1952 Movies
Browse 959 titles in our 1952 Movies Database
- Singin' in the Rain
- High Noon
- Ikiru
- The African Queen
- The Quiet Man
- Umberto D.
- Limelight
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Monkey Business
- Forbidden Games
- Viva Zapata!
- Ivanhoe
- Bend of the River
- Detective Story
- Othello
- The Narrow Margin
- Don't Bother to Knock
- Kansas City Confidential
- The Life of Oharu
- Clash by Night
- Sudden Fear
- The Crimson Pirate
- El
- The Importance of Being Earnest
- Scaramouche
- Casque d'Or
- Pat and Mike
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
- Rancho Notorious
- 5 Fingers
- Le Plaisir
- Road to Bali
- The Little World of Don Camillo
- The Big Sky
- Rabbit Seasoning
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
- The Star
- Deadline - U.S.A.
- The Prisoner of Zenda
- Neighbours
- Macao
- The Sniper
- The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
- The Lusty Men
- Feed the Kitty
- Scandal Sheet
- Pluto's Christmas Tree
- The Golden Coach
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Fanfan la Tulipe
- Another Man's Poison
- Affair in Trinidad
- O. Henry's Full House
- On Moonlight Bay
- Phone Call from a Stranger
- Decision Before Dawn
- Secrets of Women
- Room for One More
- Carrie
- Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- Son of Paleface
- The White Reindeer
- Big Jim McLain
- Beware, My Lovely
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
- The World in His Arms
- The Sound Barrier
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
- Water, Water Every Hare
- We're Not Married!
- Springfield Rifle
- Trick or Treat
- Lost in Alaska
- Carbine Williams
- The Holly and the Ivy
- The Duel at Silver Creek
- The Big Trees
- The Promoter
- Beep, Beep
- Split Second
- The Two Mouseketeers
- The Master of Ballantrae
- The Turning Point
- Hangman's Knot
- The Living Desert
- Invasion, U.S.A.
- The Stooge
- Plymouth Adventure
- The Marrying Kind
- The Las Vegas Story
- With a Song in My Heart
- Operation: Rabbit
- Red Planet Mars
- The Emperor and the Golem
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
- Mexican Bus Ride
- The Stranger Wore a Gun
- Diplomatic Courier
- The Stranger in Between
- The Magic Box
- Rabbit's Kin
- Sailor Beware
- Children of Hiroshima
- Let's Make It Legal
- Daybreak Express
- The Man with a Cloak
- Angels One Five
- The Captive City
- Outcast of the Islands
- The Thief
- Magical Maestro
- Lone Star
- I'll See You in My Dreams
- Death of a Salesman
- Carson City
- This Woman Is Dangerous
- Radar Men from the Moon
- Horizons West
- The Cimarron Kid
- Jumping Jacks
- Les Miserables
- Ten Tall Men
- Belles on Their Toes
- The Winning Team
- The Belle of New York
- The Flying Cat
- Duck and Cover
- The Wild North
- Crash of Silence
- Going! Going! Gosh!
- Cry, the Beloved Country
- Fit to Be Tied
- Cruise Cat
- Dreamboat
- Little Runaway
- Triplet Trouble
- The Green Glove
- Push-Button Kitty
- Ghost Ship
- Return to Glennascaul
- The Hasty Hare
- The Duck Doctor
- The Proud Princess
- Son of Ali Baba
- The Machine to Kill Bad People
- A Woman Without Love
- Gift Wrapped
- The Dog House
- Man Bait
- Mother
- Lovely to Look At
- Rome 11:00
- 14 Carrot Rabbit
- Rhubarb
- Stolen Face
- One Minute to Zero
- At Sword's Point
- Pony Soldier
- Way of a Gaucho
- Lightning
- Red Ball Express
- Beauties of the Night
- Murder on Monday
- Secret People
- Pluto's Party
- The Pride of St. Louis
- Donald Applecore
- Loan Shark
- Mara Maru
- Talk About a Stranger
- The Battle at Apache Pass
- Smitten Kitten
- A Girl in Every Port
- Eight Iron Men
- Two Cents Worth of Hope
- Att döda ett barn
- My Son John
- Oily Hare
- The Little House
- The Overcoat
- Ain't She Tweet
- Assignment: Paris
- Toto in Color
- She's Working Her Way Through College
- The Savage
- The Sellout
- The Truth About Bebe Donge
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful!
- The Merry Widow
- Invitation
- Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
- A Bird in a Guilty Cage
- Two Chips and a Miss
- Let's Stick Together
- Too Young to Kiss
- Love Is Better Than Ever
- Das doppelte Lottchen
- Denver & Rio Grande
- Susie the Little Blue Coupe
- Trent's Last Case
- Rock-a-Bye Bear
- Encore
- Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
- Glory Alley
- Veslefrikk med fela
- Starlift
- Sister Alenushka and Brother Ivanushka
- The Super Snooper
- Skirts Ahoy!
- Flesh and Fury
- Without Warning!
- The Happy Time
- Walk East on Beacon!
- Red Skies of Montana
- The Assassin
- The Beast Must Die
- No Room for the Groom
- Retreat, Hell!
- Flat Top
- War Paint
- The Devil Makes Three
- Hellgate
- Montana Belle
- The Story of Will Rogers
- How to Be a Detective
- Two Weeks Vacation
- Tarzan's Savage Fury
- The Atomic City
- One Cab's Family
- Mutiny
- Teachers Are People
- Young Man with Ideas
- Foxy by Proxy
- Francis Goes to West Point
- Zombies of the Stratosphere
- The Witch
- 47 morto che parla
- Meet Danny Wilson
- Bugles in the Afternoon
- Manon of the Spring
- Boots Malone
- The Girl in the Bikini
- Obsessed
- The Lady Says No
- Venom and Eternity
- El bombero atómico
- The Girl in White
- Just This Once
- Heidi
- Flaming Feather
- A Ripple in the Pond
- Something to Live For
- Four Ways Out
- Cripple Creek
- I'll Get You
- Lure of the Wilderness
- The Man with My Face
- Baiju Bawra
- Shadow in the Sky
- Si yo fuera diputado
- Bwana Devil
- Because You're Mine
- High Treason
- Just for You
- Crazy for Love
- We Are All Murderers
- My Six Convicts
- Down Among the Z Men
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat
- Holiday for Henrietta
- Somebody Loves Me
- In the Name of the Law
- The Franchise Affair
- Kangaroo
- The Hour of 13
- Toto and the King of Rome
- Three Dark Horses
- Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
- Captain Scarlett
- La villa Santo Sospir
- Fearless Fagan
- Pod igoto
- The Moment of Truth
- It Grows on Trees
- A Phantasy
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
- Hoodlum Empire
- The Great Sioux Uprising
- Outpost in Malaya
- The Golden Hawk
- Gents in a Jam
- The Gambler and the Lady
- The Savage Princess
- Parasakthi
- Captain Pirate
- The Bushwhackers
- Desperate Search
- Chicago Calling
- A Missed Fortune
- When in Rome
- No Holds Barred
- Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
- Crow Hollow
- Dead on Course
- Miss Robin Hood
- The San Francisco Story
- Water Birds
- The Ringer
- The Magic Carpet
- Indian Uprising
- La petite Aurore l'enfant martyre
- Paula
- Feudin' Fools
- Penny Princess
- Hold That Line
- Shuteye Popeye
- Strange Fascination
- Who's Kitten Who?
- Time, Gentlemen, Please!
