Entertainment/ Sports Almanac for 1952

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********************Top 10 1952 Box Office Rentals*******************

1 The Greatest Show on Earth $12,000,000 (Starring: Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour)

2- Quo Vadis $10,500,000 (Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov)

3- Ivanhoe $7,000,000 (Starring: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine,George Sanders)

4- The Snows of Kilimanjaro $6,500,000 (Starring: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Leo G. Carroll)

5- Sailor Beware $4,300,000 (Starring: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Marion Marshall, Corinne Calvet)

6- The African Queen $4,000,000 (Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull)

7- Jumping Jacks $4,000,000 (Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore)

8- High Noon $3,400,000 (Starring: Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Grace Kelly)

9- Son of Paleface $3,400,000 (Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers)

10- Singin’ in the Rain $3,300,000 (Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse)

1952 Academy Awards: Best Picture: An American in Paris. Best Director: George Stevens (A Place in the Sun). Best Actor: Humphrey Bogart (The African Queen). Best Actress: Vivien Leigh (A Streetcar Named Desire). Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden (A Streetcar Named Desire). Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire).

********************Top 10 Billboard Songs*********************

1- Leroy Anderson: Blue Tango

2- Kay Starr: Wheel of Fortune

3- Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads: Cry

4- Jo Stafford with Paul Weston: You Belong to Me

5- Vera Lynn with Her Majesty’s Forces & Roland Shaw: Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart

6- Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith Half as Much

7- Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter: Wish You Were Here

8- Patti Page: I Went to Your Wedding

9- Al Martino: Here in My Heart

10- Percy Faith with Stan Freeman: Delicado

*******************Top 10 TV Shows for 1952-53******************

1- I Love Lucy (CBS)

2- Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts (CBS)

3- Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (CBS)

4- Dragnet (NBC)

5- Texaco Star Theater (NBC)

6- The Buick Circus Hour (NBC)

7- The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)

8- Gangbusters (NBC)

9- You Bet Your Life (NBC)

10- Fireside Theatre (NBC)

Emmy Awards Broadcasted on  2/18/1952

Best Comedy Show: The Red Skelton Show (NBC). Best Dramatic Show: Studio One (CBS). Best Variety Show: Your Show of Shows. Best Actor: Sid Caesar. Best Actress: Imogene Coca. Best Comedian or Comedienne Host: Red Skelton.

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