Academy Awards

1944 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerCasablancaJulius J. EpsteinA cynical American expatriate struggles to decide whether or not he should help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape French Morocco.Amazon1944 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesHoly MatrimonyNunnally JohnsonAmazonThe More the MerrierRichard FlournoyAmazonThe Song of BernadetteGeorge SeatonAmazonWatch on the RhineDashiell HammettAmazon

1945 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGoing My WayFrank ButlerFather Charles O'Malley, a young priest at a financially failing Church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior.Amazon1945 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDouble IndemnityRaymond ChandlerAmazonGaslightJohn L. BalderstonAmazonLauraJay DratlerAmazonMeet Me in St. LouisIrving BrecherAmazon

1946 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Lost WeekendCharles BrackettThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.Amazon1946 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Tree Grows in BrooklynFrank DavisAmazonMildred PierceRanald MacDougallAmazonPride of the MarinesAlbert MaltzAmazonStory of G.I. JoeLeopold AtlasAmazon

1947 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Best Years of Our LivesRobert E. SherwoodThree World War II veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.Amazon1947 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAnna and the King of SiamSally BensonAmazonBrief EncounterAnthony Havelock-AllanAmazonRome, Open CitySergio AmideiAmazonThe KillersAnthony VeillerAmazon

1948 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMiracle on 34th StreetGeorge SeatonWhen 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 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBoomerang!Richard MurphyAmazonCrossfireJohn PaxtonAmazonGentleman's AgreementMoss HartAmazonGreat ExpectationsDavid LeanAmazon

1949 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreJohn HustonTwo Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Amazon1949 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Foreign AffairCharles BrackettAmazonJohnny BelindaIrma von CubeAmazonThe SearchRichard SchweizerAmazonThe Snake PitFrank PartosAmazon

1950 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerA Letter to Three WivesJoseph L. MankiewiczA letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands...but she does not say which one.Amazon1950 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAll the King's MenRobert RossenAmazonBicycle ThievesCesare ZavattiniAmazonChampionCarl ForemanAmazonThe Fallen IdolGraham GreeneAmazon

1951 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAll About EveJoseph L. MankiewiczAn ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.Amazon1951 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBorn YesterdayAlbert MannheimerAmazonBroken ArrowAlbert MaltzAmazonFather of the BrideFrances GoodrichAmazonThe Asphalt JungleBen MaddowAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerA Place in the SunMichael WilsonA poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Streetcar Named DesireTennessee WilliamsAmazonDetective StoryPhilip YordanAmazonLa rondeJacques NatansonAmazonThe African QueenJames AgeeAmazon

1953 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Bad and the BeautifulCharles SchneeAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.Amazon1953 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees5 FingersMichael WilsonAmazonHigh NoonCarl ForemanAmazonThe Man in the White SuitRoger MacDougallAmazonThe Quiet ManFrank S. NugentAmazon