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| | Bismarck, Follow the Stories: Standing Up to the Academy |
 | | Appraiser Mike Gutierrez explains that Dudley Nichols, author of the script, initially declined his Academy Award. |
 | | Dudley Nichols was a former reporter for the New York World who became one of the great Hollywood screenwriters of the 1930s and 1940s, writing screenplays for 60 movies. |
 | | In the end, Nichols' decision to turn down the Oscar didn't hurt his career, which spanned four decades, and he went on to collaborate with the best directors of his day, such as Howard Hawks, George Cukor, and Fritz Lang. |
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