Awards/Nominations for 1940 Best Screenplay View for other years: 1940 2010 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928

Academy Awards Win: Preston Sturges, The Great McGinty (Best Original Screenplay) Win: Benjamin Glazer, John Szekely , Arise, My Love (Best Original Story) Win: David Ogden Stewart, The Philadelphia Story Runner-Up: Ben Hect, Angels Over Broadway (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald, John Huston , Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Buller (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison , Foreign Correspondent (Best Original Screenplay) Runner-Up: Hugo Butler, Dore Schary , Edison, the Man (Best Original Story) Runner-Up: Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack , My Favorite Wife (Best Original Story) Runner-Up: Stuart N. Lake, The Westerner (Best Original Story) Runner-Up: Walter Reisch, Comrade X (Best Original Story) Runner-Up: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison , Rebecca Runner-Up: Dalton Trumbo, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman Runner-Up: Dudley Nichols, The Long Voyage Home Runner-Up: Nunnally Johnson, The Grapes of Wrath

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