Rich Picks
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Awards & Top Films

1951

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 1951 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
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Top 10 Films of 1951

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Death of a SalesmanNo award data
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A Streetcar Named DesireNo award data
3
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Quo Vadis?No award data
4
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A Place In The SunNo award data
5
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An American In ParisNo award data
6
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Bright VictoryNo award data
7
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On The RivieraNo award data
8
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September AffairNo award data
9
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TeresaNo award data
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The Blue VeilNo award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

An American In Paris
Producer: Arthur Freed
OscarGlobeNBR
A Streetcar Named Desire
Producer: Charles K. Feldman
OscarNBRBAFTA
A Place In The Sun
Producer: George Stevens
OscarNBR
Death of a Salesman
NBRBAFTA
Decision Before Dawn
Producers: Frank McCarthy and Anatole Litvak
OscarNBR
Quo Vadis?
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
OscarNBR
Detective Story
NBR
Fourteen Hours
NBR
Strangers on a Train
NBR
The Red Badge of Courage
NBR

International Feature

Rashomon
NBR

Directing & Editing

Directing

George Stevens
A Place In The Sun
OscarGlobeDGA
Laslo Benedek, Fredric March, and László Benedek
Death of a Salesman
OscarGlobeDGA
Best Screenplay: T.E.B. Clarke
The Lavender Hill Mob
OscarNBRDGA
Elia Kazan
A Streetcar Named Desire
OscarDGA
Akira Kurosawa
Rashomon
NBRDGA
An American in Paris
Alan Jay Lerner
Oscar
An American in Paris
Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
Oscar
David and Bathsheba
Alfred Newman
Oscar
An American in Paris
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and F. Keogh Gleason
Oscar
A Streetcar Named Desire
Art Direction: Richard Day; Set Decoration: George James Hopkins
Oscar
The Great Caruso
Douglas Shearer
Oscar
A Place in the Sun
Edith Head
Oscar
A Place in the Sun
Franz Waxman
Oscar
The Two Mouseketeers
Fred Quimby
Oscar
Benjy
Fred Zinnemann, with the cooperation of Paramount Pictures Corporation for the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital
Oscar
An American in Paris
Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
Oscar
A Place in the Sun
Michael Wilson and Harry Brown from An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Oscar
"In the Cool, Cool, and Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom
Music by Hoagy Carmichael; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Oscar
Kon-Tiki
Olle Nordemar
Oscar
An American in Paris
Orry-Kelly, Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff
Oscar
Seven Days to Noon
Paul Dehn and James Bernard
Oscar
World of Kids
Robert Youngson
Oscar
Nature's Half Acre
Walt Disney
Oscar
A Place in the Sun
William C. Mellor
Oscar
Vincente Minnelli
An American In Paris
OscarGlobeDGA
William Wyler
Detective Story
OscarDGA
Leo Genn and Mervyn LeRoy
Quo Vadis?
OscarDGA
Show Boat
Adolph Deutsch and Conrad Salinger
Oscar
Death of a Salesman
Alex North
Oscar
Teresa
Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern
Oscar
La Ronde
Art Direction and Set Decoration: D'Eaubonne
Oscar
Tales of Hoffmann
Art Direction and Set Decoration: Hein Heckroth
Oscar
Too Young to Kiss
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Jack D. Moore
