4th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1951

4th WGA Awards

Date| 1952
Organized by| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

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The 4th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1951. Winners were announced in 1952.[1]

## Winners and nominees

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### Film

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Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Film Concerning American Scene

* Bright Victory, Screenplay by Robert Henry Buckner
* A Place in the Sun, Screenplay by Michael Wilson, and Harry Brown; based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser
* Death of a Salesman,, Screenplay by Stanley Roberts; based on the play by Arthur Miller
* Saturday's Hero, Screenplay by Sidney Buchman, and Millard Lampedll, based on the novel by Millard Lampell
* The Well, Screenplay by Russell Rouse, and Clarence Green

Best Written Low-budget Film

* The Steel Helmet, Written by Samuel Fuller
* Five, Screenplay by Arch Oboler
* Little Big Horn, Screenplay by Charles Marquis Warren; story by Harold Shumate
* Pickup, Screenplay by Hugo Haas, Arnold Lippschitz; based on a novel by Josef Kopta
* The First Legion, Screenplay by Emmet Lavery; based on a play by Emmet Lavery

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Best Written Musical

* An American in Paris, Written by Alan Jay Lerner
* Here Comes the Groom, Screenplay by Virginia Van Upp, Liam O'Brien, and Myles Connolly
* On the Riviera, Screenplay by Valentine Davies, Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on a play by Rudolph Lothar, and Hans Adler
* Show Boat, Screenplay by John Lee Mahin, based on the play by Jerome Kern, and Oscar Hammerstein II
* The Great Caruso, Written by Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig

Best Written Drama

* A Place in the Sun, Screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown
* A Streetcar Named Desire, Written by Tennessee Williams
* Death of a Salesman, Screenplay by Stanley Roberts; based on a play by Arthur Miller
* Detective Story, Screenplay by Philip Yordan, and Robert Wyler; based on the play by Sidney Kingsley
* Fourteen Hours, Screenplay by John Paxton; story by Joel Sayre

Best Written Comedy

* Father's Little Dividend, Written by Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich
* Angels in the Outfield, Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells, story by Richard Conlin
* People Will Talk, Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; based on a play by Curt Goetz
* That's My Boy, Screenplay by Cy Howard
* You're in the Navy Now, Screenplay by Richard Murphy

## References

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1. ^ "Wga awards". Archived from the original on December 5, 2012.
2. ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)". IMDb. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

## External links

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* WGA.org

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Writers Guild of America Awards

Film Awards|

* Best Adapted Screenplay
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Documentary Screenplay

Television/
New Media Awards|

* Animation
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* Episodic Comedy
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* Limited Series
* TV & New Media Pictures
* Short Form New Media
* New Series
* Children's Script

Special Awards|

* Paul Selvin Award
* Valentine Davies Award
* Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
* Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
* Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
* Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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* Musical
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* Documentary Script – Current Events
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