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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1965

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	17 March
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Written American Musical


Winner:
	Mary Poppins (1964) - Bill Walsh (I); Don DaGradi
Other Nominees:
	Kissin' Cousins (1964) - Gerald Drayson Adams; Gene Nelson (I) My Fair Lady (1964) - Alan Jay Lerner Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) - David R. Schwartz (I) Roustabout (1964) - Anthony Lawrence (II); Allan Weiss Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) - Helen Deutsch

Best Written American Drama


Winner:
	Becket (1964) - Edward Anhalt
Other Nominees:
	Best Man, The (1964) - Gore Vidal Night of the Iguana, The (1964) - Anthony Veiller; John Huston (I) One Potato, Two Potato (1964) - Raphael Hayes; Orville H. Hampton Seven Days in May (1964) - Rod Serling

Best Written American Comedy


Winner:
	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick; Peter George (III); Terry Southern
Other Nominees:
	Father Goose (1964) - Peter Stone (I); Frank Tarloff Pink Panther, The (1963) - Maurice Richlin; Blake Edwards Topkapi (1964) - Monja Danischewsky World of Henry Orient, The (1964) - Nora Johnson (II); Nunnally Johnson

WGA Award (TV)

Date:	17 March
Notes:	The TV awards are covering the period from 1 September 1963 to 31 August 1964.

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Sidney Buchman

Valentine Davies Award


Awarded to:
	James R. Webb