Original Story

1948 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerMiracle on 34th StreetValentine DaviesWhen a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.Amazon1948 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesA Cage of NightingalesGeorges ChaperotAmazonIt Happened on Fifth AvenueHerbert Clyde LewisAmazonKiss of DeathEleazar LipskyAmazonSmash-Up: The Story of a WomanDorothy ParkerAmazon

1947 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerVacation from MarriageClemence DaneA dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.Amazon1947 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesThe Dark MirrorVladimir PoznerAmazonThe Strange Love of Martha IversJohn PatrickAmazonThe StrangerVictor TrivasAmazonTo Each His OwnCharles BrackettAmazon

1946 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe House on 92nd StreetCharles G. BoothBill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.Amazon1946 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesA Medal for BennyJohn SteinbeckAmazonA Song to RememberErnst MarischkaAmazonObjective, Burma!Alvah BessieAmazonThe Affairs of SusanLászló GörögAmazon

1945 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerGoing My WayLeo McCareyFather Charles O'Malley, a young priest at a financially failing Church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior.Amazon1945 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesA Guy Named JoeDavid BoehmAmazonLifeboatJohn SteinbeckAmazonNone Shall EscapeAlfred NeumannAmazonThe SullivansEdward DohertyAmazon

1929 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerUnderworldBen HechtBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.Amazon1929 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesThe Last CommandLajos BiróAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Original Story Winner49th ParallelEmeric PressburgerA World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.Amazon1943 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesHoliday InnIrving BerlinAmazonThe Pride of the YankeesPaul GallicoAmazonThe Talk of the TownSidney HarmonAmazonYankee Doodle DandyRobert BucknerAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerHere Comes Mr. JordanHarry SegallBoxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBall of FireThomas MonroeAmazonMeet John DoeRichard ConnellAmazonNight Train to MunichGordon WellesleyAmazonThe Lady EveMonckton HoffeAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerArise, My LoveBenjamin GlazerA dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesComrade XWalter ReischAmazonEdison, the ManHugo ButlerAmazonMy Favorite WifeLeo McCareyAmazonThe WesternerStuart N. LakeAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonLewis R. FosterA naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBachelor MotherFelix JacksonAmazonLove AffairMildred CramAmazonNinotchkaMelchior LengyelAmazonYoung Mr. LincolnLamar TrottiAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerBoys TownEleanore GriffinWhen a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to do something about. An advocate of child...Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesAlexander's Ragtime BandIrving BerlinAmazonAngels with Dirty FacesRowland BrownAmazonBlockadeJohn Howard LawsonAmazonMad About MusicMarcella BurkeAmazonTest PilotFrank WeadAmazon