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    8th Writers Guild of America Awards

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    8th WGA Awards
    Date1956
    Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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    The 8th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1955. Winners were announced in 1956.[1]

    Winners and nominees

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    Film

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    Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

    Best Written Musical
    • Love Me or Leave Me, Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, and Isobel Lennart; story by Daniel Fuchs
      • Daddy Long Legs, Screenplay by Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on the novel by Jean Webster
      • Guys and Dolls, Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; story by Damon Runyon and based on the play by Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
      • It's Always Fair Weather, Written by Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
      • Oklahoma!, Screenplay by Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig; based on the play by Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II
    Best Written Drama
    • Marty, Written by Paddy Chayefsky
      • Bad Day at Black Rock, Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; based on a story by Howard Breslin
      • Blackboard Jungle, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; based on the novel by Evan Hunter
      • East of Eden, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by John Steinbeck
      • Picnic, Screenplay by Daniel Taradash; based on the play by William Inge
    Best Written Comedy
    • Mister Roberts, Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, and Joshua Logan; based on the play by Thomas Heggen, and Joshua Logan from the novel by Thomas Heggen
      • Phffft, Written by George Axelrod
      • The Seven Year Itch, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and George Axelroad; based on the play by George Axelroad
      • The Tender Trap, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; based on the play by Max Shulman, and Robert Paul Smith
      • To Catch a Thief, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by David Dodge

    Special awards

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    Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

    Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

    References

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    1. ^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
    2. ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1956)". IMDb. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
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