Writers Guild of America Awards 1951

4th WGA Awards
Date	1952
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 4th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1951. Winners were announced in 1952. ^[1]

Winners & Nominees ^[2]

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Film Concerning American Scene Bright Victory , Screenplay by Robert Henry Buckner A Place in the Sun , Screenplay by Michael Wilson, and Harry Brown; based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser Death of a Salesman, , Screenplay by Stanley Roberts; based on the play by Arthur Miller Saturday's Hero , Screenplay by Sidney Buchman, and Millard Lampedll, based on the novel by Millard Lampell The Well , Screenplay by Russell Rouse, and Clarence Green	Best Written Low-budget Film The Steel Helmet , Written by Samuel Fuller Five, Screenplay by Arch Oboler Little Big Horn , Screenplay by Charles Marquis Warren; story by Harold Shumate Pickup, Screenplay by Hugo Haas, Arnold Lipp; based on a novel by Josef Kopta The First Legion , Screenplay by Emmet Lavery; based on a play by Emmet Lavery
Best Written Musical An American in Paris , Written by Alan Jay Lerner Here Comes the Groom , Screenplay by Virginia Van Upp, Liam O'Brien, and Myles Connolly On the Riviera , Screenplay by Valentine Davies, Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on a play by Rudolph Lothar, and Hans Adler Show Boat , Screenplay by John Lee Mahin, based on the play by Jerome Kern, and Oscar Hammerstein II The Great Caruso , Written by Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig	Best Written Drama A Place in the Sun , Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown A Streetcar Named Desire , Written by Tennessee Williams Death of a Salesman , Screenplay by Stanley Roberts; based on a play by Arthur Miller Detective Story , Screenplay by Philip Yordan, and Robert Wyler; based on the play by Sidney Kingsley Fourteen Hours , Screenplay by John Paxton; story by Joel Sayre
Best Written Comedy Father's Little Dividend , Written by Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich Angels in the Outfield , Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells, story by Richard Conlin People Will Talk , Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; based on a play by Curt Goetz That's My Boy , Screenplay by Cy Howard You're in the Navy Now , Screenplay by Richard Murphy

References

1. https://archive.is/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551
2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

External links

• WGA.org