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Original Screenplay winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur. Paul Muni, Luise Rainer and Frank Capra. Best Actor winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur, Best Actress winner for The Great Ziegfeld, and Best Directing winner for Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. View More Memorable Moments.
From the 4th (1930–31) to the 12th (1939) ceremonies, an award was again given for best original story, with a screenplay award that was the equivalent of the modern award for best adapted screenplay.
Feb 5, 2014 · To Mack Sennett, “for his lasting contribution to the comedy technique of the screen, the basic principles of which are as important today as when they were first put into practice, the Academy presents a Special Award to that master of fun, discoverer of stars, sympathetic, kindly, understanding comedy genius – Mack Sennett.”
The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California to honor films released in 1936. They were hosted by George Jessel, with music by the Victor Young Orchestra, with Spike Jones on drums.
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. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...
Apr 3, 2021 · One of the most prestigious honors a screenwriter can be given is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, we’ve seen sweeping stories of romanticism like the original Titanic, as well as stories of war like The Hurt Locker, win the award.
Ben Hecht, one of Hollywood's and Broadway's greatest writers, won an Oscar for best original story for Underworld (1927) at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and had a hand in the writing of many classic films. He was nominated five more times for the best writing Oscar, winning (along with writing... 3. Joseph Farnham. Writer | Thunder.
