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Dudley Nichols

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Screenwriter

The Resume

    (April 6, 1895-January 4, 1960)
    Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio
    Wrote the screenplays for 'Bringing Up Baby (1938),' 'Stagecoach (1939),' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943),' 'Scarlet Street (1945),' 'And Then There Were None (1945),' 'The Bells of St. Mary's (1945),' 'Pinky (1949)' and 'The Tin Star (1957)'
    President of the Screen Writers Guild in (1937-38)
    Won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for 'The Informer (1936)'
    Declined the Oscar as a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild (1937)

Why he might be annoying:

    He set the precedent for politicized stunts at award shows.
    He refused his Academy Award but collected the award at the 1938 Oscar ceremony the following year anyway (hypocrite).
    His refusal to accept the Oscar is believed to have been the main factor to his being elected president of the Screen Writers Guild the next year.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America.
    He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, and would be the only one for over thirty five years until George C. Scott did it.
    He produced and directed three films — 'Government Girl,' 'Sister Kenny,' and 'Mourning Becomes Electra.'
    He co-wrote the documentary 'The Battle of Midway,' which won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
    He had the principles to refuse the award outright - as opposed to the current trend of accepting the award but then using the acceptance speech for moral vanity and political propaganda.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying