Awards for 1957

WGA Award (Screen)

Best Written American Musical

WINNER

The King and I: Ernest Lehman

NOMINEES

Carousel: Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
The Eddy Duchin Story: Samuel A. Taylor
High Society: John Patrick
Meet Me in Las Vegas: Isobel Lennart

Best Written American Drama

WINNER

Friendly Persuasion: Michael Wilson

NOMINEES

Baby Doll: Tennessee Williams
Giant: Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
The Rainmaker: N. Richard Nash
Somebody Up There Likes Me: Ernest Lehman

Best Written American Comedy

WINNER

Around the World in Eighty Days: James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman

NOMINEES

Bus Stop: George Axelrod
Full of Life: John Fante
The Solid Gold Cadillac: Abe Burrows
The Teahouse of the August Moon: John Patrick

WGA Award (TV)

Best Written One Half Hour TV Episodic Drama

NOMINEE

Gunsmoke: Sam Peckinpah (teleplay), John Meston (story)
For episode "The Guitar".

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

WINNERS

Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett

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