The Year - 1952
The Family News..:

Theresa was born to Marie (Nolan) & William Jennings on Oct. 5th in Chicago.
William T. Canty husband of Ella (Stewart) died Sept. 19th(?) and is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetary.

The #1 Songs Were .....
A Guy Is A GuyDoris Day
Blue TangoLeroy Anderson & His "Pops" Orchestra
DelicadoPercy Faith & His Orchestra
Glow-WormThe Mills Brothers
Half as MuchRosemary Clooney
Here in My Heart Al Martino
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa ClausJimmy Boyd
I Went to Your WeddingPatti Page
Kiss of FireGeorgia Gibbs
Slow PokePee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
Wheel of FortuneKay Starr
Why Don't You Believe MeJoni James
Wish You Were HereEddie Fisher
You Belong to MeJo Stafford


AT THE MOVIES....
The Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille, producer (Paramount) - ***** Best Motion Picture
High Noon, Stanley Kramer, producer (United Artists)
Ivanhoe, Pandro S. Berman, producer (MGM)
Moulin Rouge, John Huston, producer (United Artists)
The Quiet Man, John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, producers (Republic)

Acacamy Awards..:
Gary Cooper, High Noon - ***** Best Actor
Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba - ***** Best Actress
Anthony Quinn, Viva Zapata! - Supporting Actor *****
Gloria Grahame, The Bad and the Beautiful - ***** Supporting Actress
John Ford, The Quiet Man - ***** Directing

Music Song - "High Noon" High Noon Dimitri Tiomkin, music; Ned Washington, lyrics.
Short Subjects Cartoon Johann Mouse (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM)

IN THE NEWS . . . . .
George VI dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
NATO conference approves European army (Feb.).
AEC announces �satisfactory� experiments in hydrogen-weapons research; eyewitnesses tell of blasts near Enewetak (Nov.).

Last updated on February 17, 2000