Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay: Nominees



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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in Britain, a series of events involving a continent-wide conspiracy that eventually...

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x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Joan Harrison,; Charles Bennett

x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Walter Wanger,; United Artists

x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Albert Bassermann

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator is a comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940, it was Chaplin's first true talking picture, and more importantly was the only major film of its period to bitterly satirize Nazism and...

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x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Charlie Chaplin

x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Charlie Chaplin,; United Artists

x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Charlie Chaplin

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The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the...

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x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Preston Sturges

The Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 biographical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward G. Robinson, based on the true story of the German doctor and scientist Dr. Paul Ehrlich. The film was released by Warner Bros., with some...

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x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Heinz Herald,; John Huston,; Norman Burnside

Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway is a 1940 drama film in which a hustler, a showgirl, and an alcoholic playwright try to help an embezzler win enough money to return what he stole before it is too late. Ben Hecht, who co-directed, produced and wrote the...

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x Year:: 1940

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Ben Hecht

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles. It was released by...

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x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Orson Welles

x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Academy Award for Best Cinematography

x Award Nominee:: Gregg Toland

x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Best Art Direction

x Award Nominee:: Perry Ferguson,; Van Nest Polglase,; A. Roland Fields,; more ▼

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Sergeant York

Sergeant York is a 1941 biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing film of the year. The movie was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Abem...

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x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Howard Hawks

x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Harry Chandlee,; Abem Finkel,; Howard Koch,; more ▼

x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Hal B. Wallis,; Jesse L. Lasky,; Warner Bros. Entertainment

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The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones is a 1941 comedy film starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood and scripted by Norman Krasna, the film was the product of an independent collaboration between Krasna and producer Frank Ross. Their short...

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x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Norman Krasna

x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Charles Coburn

Tom, Dick and Harry

Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) is a comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Paul Jarrico, and starring Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal, and Burgess Meredith. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures. Rogers plays telephone...

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x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Paul Jarrico

Tall, Dark & Handsome

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x Year:: 1941

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Darrell Ware,; Karl Tunberg

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco is a 1942 Academy Award nominated comedy film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves tossed up on a desert shore and sold into slavery to a beautiful princess. It is the third of the "Road to..." movies...

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x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Don Hartman,; Frank Butler

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year (1942) is a romantic comedy film in which an emancipated woman, chosen "Woman of the Year", and her colleague-turned-husband try to negotiate a path to marital bliss . The film stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn with Fay...

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x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Katharine Hepburn

x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Ring Lardner Jr.,; Michael Kanin

Wake Island

Wake Island is a 1942 film which tells the story of the United States military garrison on Wake Island and the onslaught by the Japanese following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie was written by W.R. Burnett and Frank Butler, and directed by...

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x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: John Farrow

x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Frank Butler,; William R. Burnett

x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Joseph Sistrom,; Paramount Pictures

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One of Our Aircraft is Missing

One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942) is a British war film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers. Although...

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x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Emeric Pressburger,; Michael Powell

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

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x Year:: 1942

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: George Oppenheimer

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by David Lean and Noël Coward. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information (MOI). The screenplay by Coward was inspired by the exploits...

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x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Noel Coward

x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Noel Coward,; United Artists

So Proudly We Hail!

So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard (who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance), George Reeves and...

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x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Allan Scott

x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Paulette Goddard

Air Force

Air Force is a 1943 war film directed by Howard Hawks. It starred John Garfield, John Ridgely, Harry Carey, and Gig Young as crew members on a B-17 Flying Fortress named the Mary-Ann. An uncredited William Faulkner wrote the emotional deathbed scene...

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x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Dudley Nichols

The North Star

The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 war film produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Lillian Hellman. The film starred Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston,...

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x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Lillian Hellman

Princess O'Rourke

Princess O'Rourke is a 1943 romantic comedy film directed and written by Norman Krasna and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings and Charles Coburn. Krasna won the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. Princess Maria (Olivia De...

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x Year:: 1943

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Norman Krasna

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) is a satirical screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton, and featuring Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Porter Hall. Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff...

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x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Preston Sturges

Wilson

Wilson is a 1944 biographical film in Technicolor about President Woodrow Wilson. It stars Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Ruth Nelson, and Cedric Hardwicke. The movie was written by Lamar Trotti and directed...

