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The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Best Picture was awarded to An American in Paris, which, like A Place in the Sun, received six Academy Awards. A Streetcar Named Desire won four Oscars, including three of the acting awards. The film's only unsuccessful acting nomination was that of Marlon Brando, whose performance as Stanley Kowalski was later considered one of the most influential of modern film acting.

Humphrey Bogart was the last man born in the 19th century to win a leading role Oscar.

An American in Paris became the second color film to win Best Picture, after 1939's Gone with the Wind.

Awards
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Academy Honorary Award

 * Gene Kelly for "his versatility as an actor, singer, director and dancer, and specifically for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film" for An American in Paris.

Best Foreign Language Film

 * Rashomon (Japan)

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

 * Arthur Freed

Presenters

 * Lucille Ball (Presenter: Short Subject Awards)
 * Charles Brackett (Presenter: Honorary Award to Gene Kelly)
 * Leslie Caron (Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film)
 * Marge and Gower Champion (Presenters: Best Art Direction)
 * Cyd Charisse (Presenter: Best Sound Recording)
 * Ronald Colman (Presenter: Best Actress)
 * Sally Forrest (Presenter: Best Special Effects)
 * Zsa Zsa Gabor (Presenter: Best Costume Design)
 * Greer Garson (Presenter: Best Actor)
 * Jesse L. Lasky (Presenter: Best Motion Picture)
 * Claire Luce (Presenter: Writing Awards)
 * Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Presenter: Best Director)
 * George Murphy (Presenter: Scientific or Technical Awards)
 * Donald O'Connor (Presenter: Music Awards)
 * Janice Rule (Presenter: Documentary Awards)
 * George Sanders (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
 * Constance Smith (Presenter: Best Film Editing)
 * Claire Trevor (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
 * Vera-Ellen (Presenter: Best Cinematography)
 * Darryl F. Zanuck (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)

Performers

 * Kay Brown
 * Dick Haymes
 * Howard Keel and Jane Powell
 * Jane Wyman

Multiple nominations and awards
These films had multiple nominations:


 * 12 nominations: A Streetcar Named Desire
 * 9 nominations: A Place in the Sun
 * 8 nominations: An American in Paris and Quo Vadis
 * 5 nominations: David and Bathsheba and Death of a Salesman
 * 4 nominations: The African Queen and Detective Story
 * 3 nominations: The Great Caruso
 * 2 nominations: The Blue Veil, Bright Victory, Decision Before Dawn, The Frogmen, Here Comes the Groom, La Ronde, On the Riviera, Show Boat, Tales of Hoffmann, The Well and When Worlds Collide

The following films received multiple awards.


 * 6 wins: An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun
 * 4 wins: A Streetcar Named Desire