Following the Second World War, directors Frank Capra, William Wyler, and George Stevens, and producer Samuel Briskin, returned from service in the the US Army Signal Corps and wished to make commercial motion pictures again, but wanted to do so outside of the studio system that dominated Hollywood at the time, so Capra and Briskin founded, and Wyler and Stevens joined, a new independent production company called Liberty Films. The beginnings looked promising, with a contract with RKO to release nine films, three from each director, but the first release was the film It's a Wonderful Life, which while considered a classic of cinema today struggled to make back it's own budget, and left the company only able to produce one more film before being bought out by Paramount Pictures.
Say that the film was able to take the box office by storm and leave the new company flush with cash. How might the history of it and Hollywood be affected?
Say that the film was able to take the box office by storm and leave the new company flush with cash. How might the history of it and Hollywood be affected?