5th Writers Guild of America Awards explained

Number:	5
Award:	WGA Awards
Date:	1953
Organizer:	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
Last:	4th
Next:	6th

The 5th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1952. Winners were announced in 1953.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Singin' in the Rain, Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Hans Christian Andersen, Screenplay by Moss Hart; Story by Myles Connolly I'll See You in My Dreams, Written by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose Where's Charley?, Screenplay by John Monks Jr.; Based on a play by George Abbott and Brandon Thomas With a Song in My Heart, Written by Lamar Trotti	High Noon, Screenplay by Carl Foreman 5 Fingers, Screenplay by Michael Wilson; Based on a novel by L. C. Moyzisch Come Back, Little Sheba, Screenplay by Ketti Frings; Based on a play by William Inge Moulin Rouge Screenplay by Anthony Veiller and John Huston; Based on a novel by Pierre La Mure The Bad and the Beautiful, Screenplay by Charles Schnee; Story by George Bradshaw
The Quiet Man, Screenplay by Frank Nugent; Story by Maurice Walsh Pat and Mike Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin Room for One More Screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson; Based on a novel by Anna Perrot Rose The Happy Time Screenplay by Earl Felton; Based on a story by Robert Fontaine & a play by Samuel A. Taylor The Marrying Kind Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

Sonya Levien

External links

• WGA.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: wga awards. https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551. 5 December 2012. 13 April 2010. live.
2. Web site: Writers Guild of America, USA (1953). IMDb. 2019-05-16.