2nd Writers Guild of America Awards

2nd WGA Awards
2nd WGA Awards
Date	1950
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 1st; WGA Awards; 3rd →;

The 2nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1949. Winners were announced in 1950.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Best Written Film Concerning American Scene All the King's Men, Screenplay by Robert Rossen Home of the Brave, Screenplay by Carl Foreman Intruder in the Dust, Screenplay Ben Maddow; based on the Novel by William Faulner Lost Boundaries, Screenplay by Virginia Shaler, and Eugene King Pinky, Screenplay by Philip Dunne & Dudley Nichols	Best Written Western Yellow Sky, Story by W.R. Burnett, Screenplay by W.R. Burnett and Lamar Trotti She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, and Laurence Stallings; based on the story "The Big Hunt" and "War Party" by James Warner Bellah Streets of Laredo, Screenplay by Charles Marquis Warren The Gal Who Took the West, Screenplay by William Bowers, and Oscar Brodney Whispering Smith, Screenplay by Frank Butler, and Karl Kamb
Best Written Musical On the Town, Written by Adolph Green & Betty Comden; based on the play by Adolph Green, and Betty Comden In the Good Old Summertime, Screenplay by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, and Ivan Tors Jolson Sings Again, Screenplay by Sidney Buchman Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Screenplay by Harry Tugend, and George Wells; story by Gene Kelly, and Stanley Donen The Barkleys of Broadway, Screenplay by Betty Comden, and Adolph Green You're My Everything, Screenplay by Lamar Trotti, and Will Hays Jr.	Best Written Drama All the King's Men, Screenplay by Robert Rossen Battleground, Screenplay by Robert Pirosh Champion, Screenplay by Carl Foreman; story by Ring Lardner Intruder in the Dust, Screenplay Ben Maddow; based on the Novel by William Faulner The Hasty Heast, Screenplay by Ranald MacDougall, based on the Play by John Patrick The Heiress, Screenplay by Ruth Goetz, and August Goetz The Window, Screenplay by Mel Dinelli; based on the story "The Boy Cried Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
Best Written Comedy A Letter to Three Wives, Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Adam's Rib, Screenplay by Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin Come to the Stable, Screenplay by Oscar Millard, and Sally Benson; story by Clare Boothe Luce Every Girl Should Be Married, Screenplay by Stephen Morehouse Avery; written by Don Hartman; story by Eleanor Harris I Was a Male War Bride, Screenplay by Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigel, and Hagar Wilde; story by Henri Rochard It Happens Every Spring, Screenplay by Valentine Davies; based on a story by Shirley W. Smith, and Valentine Davies

References

^ "Wga awards". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1950)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-14.

External links

WGA.org

[1] "Wga awards". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012.

[2] "Writers Guild of America, USA (1950)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-14.

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v t e Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
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
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year