24th Annual Academy Awards 1952 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 films 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 1939s Gone with the Wind