This next set of films brings us from November through to mid-December, just before Christmas. Of the six films here, five went on to Academy Award nominations, because the end of the year has always been the time for studios to release their Oscar hopefuls. Well, one says that, but as pointed out before, four of 1952's Best Picture nominees were all released before October. The fifth nominee is among the group you see before you: John Huston's Moulin Rouge.
Moulin Rouge is not to be confused with 2001's Moulin Rouge!. The burlesque dancehall of the title is vibrantly brought to life at the start of the film, but the focus is on the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, his art, his romantic struggles brought about by his own alcoholism and negative self-worth colored by a disability (the result of being born to parents were first cousins), and his relationship to bohemia, exemplified best by the wild, raw shows of the Moulin Rouge. A hit it was, making back eight times its budget and receiving seven Academy Award nominations - and two wins!
It is one of four "true story" films here, all of them in color, all of them up for Oscars. Here, among others, they are:
