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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1957

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	7 March
Location:	Moulin Rouge (restaurant), Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Written American Musical


Winner:
	The King and I (1956) - Ernest Lehman
Other Nominees:
	Carousel (1956) - Phoebe Ephron; Henry Ephron High Society (1956) - John Patrick (II) Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) - Isobel Lennart The Eddy Duchin Story (1956) - Samuel A. Taylor

Best Written American Drama


Winner:
	Friendly Persuasion (1956) - Michael Wilson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Baby Doll (1956) - Tennessee Williams Giant (1956) - Fred Guiol; Ivan Moffat Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) - Ernest Lehman The Rainmaker (1956) - N. Richard Nash

Best Written American Comedy


Winner:
	Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) - James Poe (I); John Farrow (I); S.J. Perelman
Other Nominees:
	Bus Stop (1956) - George Axelrod Full of Life (1956) - John Fante The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) - Abe Burrows The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) - John Patrick (II)

WGA Award (TV)

Date:	May
Notes:	The TV awards are covering the period from 1 July 1955 to 30 June 1956.

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder