9th Writers Guild of America Awards

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9th WGA Awards
Date	1957
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

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Best Written Musical The King and I, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the book by Oscar Hammestein II Carousel, Screenplay by Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on the book by Oscar Hammerstein II High Society, Screenplay by John Patrick; based on the play by Philip Barry Meet Me in Las Vegas, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart The Eddy Duchin Story, Screenplay by Samuel A. Taylor; story by Leo Katcher

Best Written Drama Friendly Persuasion, Screenplay by Michael Wilson; based on the novel by Jessamyn West Baby Doll, Screenplay by Tennessee Williams Giant, Screenplay by Fred Guiol, and Ivan Moffat; based on the novel by Edna Ferber Somebody Up There Likes Me, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the autobiography of Rocky Graziano The Rainmaker, Screenplay by N. Richard Nash; based on the play by N. Richard Nash

Best Written Comedy Around the World in 80 Days, Screenplay by James Poe, John Farrow, and S. J. Perelman; based on the novel by Jules Verne Bus Stop, Screenplay by George Axelrod; based on the play by William Inge Full of Life, Screenplay by John Fante; based on the novel by John Fante The Solid Gold Cadillac, Screenplay by Abe Burrows; based on the play by George S. Kaufman, and Howard Teichmann The Teahouse of the August Moon, Screenplay by John Patrick; based on the novel by Vern J. Sneider and the play by John Patrick

Television

Anthology Drama, 30 Minutes in Length Telephone Time (Episode: The Golden Junkman), Written by Donald S. Sanford; story by John Nesbitt Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Episode: Back for Christmas), Teleplay by Francis M. Cockrell; story by John Collier Frontier (Episode: The Salt War), Written by Morton S. Fine, and David Friedkin Frontiers of Faith (Episode: Lawyer from Boston), Written by Morton Wishengrad Schlitz Playhouse (Episode: The Bankmouse), Written by Lowell Barrington

Drama, 60 Minutes or Longer in Length Playhouse 90 (Episode: Requiem for a Heavyweight), Written by Rod Serling Climax! (Episode: The Fox), Written by Dale Wasserman Conflict (Episode: Silent Journey), Written by Dean Riesner, and Roy Huggins Lux Video (Episode: The Sentry), Written by John Gay Studio One in Hollywood (Episode: Portrait of a Citizen), Written by Norman Katkov Studio One in Hollywood (Episode: A Special Announcement), Written by David Aldrich The United States Steel Hour (Episode: A Wind from the South), Written by James Costigan

Episodic Drama, 30 Minutes in Length Medic (Episode: She Walks in Beauty), Written by Ken Kolb Father Knows Best (Episode: The Great Guy), Written by Roswell Rogers Gunsmoke (Episode: The Big Broad), Teleplay by David Victor, and Herbert Little Jr.; story by John Meston Gunsmoke (Episode: The Guitar), Teleplay by Sam Peckinpah; story by John Meston The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (Episode: The White Buffalo), Written by Douglas Heyes

Situational Comedy, 30 Minutes in Length The Honeymooners (Episode: The $99,000 Answer), Written by Leonard Stern, and Sydney Zelinka Father Knows Best (Episode: The Spirit of Youth), Written by Dorothy Cooper Private Secretary (Episode: Oh Brother!), Written by Phil Davis Screen Directors Playhouse (Episode: The Carroll Formula), Written by John L. Greene The Red Skelton Hour (Episode: The Cop and the Anthem), Teleplay by Sherwood Schwartz, and Jesse Goldstein

Pini gahinda

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett

External links

• WGA.org