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x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Alexander Knox

x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Henry King

x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Darryl F. Zanuck,; 20th Century Fox

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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) is a satirical comedy/drama written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest, and featuring Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson and Bill Edwards....

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x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Preston Sturges

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer (also known as The Story of Carrier X) is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific theater. Although arguably a classic propaganda movie...

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x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jerome Cady

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor is a 1944 musical film about two singing sisters who are helped to set up a canteen to entertain soldiers by a mysterious wealthy admirer. It featured a host of celebrity performances, including Jimmy Durante doing his...

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x Year:: 1944

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Richard Connell,; Gladys Lehman

Dillinger

Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. The film was directed by Max Nosseck. Dillinger was the first major film to star Lawrence Tierney. The B-movie was shot in black and white and features a smoke-bomb bank robbery...

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x Year:: 1945

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Philip Yordan

Marie-Louise

Marie-Louise is a 1944 German-language Swiss film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. It was the first ever foreign language film to win an Academy Award (it received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay).

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x Year:: 1945

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Richard Schweizer

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

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x Year:: 1945

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Harry Kurnitz

Salty O'Rourke

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x Year:: 1945

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Milton Holmes

Music for Millions

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x Year:: 1945

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Myles Connolly

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia (1946) is an American film noir directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. Halfway through the script, Chandler became unable to write. A former alcoholic, he'd become a teetotaler for health reasons. He decided...

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x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Raymond Chandler

Notorious

Notorious (1946) is a thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains as three people whose lives become intimately entangled during an espionage operation. Alicia Huberman (Ingrid...

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x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Ben Hecht

x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Claude Rains

Children of Paradise

Les Enfants du Paradis, released as Children of Paradise in North America, is a 1945 film by French director Marcel Carné, made during the Nazi occupation of France. Set among the Parisian theatre scene of the 1830s, it tells the story of a...

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x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Jacques Prévert

The Seventh Veil

The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodramatic film made by Sydney Box Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. Francesca Cunningham (played by Ann Todd) is a suicidal, amnaesiac, mental patient being treated by Dr. Larsen (Herbert Lom)....

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x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Sydney Box,; Muriel Box

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia, filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, is the fourth film of the "Road to..." series. The film is the only Road to... film without a real place in its title though Alaska with its gold mines is referred to as "Utopia" several...

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x Year:: 1946

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Melvin Frank,; Norman Panama

A Double Life

A Double Life is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays. The movie starred Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso. It was directed by George Cukor and written for the screen by Ruth Gordon...

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x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: George Cukor

x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Garson Kanin,; Ruth Gordon

x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Ronald Colman

Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux...

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x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Charlie Chaplin

Body and Soul

Body and Soul is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of a boxer who becomes involved with crooked promoters. It stars John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere and William Conrad. The movie, written by Abraham Polonsky and directed...

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x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: John Garfield

x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Abraham Polonsky

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 American screwball comedy film directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay was written by Sideny Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple in a story about a teenager's crush on an older...

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x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Sidney Sheldon

Shoeshine

Shoeshine (Italian: Sciuscià) is a 1946 film and the first major work directed by Vittorio De Sica. In it, two Shoe shine boys get into trouble with the police after trying to find the money to buy a horse. Two friends, Giuseppe and Pasquale, test...

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x Year:: 1947

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Adolfo Franci,; Cesare Giulio Viola,; Cesare Zavattini,; more ▼

Battleground

Battleground is a 1949 war film that tells the story of the 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon of Item Company, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, trying to cope with the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. It...

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x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: William A. Wellman

x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Dore Schary,; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Robert Pirosh

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Passport to Pimlico

Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British comedy film made by Ealing Studios. Margaret Rutherford, Stanley Holloway and Hermione Baddeley star under the direction of Henry Cornelius. The script was written by T.E.B. Clarke and demonstrated his usual...

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x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: T. E. B. Clarke

x Year:: 1949

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best British Film

x Award Nominee:: Henry Cornelius

Jolson Sings Again

Jolson Sings Again is the 1949 film sequel to The Jolson Story, both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. In this follow-up to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement...

