Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Musical Film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
First awarded | 1949 |
Last awarded | 1969 |
Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
The Writers Guild Award for Best Written Musical was an award presented from 1949 to 1969 by the Writers Guild of America, after which it was discontinued.
Winners & Nominees[1][]
Notes[]
- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards were presented the following year.
1940s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1948 (1st)[2] |
Easter Parade | Sidney Sheldon, Frances Goodrich, and Albert Hackett |
Luxury Liner | Gladys Lehman, and Richard Connell | |
On an Island with You | Dorothy Kingsley, Dorothy Cooper, Charles Martin, and Hans Wilhelm | |
That Lady in Ermine | Samson Raphaelson | |
The Emperor Waltz | Charles Brackett, and Billy Wilder | |
When My Baby Smiles at Me | Lamar Trotti | |
You Were Meant for Me | Elick Moll, and Valentine Davies | |
1949 (2nd)[3] |
On the Town | Adolph Green & Betty Comden |
In the Good Old Summertime | Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Ivan Tors | |
Jolson Sings Again | Sidney Buchman | |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Harry Tugend, and George Wells | |
The Barkleys of Broadway | Betty Comden, and Adolph Green | |
You're My Eve | Lamar Trotti |
1950s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1950 (3rd)[4] |
Annie Get Your Gun | Sidney Sheldon |
My Blue Heaven | Lamar Trotti, and Claude Binyon | |
Summer Stock | George Wells, and Sy Gomberg | |
The West Point Story | John Monks Jr., Charles Hoffman, and Irving Wallace | |
Three Little Words | George Wells | |
1951 (4th)[5] |
An American in Paris | Alan Jay Lerner |
Here Comes the Groom | Virginia Van Upp, Liam O'Brien, and Myles Connolly | |
On the Riviera | Valentine Davies, Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
Show Boat | John Lee Mahim | |
The Great Caruso | Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig | |
1952 (5th)[6] |
Singin' in the Rain | Betty Comden, and Adolph Green |
Hans Christian Andersen | Moss Hart | |
I'll See You in My Dreams! | Jack Rose, and Melville Shavelson | |
Where's Charley | John Monks Jr. | |
With a Song in My Heart | Lamar Trotti | |
1953 (6th)[7] |
Lili | Helen Deutsch |
Call Me Madam | Arthur Sheekman | |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Charles Lederer | |
Kiss Me Kate | Dorothy Kingsley | |
The Band Wagon | Bett Comden, and Adolph Green | |
1954 (7th)[8] |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Dorothy Kingsley |
A Star Is Born | Moss Hart | |
Carmen Jones | Harry Kleiner | |
The Glenn Miller Story | Valentine Davies, and Oscar Brodney | |
There's No Business Like Show Business | Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
1955 (8th)[9] |
Love Me or Leave Me | Daniel Fuchs, and Isobel Lennart |
Daddy long Legs | Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
It's Always Fair Weather | Betty Comden, and Adolph Green | |
Oklahoma! | Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig | |
1956 (9th)[10] |
The King and I | Ernest Lehman |
Carousel | Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
High Society | John Patrick | |
Meet Me in Las Vegas | Isobel Lennart | |
The Eddy Duchin Story | Samuel A. Taylor | |
1957 (10th)[11] |
Les Girls | John Patrick |
Funny Face | Leonard Gershe | |
Pal Joey | Dorothy Kingsley | |
The Jorker Is Wild | Oscar Saul | |
The Pajama Game | George Abbott, and Richard Bissell | |
1958 (11th)[12] |
Gigi | Alan Jay Lerner |
Damn Yankees | George Abbott | |
South Pacific | Paul Osborn | |
The Girl Most Likely | Paul Jarrico, and Devery Freeman | |
Tom Thumb | Ladislas Fodor | |
1959 (12th)[13] |
The Five Pennies | Melville Shavelson, and Jack Rose |
A Private's Affair | Winston Miller | |
Li'l Abner | Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank | |
Never Steal Anything Small | Charles Lederer | |
Porgy and Bess | N. Richard Nash | |
Say One for Me | Robert O'Brien |
1960s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1960 (13th)[14] |
Bells Are Ringing | Betty Comden, and Adolph Green |
Can-Can | Dorothy Kingsley, and Charles Lederer | |
G.I. Blues | Edmund Beloin, and Henry Garson | |
Let's Make Love | Norman Krasna, and Hal Kanter | |
1961 (14th)[15] |
West Side Story | Ernest Lehman |
Babes in Toyland | Ward Kimball, and Lowell S. Hawley | |
Blue Hawaii | Hal Kanter | |
Flower Drum Song | Joseph Fields | |
Snow White and the Three Stooges | Noel Langley, and Elwood Ullman | |
1962 (15th)[16] |
The Music Man | Marion Hargrove |
Billy Rose's Jumbo | Sidney Sheldon | |
Gypsy | Leoanard Spigelgass | |
Hey, Let's Twist! | Hal Hackady | |
State Fair | Richard L. Breen | |
1963 (16th)[17] |
Not Awarded | |
1964 (17th)[18] |
Mary Poppins | Bill Walsh, and Don DaGradi |
Kissin' Cousins | Gerarld Drayson Adams, and Gene Nelson | |
My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | |
Robin and the 7 Hoods | David R. Schwartz | |
Roustabout | Anthony Lawrence, and Allan Weiss | |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Helen Deutsch | |
1965 (18th)[19] |
The Sound of Music | Ernest Lehman |
1966 (19th)[20] |
Not Awarded | |
1967 (20th)[21] |
Thoroughly Modern Millie | Richard Morris |
Camelot | Alan Jay Lerner | |
Doctor Dolittle | Leslie Bricusse | |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | David Swift | |
1968 (21st)[22] |
Funny Girl | Isobel Lennart |
Finian's Rainbow | E. Y. Harburg, and Fred Saidy | |
Star! | William Fairchild |
References[]
- ^ "Writers Guild Awards Winners 1995-1949". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1949)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1950)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1951)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1953)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1954)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1955)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1956)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1957)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1959)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1960)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1961)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1962)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1963)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1964)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1965)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1966)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
External links[]
Categories:
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- Awards established in 1949