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Academy awards Writing Adapted Screenplay [1940 era]


1940 year (13 th)

Donald Ogden StewartThe Philadelphia Story

Nomination :

Joan HarrisonRebecca
Robert E. Sherwood/Robert SherwoodRebecca
Dalton TrumboKitty Foyle : The Natural History of a Woman
Dudley NicholsThe Long Voyage Home
Nunnally JohnsonThe Grapes of Wrath


1941 year (14 th)

Sidney BuchmanHere Comes Mr. Jordan

Seton I. MillerHere Comes Mr. Jordan

Nomination :

Lillian HellmanThe Little Foxes
John HustonThe Maltese Falcon
Philip DunneHow Green Was My Valley


1942 year (15 th)

George FroeschelMrs. Miniver

Arthur WimperisMrs. Miniver

James HiltonMrs. Miniver

Claudine WestMrs. Miniver

Nomination :

Jo SwerlingThe Pride of the Yankees
Herman J. MankiewiczThe Pride of the Yankees
Claudine WestRandom Harvest
George FroeschelRandom Harvest
Arthur WimperisRandom Harvest


1943 year (16 th)

Howard Koch/Peter HowardCasablanca

Philip G. EpsteinCasablanca

Julius J. Epstein/Julius EpsteinCasablanca

Nomination :

George SeatonThe Song of Bernadette
Dashiell Hammett/Samuel Dashiell HammettWatch on the Rhine


1944 year (17 th)

Frank ButlerGoing My Way

Frank CavettGoing My Way

Nomination :

Raymond ChandlerDouble Indemnity
Walter ReischGaslight
Billy WilderDouble Indemnity
Irving BrecherMeet Me in St. Louis
Samuel HoffensteinLaura


1945 year (18 th)

Billy WilderThe Lost Weekend

Charles BrackettThe Lost Weekend

Nomination :

Frank DavisA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Tess SlesingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Story of G.I. Joe
Ranald MacDougallMildred Pierce


1946 year (19 th)

Robert E. Sherwood/Robert SherwoodThe Best Years Of Our Lives

Nomination :

Talbot JenningsAnna and the King Of Siam
Anthony VeillerTHE KILLERS
Federico FelliniOpen City
Sergio AmideiOpen City
David LeanBrief Encounter
Ronald NeameBrief Encounter
Anthony Havelock-AllanBrief Encounter


1947 year (20 th)

George SeatonMiracle on 34th Street

Nomination :

Anthony Havelock-AllanGreat Expectations
Ronald NeameGreat Expectations
David LeanGreat Expectations
Moss HartGentleman's Agreement


1948 year (21 th)

John HustonThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Nomination :

David WechslerThe Search
Richard SchweizerThe Search
The Snake Pit
Johnny Belinda


1949 year (22 th)

Joseph L. MankiewiczA Letter to Three Wives

Nomination :

Graham GreeneThe Fallen Idol
Carl ForemanChampion
Cesare ZavattiniBicycle Thieves
Robert RossenAll The King's Men
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