Word: awarded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Marquand Wins Award...
...award for the most distinguished novel dealing with some aspect of life in America went to John P. Marquand for his book "The Late George Apley...
Raymond Sprigle of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the award for distinguished reporting with his series exposing the one-time membership of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black in the Ku Klux Klan. For his Broadway success, "Our Town," the dramatic prize went to Thornton Wilder...
This year the age limit of eligible candidates for the award was raised from 30 to 35 years as it was held that the younger men had not passed through the experimental stage. By the age of 35, it was assumed that they were well into the theoretical...
...doubtful if "Un Carnet de Bal" deserved the Venice award as the greatest picture of 1937. It is far from great; although they may strike American audiences as novel, the trick plot and twisted cynicism are old stuff on the European screen. But Julien Duvivier, master of French directors--he has made better films than this--has given "Un Carnet" the touch of the artist, which combines with competent acting and force photography to make the picture thoroughly worthwhile...