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger
- Curtain Up
- Murder Will Out
- I Believe in You
- Because of You
- California Conquest
- Night Falls
- Three Girls from Rome
- Castle in the Air
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Untamed Women
- Washington Story
- Bloodhounds of Broadway
- Never Open That Door
- The Inspector-General
- Here Come the Marines
- Island of Desire
- Voodoo Tiger
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Raya wa Sekina
- Okinawa
- The Half-Breed
- If I Should Die Before I Wake
- Confidence Girl
- Apache War Smoke
- A String of Blue Beads
- French Touch
- 1. April 2000
- One Wild Oat
- Hong Kong
- Big Bad Sindbad
- Operation Secret
- Fort Algiers
- I Dream of Jeanie
- Here Come the Nelsons
- Mark of the Renegade
- Outlaw Women
- Valley of the Eagles
- The Stranger Left No Card
- You for Me
- Scarlet Angel
- The Treasure of Lost Canyon
- Stranger on the Prowl
- Tropic Zone
- Ride the Man Down
- Un rincón cerca del cielo
- The Four Poster
- Desert Passage
- The Pathfinder
- Caribbean
- Something for the Birds
- Carmen Falls in Love
- The Lady with a Lamp
- Lydia Bailey
- Derby Day
- The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo
- Youth of the Son
- Cattle Town
- Hoppy-Go-Lucky
- Everything I Have Is Yours
- Battle Zone
- The Mistress
- Battles of Chief Pontiac
- La tratta delle bianche
- My Pal Gus
- Twilight Women
- Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom
- Hurricane Smith
- Holiday Week
- Daag
- Scotland Yard Inspector
- Fort Osage
- Brandy for the Parson
- Wild Stallion
- Niskavuoren Heta
- Sky Full of Moon
- Ivory Hunter
- Actors and Sin
- The Basketball Fix
- The Big Frame
- Howlings in Favour of De Sade
- The Brigand
- Sword for Hire
- Bomba and the Jungle Girl
- The Frightened Man
- Brave Warrior
- Forbidden Fruit
- Thief of Damascus
- Tonight at 8:30
- Bombay Waterfront
- Three for Bedroom C
- Holiday for Sinners
- For Men Only
- Kid Monk Baroni
- Colorado Sundown
- Wide Boy
- The Story of King Midas
- El ceniciento
- Adorable Creatures
- 13 East Street
- Return of the Texan
- Wife for a Night
- Carnaval Atlântida
- The Fiancee
- Fargo
- The First Time
- Navajo
- The Kid from Broken Gun
- The Fighter
- About Face
- Terrier-Stricken
- May Night
- Treasure Hunt
- Where's Charley?
- Rose of Cimarron
- Japanese War Bride
- Chi è senza peccato....
- Target
- Oklahoma Annie
- The Big Run
- Eyes Leave Traces
- My Wife's Best Friend
- The Romance of Transportation in Canada
- Bonzo Goes to College
- Arctic Flight
- Times Gone By
- Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
- Jaal
- The Jungle
- Toughest Man in Arizona
- Captive Women
- P.O. Box 1001
- The City Stands Trial
- The Lion and the Horse
- Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
- Soledad's Shawl
- Full House
- The Beautiful Dreamer
- The Hunting Ground
- Sai da Frente
- Ahora soy rico
- El mártir del Calvario
- Trail Guide
- Wagons West
- Meet Me at the Fair
- Sally and Saint Anne
- El Monstruo Resucitado
- Pink and Blue Blues
- Journey Into Light
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
- The Olympic Elk
- The Lawyer Fatma
- Mister Taxi
- The Blazing Forest
- A Tale of Five Women
- Hammer the Toff
- The Children of Maria Morales
- The Steel Fist
- Apache Country
- Rekrut 67, Petersen
- Made in Heaven
- Mister Leguignon, Signalman
- Steel Town
- The Queen of Sheba
- The Grouch
- Babes in Bagdad
- Mr. Lord Says No
- Sangdil
- There Was a Young Lady
- Three Steps in the Dark
- Private Information
- Thunderbirds
- Father's Doing Fine
- El enamorado
- Lady of the Train
- The Rough, Tough West
- Barbed Wire
- Night Stage to Galveston
- Necesito dinero
- Schäm' dich, Brigitte!
- The Respectful Whore
- Åsa-Nisse på nya äventyr
- Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
- Rikollinen nainen
- Murder in the Cathedral
- Swimmer Take All
- Road Agent
- Desert Pursuit
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Okuni to Gohei
- Winning of the West
- Busybody Bear
- The Hawk of Wild River
- The Brave Don't Cry
- His Excellency
- Violetas imperiales
- My Wife's Lodger
- Last Train from Bombay
- Lunch with a Punch
- Tread Softly
- Montana Incident
- Nadando em Dinheiro
- Bronco Buster
- The Floating Dutchman
- Heidelberger Romanze
- Breakdown
- Immortal Song
- I Was It Three Times
- Nødlanding
- A Is for Atom
- Caiçara
- Wagon Team
- Bom the Flyer
- Salute the Toff
- The Great Game
- Laramie Mountains
- Blue Canadian Rockies
- The Old West
- Tico-Tico no Fubá
- Hiawatha
- The Executioner of Lille
- Friend or Phony
- Quebec
- Tots of Fun
- Face to Face
- Vacation with a Gangster
- Models Inc.