Oscar
David and Bathsheba
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and George Davis; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
Oscar
The House on Telegraph Hill
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and John DeCuir; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox
Oscar
Fourteen Hours
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Fred J. Rode
Oscar
On the Riviera
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little and Walter M. Scott; Musical Settings: Joseph C. Wright
Oscar
Quo Vadis
Art Direction: William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Hugh Hunt
Oscar
Ace in the Hole
Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman
Oscar
Arthur Kennedy
Bright Victory
Oscar
I Was a Communist
Bryan Foy
Oscar
Bullfighter and the Lady
Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro
Oscar
David and Bathsheba
Charles LeMaire and Edward Stevenson
Oscar
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Charles LeMaire and Renié
Oscar
Show Boat
Charles Rosher
Oscar
The Well
Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse
Oscar
Gig Young
Come Fill the Cup
Oscar
Michael Gordon
Cyrano de Bergerac
DGA
Henry King
David and Bathsheba
DGA
Anatole Litvak
Decision Before Dawn
DGA
The Mudlark
Edward Stevenson and Margaret Furse
Oscar
Death of a Salesman
Franz Planer
Oscar
I Want You
Gordon E. Sawyer
Oscar
The Seeing Eye
Gordon Hollingshead
Oscar
A Streetcar Named Desire
Harry Stradling
Oscar
Tales of Hoffmann
Hein Heckroth
Oscar
The Great Caruso
Helen Rose and Gile Steele
Oscar
Quo Vadis
Herschel McCoy
Oscar
Ridin' the Rails
Jack Eaton
Oscar
La Ronde
Jacques Natanson and Max Ophüls from Reigen by Arthur Schnitzler
Oscar
The African Queen
James Agee and John Huston from The African Queen by C. S. Forester
Oscar
When Worlds Collide
John F. Seitz and W. Howard Greene
Oscar
Two Tickets to Broadway
John O. Aalberg
Oscar
David and Bathsheba
Leon Shamroy
Oscar
Balzac
Les Films du Compass
Oscar
Bright Victory
Leslie I. Carey
Oscar
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lucinda Ballard
Oscar
Quo Vadis
Miklós Rózsa
Oscar
"A Kiss to Build a Dream On" from The Strip
Music and Lyrics by Bert Kalmar (posthumous nomination), Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar
"Too Late Now" from Royal Wedding
Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Oscar
"Never" from Golden Girl
Music by Lionel Newman; Lyrics by Eliot Daniel
Oscar
"Wonder Why" from Rich, Young, and Pretty
Music by Nicholas Brodszky; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Oscar
A Streetcar Named Desire
Nathan Levinson
Oscar
The Frogmen
Norbert Brodine
Oscar
Alice in Wonderland
Oliver Wallace
Oscar
The Frogmen
Oscar Millard
Oscar
One Who Came Back
Owen Crump
Oscar
The Great Caruso
Peter Herman Adler and Johnny Green
Oscar
David and Bathsheba
Philip Dunne
Oscar
Detective Story
Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler from Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley
Oscar
Strangers on a Train
Robert Burks
Oscar
The Story of Time
Robert G. Leffingwell
Oscar
Go
Robert Pirosh
Oscar
Here Comes the Groom
Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien
Oscar
Quo Vadis
Robert Surtees and William V. Skall
Oscar
George Sidney
Show Boat
DGA
Rooty Toot Toot
Stephen Bosustow
Oscar
Alfred Hitchcock
Strangers on a Train
DGA
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams from A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Oscar
John Huston
The African Queen
Oscar
Jane Wyman
The Blue Veil
Oscar
Richard Thorpe
The Great Caruso
DGA
Thelma Ritter
The Mating Season
Oscar
Danger Under the Sea
Tom Mead
Oscar
Kind Lady
Walter Plunkett and Gile Steele
Oscar

