5th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 5th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1952. Winners were announced in 1953.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • High Noon, Screenplay by Carl Foreman
  • *5 Fingers, Screenplay by Michael Wilson; Based on a novel by L. C. Moyzisch
  • *Come Back, Little Sheba, Screenplay by Ketti Frings; Based on a play by William Inge
  • *Moulin Rouge; Screenplay by Anthony Veiller and John Huston; Based on a novel by Pierre La Mure
  • *The Bad and the Beautiful, Screenplay by Charles Schnee; Story by George Bradshaw
  • The Quiet Man, Screenplay by Frank Nugent; Story by Maurice Walsh
  • *Pat and Mike; Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin
  • *Room for One More; Screenplay by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson; Based on a novel by Anna Perrot Rose
  • *The Happy Time; Screenplay by Earl Felton; Based on a story by Robert Fontaine & a play by Samuel A. Taylor
  • *The Marrying Kind; Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin

    • Special Awards

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
    Sonya Levien