- The Rose Bowl Story
- The Landowner's Daughter
- Ingiliz Kemal Lawrense Karsi
- Voice of Silence
- The Dream of Zorro
- House No. 13
- Anhonee
- Aladdin and His Lamp
- Harem Girl
- Anita Garibaldi
- You're Only Young Twice
- Criminal Squad
- Mr. Walkie Talkie
- Lily of the Harbor
- Bewafa
- Smoky Canyon
- Dad Becomes Mom
- Kaikkien naisten monni
- Popalong Popeye
- Hello Elephant
- Lady in the Iron Mask
- Montana Territory
- Sound Off
- Where the World Meets
- Mr. Coolman from the Wild West
- The Apple Falls
- Young Chopin
- Popeye's Pappy
- The Firebird
- Crimson Curtain
- One Big Affair
- Geisha Girl
- Amber
- Ciguli Miguli
- Wyoming Roundup
- On lautalla pienoinen kahvila
- Red Snow
- Frosina
- The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952
- Dr. Schweitzer
- Shamshoon wa Libleb
- Tokyo Sweetheart
- Storm Over Tibet
- Silmät hämärässä
- The Frightened Bride
- Kuollut mies kummittelee
- Brothers Lu
- A Killer Walks
- Una donna ha ucciso
- Adventures in Vienna
- King of the Underworld
- The Right to Be Born
- Yukon Gold
- Leathernose
- Blondie Biffen och Bananen
- Never Look Back
- Behind Closed Shutters
- Sunday Heroes
- U oluji
- Canyon Ambush
- A Naughty Kitten
- The Great Clown
- Kipparikvartetti
- Sword of Granada
- The Circus
- The Last Musketeer
- Yö on pitkä
- Man of Music
- Vejrhanen
- Os Três da Vida Airada
- The Elephant Will Never Forget
- Tarzan in Istanbul
- The Fabulous Senorita
- La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
- I'm a Stranger
- The Night Won't Talk
- É Fogo na Roupa
- Das kann jedem passieren
- Civil a pályán
- Salakuljettajan laulu
- Woman of the North Country
- Suomalaistyttöjä Tukholmassa
- Nazaré
- The Black Lash
- Yhden yön hinta
- Dawn of America
- Simon the One-Eyed
- Come Back Peter
- Radio tulee hulluksi
- Foreman Hassan
- The Lucky Five
- Hän tuli ikkunasta
- El sistema Pelegrín
- The Gunman
- Wienerinnen
- Le banquet des fraudeurs
- The Woman's Angle
- One Fiancé at a Time
- Pelli Chesi Choodu
- Desperadoes' Outpost
- Kulkurin tyttö
- The Frontier Phantom
- Ashiana
- Man in the Dinghy
- Back at the Front
- To minutter for sent
- Komppanian neropatit
- Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi
- Black Hills Ambush
- Die Csardasfürstin
- Non è vero... ma ci credo!
- Barnabé Tu És Meu
- Black Feathers
- Waco
- The Red Plume
- True Boo
- Men Against the Sun
- Tamasha
- Monsoon
- Kansas Territory
- Muhoksen Mimmi
- ...ja Helena soittaa
- Flight to the Moon
- Husmandstøsen
- Lady Possessed
- Por ellas aunque mal paguen
- Klasskamrater
- The Insanities of Tin Tan
- No Greater Love
- Chucho el remendado
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
- Shkola zlosloviya
- Frauenschicksale
- The Evil Forest
- 'Give Us the Olympics', Said Ryhmy
- The Starfish
- The Caretaker's Daughter
- Hon kom som en vind
- Selskiy vrach
- Mujer de medianoche
- Hoja! Lero!
- Oppåt med gröna hissen
- Andrine og Kjell
- The Magnificent Beast
- Heroic Charge
- Siempre tuya
- The Painted Fox
- Tomorrow, People Will Be Dancing Everywhere
- Bis wir uns wiedersehn
- Adventure in Tokyo
- Matrimonial Agency
- Distant Trumpet
- L'homme de ma vie
- The Long Search
- I tre corsari
- Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger
- När syrenerna blomma
- För min heta ungdoms skull
- Dishonor
- The Case Against X
- Don Juan's Night of Love
- My Death Is a Mockery
- Wanda the Sinner
- Tervetuloa aamukahville eli tottako toinenkin puoli?
- Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo
- The Absentee
- Unter den tausend Laternen
- Procès au Vatican
- The Damned Lovers
- Good Health Practices
- El beisbolista fenómeno
- La virgen gitana
- The Border of Sin
- Two Faces Have the Destiny
- Mitäs me taiteilijat
- The Crow and the Fox, the Cuckoo and the Rooster
- Gift im Zoo
- Gore ot uma
- La miel se fue de la luna
- O Canada
- Melodie immortali - Mascagni
- Mamá nos quita los novios
- Desperate Decision
- Brave Pak
- Son dernier Noël
- Trots
- Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty
- Story of a Young Couple
- Watch Out
- David
- The Mad Woman
- Kärlek
- Three Forbidden Stories
- Flottare med färg
- Hansel and Gretel
- Marito e moglie
- Kærlighedsdoktoren
- The Sparrows of Paris
- Ta' Pelle med
- Rengasmatka eli Peräkylän pikajuna
- Il romanzo della mia vita
- Shinkû chitai
- Texas City
- The Falling Star
- Royal Journey
- Cuando levanta la niebla
- Broken Barrier
- Juno Helps Out
- Wenn die Abendglocken läuten
- Der Weibertausch
- Angélica
- Cuatro noches contigo
- Piel canela
- Avismanden
- With André Gide
- Illusion in Moll
- The Dike Builders
- Musiquiz
- Semmelweis
- Mated
- Tausend rote Rosen blüh'n
- Twirligig
- U-Boat 39
- Przhevalsky
- Navstrechu zhizni
- Adolf i toppform
- Sergil chez les filles
- Mitrea Cocor
- The Veiled Lady
- Estrella de Sierra Morena
- Jirochô sangokushi: nagurikomi kôjinyama
- Vi arme syndere
- Sabotage
- This Way, That Way
- Hård klang
- Die falsche Braut
- Un ladro in paradiso
- Unsterbliche Geliebte
- Hannerl: Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein
- Prefiero a tu papá..!
- Le rossignol et les cloches
- Una calle entre tú y yo
- Kronans glada gossar
- Train Time
- La niña de la venta
- María Morena
- Der Herrgottschnitzer von Ammergau
- Fritz und Friederike
- Pompeyo el conquistador
- Bergkristall
- Farlig kurva
- Woe to Him Who Loves
- Man of Africa
- Rumbo
- Der stumme Gast
- At Sword's Edge
- Farmer Moving South
- A Soapy Opera
- El puerto de los siete vicios
- Habitación para tres
- Marejada
- Póker de ases
- Mother
- Heart of the Casbah
- Under svällande segel
- Panam
- Scorching Fury
- Strange Stories
- Das verurteilte Dorf
- Die lustigen Vagabunden
- Secret of Three Points
- Acapulco
- Flat Foot Fledgling
- Drömsemester
- Durch dick und dünn
- Lockende Gefahr
- Te sigo esperando
- Little Big Shot
- Möte med livet
- Säg det med blommor
- Die Wirtin von Maria Wörth
- Cuando los hijos pecan
- Daughter of the Minister
- Urchi tikani
- Por qué peca la mujer
- Janne Vängman i farten
- Verlorene Melodie
- La huella de unos labios
- It Happened in Paris
- Hakone fûunroku
- The Mute of Portici
- El ídolo
- In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus
- Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
- Carne de presidio
- Pasionaria
- Korea
- Reluctant Heroes
- Areião
- Amaya
- Sink or Swim
- Matka mustien maanosaan
- The Heart Is Highland
- María del Mar
- Kojiki taishô
- 69:an, sergeanten och jag
- Concert of Stars
- Lismer
- Heimatglocken
- Salón de baile
- Here's a Health to the Barley Mow
- Winter Week-end
- Karriere in Paris
- Snappy Snapshots
- Tercio de quites
- Ukrainian Concert Hall
- And Now Miguel
- Little Smokey: The True Story of America's Forest Fire Preventin' Bear
- Saison in Salzburg
- Royal Destiny
- Dodging the Column
- Mouse Meets Bird
- Il figlio di Lagardère
- With the Canadians in Korea
- This Little Ship
- Música, mujeres y amor
- El ruiseñor del barrio
- Pedestrian Safety
- Journey Into History
- Here's Hockey
- A Letter from the Isle of Wight
- Devil's Statue
- Land of the Long Day
- Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering
- En Thangai
- Dance Tests
- Speed Crazy
- Pension Schöller
- Duell mit dem Tod
- Miracles Still Happen
- Achan
- La noche es nuestra
- Schatten über den Inseln
- Borth-y-Gest: August 1952
- 100 Little Mothers
- Sing Along with Me
- Rebecca
- Domenica
- La danseuse nue
- Sor Alegría
- Vastaus
- Pleasures of Paris
- El cuarto cerrado
- Tåg norrut
- A Letter from Wales
- Bouncer Breaks Up
- Our Magazine No. 2
- Abbott and Costello Christmas Show
- No niego mi pasado
- Curious George Rides a Bike
- No East or West
- Éternel espoir
- Rayés des vivants
- Sangre en el barrio
- Plan For Escape
- Dubrovnik
- Nature in Danger
- Under södra korset
- Åke klarar biffen
- No Haunt for a Gentleman
- Vom Mädchen zur Frau
- Van Renoir tot Picasso
- Her er vi igen
- Ratrir Tapashya
- The Man in the Peace Tower
- No Pets Allowed
- Giselle
- Sportsmen's Playground
- Nightmare
- Klackarna i taket
- Ein verbotener Ausflug!
