George Sidney
Bye Bye Birdie, Scaramouche, Kiss Me Kate

Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth, Arrowsmith

Donald Ogden Stewart
The Philadelphia Story, Holiday, Keeper of the Flame

Spencer Tracy
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Inherit the Wind, Adam's Rib

Lana Turner
The Postman Always Rings Twice, Imitation of Life, The Bad and the Beautiful

Zachary Scott
Mildred Pierce, The Mask of Dimitrios, The Southerner

Tom Drake
Meet Me in St. Louis, Raintree County, Warlock

Mary Astor
The Maltese Falcon, Meet Me in St. Louis, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Albert Dekker
The Wild Bunch, East of Eden, Kiss Me Deadly

Margaret Lindsay
Jezebel, Scarlet Street, Please Don't Eat the Daisies