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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1954

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	25 February
Location:	Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Written American Musical


Winner:
	Lili (1953) - Helen Deutsch
Other Nominees:
	Band Wagon, The (1953) - Betty Comden; Adolph Green Call Me Madam (1953) - Arthur Sheekman Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - Charles Lederer Kiss Me Kate (1953) - Dorothy Kingsley

Best Written American Drama


Winner:
	From Here to Eternity (1953) - Daniel Taradash (I)
Other Nominees:
	Above and Beyond (1952) - Melvin Frank; Norman Panama; Beirne Lay Jr. Little Fugitive (1953) - Ray Ashley Martin Luther (1953) - Allan Sloane; Lothar Wolff Shane (1953) - A.B. Guthrie Jr.; Jack Sher

Best Written American Comedy


Winner:
	Roman Holiday (1953) - Ian McLellan Hunter; John Dighton
Other Nominees:
	Actress, The (1953) - Ruth Gordon (I) How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) - Nunnally Johnson Moon Is Blue, The (1953) - F. Hugh Herbert Stalag 17 (1953) - Billy Wilder; Edwin Blum

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Dudley Nichols