Writers Guild of America Awards 1952

5th WGA Awards
Date	1953
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 5th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1952. Winners were announced in 1953. ^[1]

Winners & Nominees ^[2]

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical Singin' in the Rain , Written by Betty Comden, and Adolph Green Hans Christian Andersen , Screenplay by Moss Hart; story by Myles Connolly I'll See You in My Dreams , Written by Melville Shavelson, and Jack Rose Where's Charley? , Screenplay by John Monks Jr.; based on a play by George Abbott, and Brandon Thomas With a Song in My Heart , Written by Lamar Trotti

Best Written Drama High Noon , Screenplay by Carl Foreman 5 Fingers , Screenplay by Michael Wilson; based on a novel by L. C. Moyzisch Come Back, Little Sheba , Screenplay by Ketti Frings; based on a play by William Inge Moulin Rouge ; Screenplay by Anthony Veiller, and John Huston; based on a novel by Pierre La Mure The Bad and the Beautiful , Screenplay by Charles Schnee; story by George Bradshaw

Best Written Comedy The Quiet Man , Screenplay by Frank Nugent; story by Maurice Walsh Pat and Mike ; Written by Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin Room for One More ; Screenplay by Jack Rose, and Melville Shavelson; based on a novel by Anna Perrot Rose The Happy Time ; Screenplay by Earl Felton; based on a story by Robert Fontaine & a play by Samuel A. Taylor The Marrying Kind ; Written by Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

Sonya Levien

References

1. https://archive.is/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551
2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1953)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-16.

External links

• WGA.org