Academy Awards

1934 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerLittle WomenVictor HeermanA chronicle of the lives of a group of sisters growing up in nineteenth-century America.Amazon1934 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesLady for a DayRobert RiskinAmazonState FairPaul GreenAmazon

1935 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerIt Happened One NightRobert RiskinA spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.Amazon1935 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesThe Thin ManFrances GoodrichAmazonViva Villa!Ben HechtAmazon

1936 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe InformerDudley NicholsIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.Amazon1936 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesCaptain BloodCasey RobinsonAmazonMutiny on the BountyJules FurthmanAmazonThe Lives of a Bengal LancerAchmed AbdullahAmazon

1937 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Story of Louis PasteurPierre CollingsThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.Amazon1937 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAfter the Thin ManFrances GoodrichAmazonDodsworthSidney HowardAmazonMr. Deeds Goes to TownRobert RiskinAmazonMy Man GodfreyEric HatchAmazon

1938 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Life of Emile ZolaHeinz HeraldThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.Amazon1938 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Star Is BornAlan CampbellAmazonCaptains CourageousMarc ConnellyAmazonStage DoorMorrie RyskindAmazonThe Awful TruthViña DelmarAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawA 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.Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBoys TownJohn MeehanAmazonFour DaughtersLenore J. CoffeeAmazonThe CitadelIan DalrympleAmazonYou Can't Take It with YouRobert RiskinAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGone with the WindSidney HowardA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesGoodbye, Mr. ChipsEric MaschwitzAmazonMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSidney BuchmanAmazonNinotchkaCharles BrackettAmazonWuthering HeightsBen HechtAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Philadelphia StoryDonald Ogden StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesKitty FoyleDalton TrumboAmazonRebeccaRobert E. SherwoodAmazonThe Grapes of WrathNunnally JohnsonAmazonThe Long Voyage HomeDudley NicholsAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerHere Comes Mr. JordanSidney BuchmanBoxer 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 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesHold Back the DawnCharles BrackettAmazonHow Green Was My ValleyPhilip DunneAmazonThe Little FoxesLillian HellmanAmazonThe Maltese FalconJohn HustonAmazon

1943 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMrs. MiniverGeorge FroeschelA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.Amazon1943 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees49th ParallelRodney AcklandAmazonRandom HarvestGeorge FroeschelAmazonThe Pride of the YankeesHerman J. MankiewiczAmazonThe Talk of the TownSidney BuchmanAmazon