Laurel Awards
The Laurel Awards were national American film awards that have been awarded annually from 1948 to 1968 and from 1970 to 1971 on the best films and filmmakers of the previous year. The winners, the ( German Golden Laurel) is distinguished with the Golden Laurel, were determined in a survey by the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazines from U.S. and Canadian movie theater owners. The Laurel Awards possessed, unlike other film awards including the Oscar or the Golden Globes on no ceremony. The results of the survey were, usually in September of each year, published in the Motion Picture Exhibitor magazine.
Categories
On September 10, 1958 Price supports were determined in twenty-three different categories. In some categories up to fifteen filmmakers were presented in descending order.
Award winners
The Laurel Awards recorded until the 1970 film productions separated from by genre in five different categories. At the last ceremony 1971, however, with Franklin J. Schaffner's Oscar - winning biopic Patton - abandoned rebel in uniform of the winner only in a film category.
The winners from 1958 to 1971:
* = Film productions have been honored at the Academy Awards for Best Film of the Year