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Feb 5, 2014 · [NOTE: “A special award to Battle of Midway for the historical value of its achievement in offering a camera record of one of the decisive battles of the world – a record unique both for the courage of those who made it under fire, and for its magnificent portrayal of the gallantry of our armed forces in battle.”]
Writing (Original Story) - Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe Sound Recording - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director Beauty and the Beach
Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
Although director/writer Preston Sturges won the Best Original Screenplay award for The Great McGinty (1940), there were no nominations this year for his superior Sullivan's Travels, with an un-nominated Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea as a Hollywood director.
Mar 12, 2021 · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story.
Apr 2, 2014 · He later transitioned into screenwriting, winning an Academy Award (best writing, original screenplay) for Citizen Kane (1941) and receiving an Oscar nomination for Pride of the Yankees (1942).
