Saturday, December 21

1959 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

1959 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner

Gigi Alan Jay Lerner

Gigi

Alan Jay Lerner

Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.

1959 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Richard Brooks
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Richard Brooks
I Want to Live! Nelson Gidding
I Want to Live!
Nelson Gidding
Separate Tables Terence Rattigan
Separate Tables
Terence Rattigan
The Horse's Mouth Alec Guinness
The Horse’s Mouth
Alec Guinness