8th Writers Guild of America Awards

8th WGA Awards
Date	1956
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 8th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1955. Winners were announced in 1956.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical Love Me or Leave Me, Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, and Isobel Lennart; story by Daniel Fuchs Daddy Long Legs, Screenplay by Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron; based on the novel by Jean Webster Guys and Dolls, Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; story by Damon Runyon and based on the play by Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows It's Always Fair Weather, Written by Betty Comden, and Adolph Green Oklahoma!, Screenplay by Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig; based on the play by Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II

Best Written Drama Marty, Written by Paddy Chayefsky Bad Day at Black Rock, Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; based on a story by Howard Breslin Blackboard Jungle, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; based on the novel by Evan Hunter East of Eden, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by John Steinbeck Picnic, Screenplay by Daniel Taradash; based on the play by William Inge

Best Written Comedy Mister Roberts, Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, and Joshua Logan; based on the play by Thomas Heggen, and Joshua Logan from the novel by Thomas Heggen Phffft, Written by George Axelrod The Seven Year Itch, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and George Axelroad; based on the play by George Axelroad The Tender Trap, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; based on the play by Max Shulman, and Robert Paul Smith To Catch a Thief, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by David Dodge

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein

External links

• WGA.org