Academy Awards

1948 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerMiracle on 34th StreetValentine DaviesWhen a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.Amazon1948 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesA Cage of NightingalesGeorges ChaperotAmazonIt Happened on Fifth AvenueHerbert Clyde LewisAmazonKiss of DeathEleazar LipskyAmazonSmash-Up: The Story of a WomanDorothy ParkerAmazon

1949 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe SearchRichard SchweizerIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.Amazon1949 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesLouisiana StoryFrances H. FlahertyAmazonRed RiverBorden ChaseAmazonThe Naked CityMalvin WaldAmazonThe Red ShoesEmeric PressburgerAmazon

1950 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Stratton StoryDouglas MorrowStar major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.Amazon1950 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesCome to the StableClare Boothe LuceAmazonIt Happens Every SpringShirley W. SmithAmazonSands of Iwo JimaHarry BrownAmazonWhite HeatVirginia KelloggAmazon

1951 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerPanic in the StreetsEdna AnhaltA doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.Amazon1951 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBitter RiceGiuseppe De SantisAmazonMystery StreetLeonard SpigelgassAmazonThe GunfighterWilliam BowersAmazonWhen Willie Comes Marching HomeSy GombergAmazon

1952 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerSeven Days to NoonPaul DehnAn English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the center of London if the Government ...Amazon1952 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBullfighter and the LadyBudd BoetticherAmazonHere Comes the GroomRobert RiskinAmazonTeresaAlfred HayesAmazonThe FrogmenOscar MillardAmazon

1953 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Greatest Show on EarthFredric M. FrankThe dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.Amazon1953 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesMy Son JohnLeo McCareyAmazonThe Narrow MarginMartin GoldsmithAmazonThe Pride of St. LouisGuy TrosperAmazonThe SniperEdna AnhaltAmazon

1954 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerRoman HolidayDalton TrumboA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.Amazon1954 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesAbove and BeyondBeirne Lay Jr.AmazonHondoLouis L'AmourAmazonLittle FugitiveRay AshleyAmazonThe Captain's ParadiseAlec CoppelAmazon

1955 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerBroken LancePhilip YordanThe saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.Amazon1955 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesBread, Love and DreamsEttore Maria MargadonnaAmazonForbidden GamesFrançois BoyerAmazonNight PeopleJed HarrisAmazonThere's No Business Like Show BusinessLamar TrottiAmazon

1956 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerLove Me or Leave MeDaniel FuchsA fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.Amazon1956 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesRebel Without a CauseNicholas RayAmazonStrategic Air CommandBeirne Lay Jr.AmazonThe Private War of Major BensonJoe ConnellyAmazonThe Sheep Has Five LegsJean MarsanAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Original Story WinnerThe Brave OneDalton TrumboA young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Original Story NomineesHigh SocietyEdward BerndsAmazonThe Eddy Duchin StoryLeo KatcherAmazonThe Proud and the BeautifulJean-Paul SartreAmazonUmberto D.Cesare ZavattiniAmazon