Liberty Films

Liberty Films Inc.
Company typeIndependent
IndustryFilm
FoundedApril 1945
FounderFrank Capra
Samuel J. Briskin
Defunct1951
SuccessorsLibrary:
Paramount Pictures (It's a Wonderful Life)
Universal Television (State of the Union)
HeadquartersCalifornia, United States
Key people
Frank Capra
Samuel J. Briskin
William Wyler
George Stevens
ProductsFilms
OwnerIndependent (1945–1947)
Paramount Pictures (1947–1951)

Liberty Films was an independent motion picture production company founded in California by Frank Capra and Samuel J. Briskin in April 1945.[1] It produced only two films, the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946), originally released by RKO Radio Pictures, and the film version of the hit play State of the Union (1948), originally released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[N 1] Liberty Films' logo was the Liberty Bell ringing loudly.

  1. ^ "Screen News", The New York Times, April 27, 1945, p. 22. A third incorporator was attorney David Tannenbaum.


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