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	Laurel Award for Screen...
	Valentine Davies Award
	Morgan Cox Award
	Edmund J. North Award



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Writers Guild of America, USA: 1975

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	3 April
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA (west coast) Time-Life Building, New York, New York, USA (east coast)

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Chinatown (1974) - Robert Towne
Other Nominees:
	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) - Robert Getchell Conversation, The (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola Harry and Tonto (1974) - Paul Mazursky; Josh Greenfeld Woman Under the Influence, A (1974) - John Cassavetes

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Blazing Saddles (1974) - Mel Brooks; Norman Steinberg; Andrew Bergman; Richard Pryor; Alan Uger
Other Nominees:
	California Split (1974) - Joseph Walsh (I) Claudine (1974) - Tina Pine; Lester Pine Phantom of the Paradise (1974) - Brian De Palma Sugarland Express, The (1974) - Hal Barwood; Matthew Robbins (I); Steven Spielberg

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium


Winner:
	Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, The (1974) - Mordecai Richler; Lionel Chetwynd
Other Nominees:
	Front Page, The (1974) - Billy Wilder; I.A.L. Diamond Young Frankenstein (1974) - Gene Wilder; Mel Brooks

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium


Winner:
	Godfather: Part II, The (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo
Other Nominees:
	Conrack (1974) - Irving Ravetch; Harriet Frank Jr. Lenny (1974) - Julian Barry Parallax View, The (1974) - David Giler; Lorenzo Semple Jr. Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The (1974) - Peter Stone (I)

WGA Award (TV)

Date:	3 April
Notes:	The TV awards are covering the period from 1 January 1974 to 31 December 1974.

Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement


Awarded to:
	Preston Sturges

Valentine Davies Award


Awarded to:
	Fay Kanin

Morgan Cox Award


Awarded to:
	Edmund H. North

Edmund J. North Award


Awarded to:
	James R. Webb