- H.C. Andersens sagor
- Suttobi kago
- Killers of the Swamp
- Centennial Sports
- Greenland
- Matkailijain keitaita
- Beauty and the Beast
- Million Dollar Playground
- South Pacific Playground
- Bunty Wins a Pup
- Hans-die-Skipper
- Oslon VI talviolympiakisat
- Oslon talviolympialaiset
- This Is London
- Song of Africa
- Meet Mr. Callaghan
- Yôkina wataridori
- The Real Thing
- Meant to Tell You
- Manikjore
- People of Akata
- Snurren direkt
- Entrée des artistes
- ひばり姫 初夢道中
- Kojiki taishô
- Hibari hime hatsuyume dôchû
- L'abatis
- Triangeldrama
- Les bonnes manières
- Anywhere – In Our Time
- Lynmouth - A One Time Beauty Spot
Top 5 Movies of 1952
High Noon
In "High Noon," directed by Fred Zinnemann, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, and Lloyd Bridges play key roles. The story unfolds around a town marshal facing a group of dangerous outlaws. His challenge grows as he deals with the uncooperative townspeople and his new bride.
The Quiet Man
John Ford's "The Quiet Man" features John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, and Barry Fitzgerald. This film combines elements of romance and comedy-drama. It focuses on an American boxer's return to his ancestral home in Ireland and his subsequent romantic journey.
Ivanhoe
"Ivanhoe," directed by Richard Thorpe and adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel, includes performances by Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, and Joan Fontaine. The plot revolves around a Saxon knight's efforts to regain his lands from a Norman relative. The film is set in a historical context.
The Greatest Show on Earth
Cecil B. DeMille's "The Greatest Show on Earth" features Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, and Charlton Heston. This film provides insight into the lives of circus performers and workers, exploring their personal and professional struggles within the circus environment.
Singin' in the Rain
Co-directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, "Singin' in the Rain" stars Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. The musical comedy centers on the film industry's shift from silent movies to talkies, set against the backdrop of the 1920s Hollywood scene.
Industry Highlights and Notable Moments from 1952
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Charlie Chaplin's Last US Film: "Limelight" was the last film that Charlie Chaplin produced in the US. His political and moral beliefs led to controversy during the film's post-production, resulting in the revocation of his INS re-entry application into the US.
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Introduction of 3-D Films: Hollywood began producing 3-D films to compete with television. "Bwana Devil," the first feature-length 3-D sound film, marked the beginning of the 'golden age' of 3-D cinema, spanning from 1952 to 1955. This innovation represented an attempt to offer a unique cinematic experience not replicable on television screens.
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Academy Awards for High Noon: "High Noon" received numerous accolades, including four Academy Awards. Gary Cooper's performance earned him a second Best Actor Oscar, highlighting the film's critical acclaim.
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Challenges to the Hollywood Film Industry: The rise of television broadcasting and the end of vertically integrated majors in Hollywood led to a more entrepreneurial filmmaking model. This shift signaled a significant change in the industry's structure and production approaches.
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Best Picture for The Greatest Show on Earth: "The Greatest Show on Earth" won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This victory underscored Hollywood's ability to create large-scale, spectacular productions that captivated audiences.