Thursday, November 21

1939 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

1939 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner

Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

1939 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees

Boys Town John Meehan
Boys Town
John Meehan
Four Daughters Lenore J. Coffee
Four Daughters
Lenore J. Coffee
The Citadel Ian Dalrymple
The Citadel
Ian Dalrymple
You Can't Take It with You Robert Riskin
You Can’t Take It with You
Robert Riskin