film starring
Charles Laughton ,
David Wayne ,
Marilyn Monroe ,
Richard Widmark ,
Anne Baxter ,
Jeanne Crain
One Big Affair , starring
Evelyn Keyes
One Minute to Zero , directed by
Tay Garnett , starring
Robert Mitchum and
Ann Blyth
Othello (a.k.a. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice ), written, directed by and starring
Orson Welles
Outcast of the Islands , directed by
Carol Reed , starring
Ralph Richardson and
Trevor Howard – (
GB )
The Overcoat (Il Cappotto) – (
Italy )
P
Pahit-Pahit Manis , starring
Titien Sumarni and Chatir Harro (Indonesia)
Panta Rhei , directed by
Bert Haanstra
Pat and Mike , starring
Spencer Tracy and
Katharine Hepburn
Phone Call from a Stranger , starring
Shelley Winters and
Gary Merrill
The Pickwick Papers , starring
James Hayter and
James Donald – (
GB )
Le Plaisir (a.k.a. House of Pleasure), directed by
Max Ophüls , starring
Claude Dauphin – (
France )
The Planter's Wife , directed by
Ken Annakin , starring
Claudette Colbert ,
Jack Hawkins &
Anthony Steel – (
GB )
Pony Soldier , starring
Tyrone Power
The Pride of St. Louis , starring
Dan Dailey
The Prisoner of Zenda , starring
Stewart Granger ,
Deborah Kerr ,
James Mason ,
Jane Greer
Q
R
Rancho Notorious , starring
Marlene Dietrich
Red Ball Express , starring
Jeff Chandler
Red Planet Mars , starring
Peter Graves
Retreat, Hell! , starring
Frank Lovejoy
Return of the Texan , starring
Dale Robertson and
Joanne Dru
Reverón , directed by
Margot Benacerraf
Road to Bali , starring
Bing Crosby and
Bob Hope
Rome 11:00 – (
Italy )
Room for One More , starring
Cary Grant and
Betsy Drake
Ruby Gentry , starring
Jennifer Jones ,
Charlton Heston and
Karl Malden
S
Sailor Beware , starring
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
Sangdil , starring
Dilip Kumar and
Madhubala – (
India )
Saturday Island , starring
Linda Darnell and
Tab Hunter – (
GB )
The Savage , starring
Charlton Heston and
Susan Morrow
Scandal Sheet , starring
Broderick Crawford and
Donna Reed
Scaramouche , starring
Stewart Granger and
Janet Leigh
The Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy tsvetochek) – (
U.S.S.R. )
Sea Tiger , starring
Marguerite Chapman
Secrets of Women (Kvinnors väntan), directed by
Ingmar Bergman , starring
Eva Dahlbeck – (
Sweden )
Siempre tuya (Forever Yours) – (
Mexico )
Singin' in the Rain , starring
Gene Kelly ,
Debbie Reynolds ,
Jean Hagen ,
Donald O'Connor
The Sniper , directed by
Edward Dmytryk
The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) – (
U.S.S.R. )
The Snows of Kilimanjaro , starring
Gregory Peck and
Ava Gardner
Something Money Can't Buy , directed by
Pat Jackson , starring
Patricia Roc ,
Anthony Steel ,
Moira Lister &
A.E. Matthews – (
U.K. )
Something to Live For , directed by
George Stevens , starring
Joan Fontaine and
Teresa Wright
Son of Paleface , directed by
Frank Tashlin , starring
Bob Hope ,
Jane Russell ,
Roy Rogers
Song of the Sea (O canto do mar), directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti – (
Brazil )
The Sound Barrier , directed by
David Lean , starring
Ralph Richardson – (
GB )
Springfield Rifle , starring
Gary Cooper and
Phyllis Thaxter
The Star , starring
Bette Davis and
Sterling Hayden
Stars and Stripes Forever , starring
Clifton Webb ,
Debra Paget ,
Robert Wagner and
Ruth Hussey
Steel Town , starring
Ann Sheridan and
John Lund
The Steel Trap , starring
Joseph Cotten and
Teresa Wright
The Stooge , starring
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
Stop, You're Killing Me , starring
Broderick Crawford and
Claire Trevor
The Story of Will Rogers , starring
Will Rogers Jr. and
Jane Wyman
Sudden Fear , starring
Joan Crawford ,
Jack Palance ,
Gloria Grahame
T
The Hour of 13 , starring
Peter Lawford
The Thief , starring
Ray Milland
This Is Cinerama , directed by
Merian C. Cooper
Thunderbirds , starring
John Derek
Tico-Tico no Fubá , directed by
Adolfo Celi – (
Brazil )
Toto in Colour (Totò a colori), starring
Totò – (
Italy )
Toxi , directed by
Robert A. Stemmle (
West Germany )
Trent's Last Case , starring
Orson Welles and
Michael Wilding – (
GB )
The Turning Point , starring
William Holden ,
Alexis Smith ,
Edmond O'Brien
Two Cents Worth of Hope (Due soldi di speranza) – (
Italy )
U
V
W
We're Not Married! , starring
Ginger Rogers ,
Marilyn Monroe ,
Eve Arden ,
Paul Douglas ,
Eddie Bracken ,
Mitzi Gaynor
The White Reindeer (Valkoinen peura) – (
Finland )
The White Sheik (Lo sceicco bianco), directed by
Federico Fellini – (
Italy )
Who Goes There! , starring
Nigel Patrick and
Valerie Hobson – (
GB )
Wide Boy , starring
Sydney Tafler and
Susan Shaw – (GB)
The Wild North , starring
Stewart Granger and
Cyd Charisse
Wings of Danger , directed by
Terence Fisher , starring
Zachary Scott – (
GB )
The Witch (Noita palaa elämään) – (
Finland )
With a Song in My Heart , starring
Susan Hayward
A Woman Without Love (Una mujer sin amor), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
The World in His Arms , starring
Gregory Peck ,
Anthony Quinn ,
Ann Blyth
Y
Film releases
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Serials
Short film series
Births
January 1 -
David Andrews , American character actor
January 6
January 11 -
Bille Brown , Australian actor (died
2013 )
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 23 –
Tzi Ma , Hong Kong-American actor
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 26 -
Spice Williams-Crosby , American actress
April 28 –
Mary McDonnell , American actress
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
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 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 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 8 –
William Fox , movie executive (b. 1879),
7th Heaven
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] ($5.88 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
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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.
^
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