Writers Guild of America Awards 1953

6th WGA Awards
Date	1954
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 6th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1953. Winners were announced in 1954. ^[1]

Winners & Nominees ^[2]

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical Lili , Written by Helen Deutsch and Paul Gallico Call Me Madam , Screenplay by Arthur Sheekman; based on the Musical by Russel Crouse, and Howard Lindsay Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , Screenplay by Charles Lederer; based on the musical by Joseph Fields, and Anita Loos Kiss Me Kate , Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley; based on the book by Sam Spewack, and Bella Spewack The Band Wagon ; Screenplay by Betty Comden; story by Adolph Green

Best Written Drama From Here to Eternity , Screenplay by Daniel Taradash Above and Beyond , Screenplay by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama, and Beirne Lay Jr. Little Fugitive , Screenplay by Ray Ashley; written by Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, and Ruth Orkin Martin Luther, Screenplay by Allan Sloane, and Lothar Wolff Shane , Screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr.; based on the novel by Jack Schaefer

Best Written Comedy Roman Holiday , Written by Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton How to Marry a Millionaire , Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson; based on the play by Zoe Akins, Dale Eunson, and Katherine Albert Stalag 17 , Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and Edwin Blum; based on the play by Donald Bevan, and Edmund Trzcinski The Actress , Screenplay by Ruth Gordon; based on the play "Years Ago" by Ruth Gordon The Moon Is Blue , Screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert; based on the play by F. Hugh Herbert

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Dudley Nichols

References

1. "wga awards". Wga.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1954)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

External links

• WGA.org