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x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Sidney Buchman

Paisà

Paisà is a 1946 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. It is divided into six episodes. They depict the Italian Campaign during World War II when Germany was losing the Second World War against the Allies, using themes such as the difficulty...

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x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Federico Fellini,; Sergio Amidei,; Marcello Pagliero,; more ▼

x Year:: 1948

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source

x Award Nominee:: Roberto Rossellini

The Quiet One

The Quiet One is a 1948 American documentary film directed by Sidney Meyers. The documentary chronicles the rehabilitation of a young, emotionally disturbed African-American boy; it contains a commentary written by James Agee, and narrated by Gary...

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x Year:: 1949

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Sidney Meyers,; Helen Levitt,; Janice Loeb

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib is a 1949 film written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and features Judy Holliday in her first substantial film role. The music was composed by Miklós Rózsa,...

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x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Garson Kanin,; Ruth Gordon

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American film noir/black comedy directed and co-written by Billy Wilder. It was named after the boulevard that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. It stars William Holden as down-on-his-luck...

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x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Billy Wilder

x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Charles Brackett,; Paramount Pictures

x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: D. M. Marshman, Jr.,; Billy Wilder,; Charles Brackett

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Caged

Caged is a 1950 film which tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into...

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x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actress

x Award Nominee:: Eleanor Parker

x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Bernard C. Schoenfeld,; Virginia Kellogg

x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

x Award Nominee:: Hope Emerson

The Men

The Men is a 1950 film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It tells the story of a World War II lieutenant, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-enter society. It stars Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, and Everett...

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x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Carl Foreman

x Year:: 1950

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source

x Award Nominee:: Fred Zinnemann

No Way Out

No Way Out (1950) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, and Sidney Poitier. No Way Out earns its place in the history books thanks to the searing feature film...

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x Year:: 1950

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Lesser Samuels,; Joseph L. Mankiewicz

An American in Paris

An American in Paris is a 1951 MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, and Oscar Levant, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by...

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x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Best Director

x Award Nominee:: Vincente Minnelli

x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Best Picture

x Award Nominee:: Arthur Freed

x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Alan Jay Lerner

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Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole is a 1951 American drama film starring Kirk Douglas, directed by Billy Wilder. It marked a series of firsts for auteur Wilder: it was the first time he was involved in a project as a writer, producer, and director; his first film...

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x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Lesser Samuels,; Walter Newman,; Billy Wilder

Go for Broke!

Go for Broke! is a war film released in 1951. It was directed by Robert Pirosh, produced by Dore Schary and starred Van Johnson, several veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and Henry Nakamura. The film dramatizes the real-life story of the...

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x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Robert Pirosh

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba is a 1951 historical epic film about King David made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Henry King, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, from a screenplay by Philip Dunne. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography...

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x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Philip Dunne

The Well

The Well is a 1951 American film noir which tackled the issue of racial tensions and collective behavior. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. The film centers around a five-year...

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x Year:: 1951

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Clarence Greene,; Russell Rouse

Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata! is a 1952 biographical film directed by Elia Kazan. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using as a guide Edgcomb Pinchon's book, 'Zapata the Unconquerable', a fact that is not credited in the titles of the film. It is a...

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x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Marlon Brando

x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: John Steinbeck

x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Best Supporting Actor

x Award Nominee:: Anthony Quinn

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The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T.E.B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway and Sid James as gold bullion thieves. The title refers to Lavender Hill, a street...

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x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Best Actor

x Award Nominee:: Alec Guinness

x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: T. E. B. Clarke

x Year:: 1951

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best Film from any Source

x Award Nominee:: Charles Crichton

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The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier is a British 1952 film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. In the US it was retitled Breaking the Sound Barrier. The story was written...

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x Year:: 1952

x Award:: Oscar for Writing Original Screenplay

x Award Nominee:: Terence Rattigan

x Year:: 1952

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

x Award Nominee:: Ralph Richardson

x Year:: 1952

x Award:: BAFTA Award for Best British Actor

x Award Nominee:: Nigel Patrick

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Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike is a 1952 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. The movie was directed by George Cukor, who also directed The Philadelphia Story and Adam's Rib. Pat Pemberton (Hepburn) is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering...

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