title: 5th Writers Guild of America Awards
text: # 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.
  
  | Best Written Musical Singin' in the Rain, Written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Hans Christian Andersen, Screenplay by Moss Hart; Story by Myles Connolly I'll See You in My Dreams, Written by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose Where's Charley?, Screenplay by John Monks Jr.; Based on a play by George Abbott and Brandon Thomas With a Song in My Heart, Written by Lamar Trotti | Best Written Drama 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 |
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  | Best Written Comedy 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
  
  