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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Written American Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Some Like It Hot

      8.2 (298K)
      Billy Wilder
      I.A.L. Diamond
    • [object Object]

      A Hole in the Head

      6.2 (3.1K)
      Arnold Schulman
    • [object Object]

      North by Northwest

      8.3 (363K)
      Ernest Lehman
    • [object Object]

      Operation Petticoat

      7.2 (17K)
      Stanley Shapiro
      Maurice Richlin
    • [object Object]

      Pillow Talk

      7.4 (20K)
      Stanley Shapiro
      Maurice Richlin

    Best Written American Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Diary of Anne Frank

      7.4 (14K)
      Frances Goodrich
      Albert Hackett
    • [object Object]

      Anatomy of a Murder

      8.0 (76K)
      Wendell Mayes
    • [object Object]

      Ben-Hur

      8.1 (266K)
      Karl Tunberg
    • [object Object]

      Compulsion

      7.4 (8.2K)
      Richard Murphy
    • [object Object]

      The Nun's Story

      7.5 (12K)
      Robert Anderson

    Best Written American Musical

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Five Pennies

      7.1 (2.2K)
      Melville Shavelson
      Jack Rose
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      Li'l Abner

      6.7 (1.6K)
      Norman Panama
      Melvin Frank
    • [object Object]

      Never Steal Anything Small

      6.0 (380)
      Charles Lederer
    • [object Object]

      Porgy and Bess

      6.9 (2K)
      N. Richard Nash
    • [object Object]

      A Private's Affair

      5.4 (203)
      Winston Miller
    • [object Object]

      Say One for Me

      5.5 (381)
      Robert O'Brien

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Comedy/Variety, Any Length

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Red Skelton Hour

      8.1 (1.5K)
      Sherwood Schwartz
      Jesse Goldstein
      Dave O'Brien
      For "Freddie's Thanksgiving".
    • [object Object]

      Startime

      6.4 (244)
      Herbert Baker
      For "The Dean Martin Show".
    • [object Object]

      The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

      8.3 (1.4K)
      Bob Schiller
      Bob Weiskopf
      For "The Ricardos Make Room for Danny".
    • [object Object]

      The Steve Allen Plymouth Show

      8.4 (270)
      Don Hinkley
      Herbert Sargent
      Leonard Stern
      Bill Dana
      Stan Burns

    Script, 30 Minutes or Less in Program Length

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      General Electric Theater

      6.7 (459)
      Kurt Vonnegut Jr.(teleplay/story)
      Valentine Davies(teleplay)
      For Auf Wiedersehen (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Alcoa Theatre

      7.4 (99)
      Alfred Brenner(teleplay)
      Ken Hughes(teleplay)
      For Eddie (1958).
    • [object Object]

      The Danny Thomas Show

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Charles Stewart
      Jack Elinson
      For Terry's Crush (1958).
    • [object Object]

      The Danny Thomas Show

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Peggy Chantler Dick
      William Cowley
      For A Locket for Linda (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Father Knows Best

      7.4 (2.9K)
      Dorothy Cooper
      For A Friend in Need (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Father Knows Best

      7.4 (2.9K)
      Roswell Rogers
      For Kathy's Romance (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre

      7.4 (77)
      Steve Fisher(teleplay)
      Oscar Millard(story)
      Louis Adamic(story) (as S. Louis Adams)
      For Day of Glory (1958).
    • [object Object]

      The Rifleman

      8.3 (5.6K)
      Cyril Hume
      For The Sheridan Story (1959).

    Script, 60 Minutes or Less in Program Length But Longer Than 30 Minutes

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kraft Theatre

      7.9 (240)
      Shimon Wincelberg
      For The Sea Is Boiling Hot (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Shirley Temple's Storybook

      7.3 (257)
      Alvin Sapinsley(teleplay)
      For The Nightingale (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Studio One

      7.5 (354)
      James Lee
      For Trial by Slander (1958). AKA "Capital Punishment".
    • [object Object]

      Studio One

      7.5 (354)
      Abby Mann
      For The Desperate Age (1958).
    • [object Object]

      Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

      7.8 (165)
      Adrian Spies
      For My Father, the Fool (1958).

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Norman Krasna in Princess O'Rourke (1943)
      Winner
      • Norman Krasna

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