Film Awards By Year

1932 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerBad GirlEdwin J. BurkeA man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.Amazon1932 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesArrowsmithSidney HowardAmazonDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydePercy HeathAmazon

1934 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerLittle WomenVictor HeermanA chronicle of the lives of a group of sisters growing up in nineteenth-century America.Amazon1934 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesLady for a DayRobert RiskinAmazonState FairPaul GreenAmazon

1935 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerIt Happened One NightRobert RiskinA spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.Amazon1935 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesThe Thin ManFrances GoodrichAmazonViva Villa!Ben HechtAmazon

1936 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe InformerDudley NicholsIn 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.Amazon1936 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesCaptain BloodCasey RobinsonAmazonMutiny on the BountyJules FurthmanAmazonThe Lives of a Bengal LancerAchmed AbdullahAmazon

1937 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Story of Louis PasteurPierre CollingsThe biography of the pioneering French microbiologist who helped revolutionize agriculture and medicine.Amazon1937 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAfter the Thin ManFrances GoodrichAmazonDodsworthSidney HowardAmazonMr. Deeds Goes to TownRobert RiskinAmazonMy Man GodfreyEric HatchAmazon

1938 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Life of Emile ZolaHeinz HeraldThe biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.Amazon1938 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Star Is BornAlan CampbellAmazonCaptains CourageousMarc ConnellyAmazonStage DoorMorrie RyskindAmazonThe Awful TruthViña DelmarAmazon

1939 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawA phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.Amazon1939 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBoys TownJohn MeehanAmazonFour DaughtersLenore J. CoffeeAmazonThe CitadelIan DalrympleAmazonYou Can't Take It with YouRobert RiskinAmazon

1940 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGone with the WindSidney HowardA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.Amazon1940 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesGoodbye, Mr. ChipsEric MaschwitzAmazonMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSidney BuchmanAmazonNinotchkaCharles BrackettAmazonWuthering HeightsBen HechtAmazon

1941 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Philadelphia StoryDonald Ogden StewartWhen a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.Amazon1941 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesKitty FoyleDalton TrumboAmazonRebeccaRobert E. SherwoodAmazonThe Grapes of WrathNunnally JohnsonAmazonThe Long Voyage HomeDudley NicholsAmazon

1942 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerHere Comes Mr. JordanSidney BuchmanBoxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.Amazon1942 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesHold Back the DawnCharles BrackettAmazonHow Green Was My ValleyPhilip DunneAmazonThe Little FoxesLillian HellmanAmazonThe Maltese FalconJohn HustonAmazon