Editing

William Hornbeck
A Place In The Sun
Oscar
3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
3rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
4th Primetime Emmy Awards
4th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oscar
5th British Academy Film Awards
5th British Academy Film Awards
Oscar
6th Tony Awards
6th Tony Awards
Oscar
9th Golden Globe Awards
9th Golden Globe Awards
Oscar
Adrienne Fazan
An American In Paris
Oscar
Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed
Oscar
Charles Brackett
Charles Brackett
Oscar
Claire Luce
Claire Luce
Oscar
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor
Oscar
Constance Smith
Constance Smith
Oscar
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse
Oscar
Darryl F. Zanuck (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
Darryl F. Zanuck (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
Oscar
Dorothy Spencer
Decision Before Dawn
Oscar
Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes
Oscar
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Oscar
George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific or Technical Awards)
George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific or Technical Awards)
Oscar
George Sanders
George Sanders
Oscar
Greer Garson
Greer Garson
Oscar
Howard Keel and Jane Powell
Howard Keel and Jane Powell
Oscar
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman
Oscar
Janice Rule
Janice Rule
Oscar
Jesse L. Lasky
Jesse L. Lasky
Oscar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Oscar
Kay Brown
Kay Brown
Oscar
Leslie Caron
Leslie Caron
Oscar
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Oscar
Marge and Gower Champion
Marge and Gower Champion
Oscar
Ralph E. Winters
Quo Vadis?
Oscar
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
Oscar
Sally Forrest
Sally Forrest
Oscar
Chester Schaeffer
The Well
Oscar
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Oscar
Paramount.
When Worlds Collide
Oscar
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Fredric March
Death of a Salesman
Globe
Richard Basehart
Fourteen Hours
NBR
Arthur Kennedy
Bright Victory
Globe
Kirk Douglas
Detective Story
Globe

Actress in a Leading Role

Jan Sterling
The Big Carnival
NBR

Actress in a Supporting Role

Kim Hunter
A Streetcar Named Desire
Oscar
Mildred Dunnock
Death of a Salesman
Oscar
Lee Grant
Detective Story
Oscar
Joan Blondell
The Blue Veil
Oscar
Thelma Ritter
The Mating Season
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Alan Jay Lerner
An American In Paris
OscarWGA
Robert Buckner and Robert Henry Buckner
Bright Victory
GlobeWGA
Michael Wilson and Harry Brown
A Place In The Sun
WGA
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Father's Little Dividend
WGA
Samuel Fuller
The Steel Helmet
WGA
Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse
The Well
OscarWGA
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
WGA
Billy Wilder, Walter Newman, and Lesser Samuels
Ace in the Hole
Oscar
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
WGA
Philip Dunne
David and Bathsheba
Oscar
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
WGA
Detective Story
Detective Story
WGA
Five
Five
WGA
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
WGA
Robert Pirosh
Go for Broke!
Oscar
Here Comes The Groom
Here Comes The Groom
WGA
Little Big Horn
Little Big Horn
WGA
On The Riviera
On The Riviera
WGA
People Will Talk
People Will Talk
WGA
Pickup
Pickup
WGA
Saturday's Hero
Saturday's Hero
WGA
Show Boat
Show Boat
WGA
That's My Boy
That's My Boy
WGA
The First Legion
The First Legion
WGA
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso
WGA
You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now
WGA

Screenplay (Adapted)

Robert Buckner and Robert Henry Buckner
Bright Victory
GlobeWGA
Michael Wilson and Harry Brown
A Place In The Sun
WGA
Alan Jay Lerner
An American In Paris
WGA
Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Father's Little Dividend
WGA
Samuel Fuller
The Steel Helmet
WGA
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
WGA
Angels in the Outfield
Angels in the Outfield
WGA
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
WGA
Detective Story
Detective Story
WGA
Five
Five
WGA
Fourteen Hours
Fourteen Hours
WGA
Here Comes The Groom
Here Comes The Groom
WGA
Little Big Horn
Little Big Horn
WGA
On The Riviera
On The Riviera
WGA
People Will Talk
People Will Talk
WGA
Pickup
Pickup
WGA
Saturday's Hero
Saturday's Hero
WGA
Show Boat
Show Boat
WGA
That's My Boy
That's My Boy
WGA
The First Legion
The First Legion
WGA
The Great Caruso
The Great Caruso
WGA
The Well
The Well
WGA
You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now
WGA

Sound & Music

Original Score

Victor Young
September Affair
Globe
Bernard Herrmann
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Globe
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Well
Globe