Liberty Films was an independent motion picture production company founded in California by Frank Capra and Samuel J. Briskin in April 1945.

He formed Frank Capra Productions in 1939 and produced Meet John Doe, but dissolved it when he joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps in December 1941.

[7][8] Liberty contracted in August 1945 to produce nine features for distribution by RKO,[9] three each from the three producer-directors, who were each expected to deliver one picture per year.

[12] George Stevens was announced to produce and direct One Big Happy Family, written by Joseph Fields.

[13] The film rights to the play State of the Union were acquired in late 1946, with an intended release before the presidential election in 1948.

Although it was in the top 7% of that year's films as ranked by box office gross, it was unable to recoup its high production cost of $2.3 million,[16] much less show a profit.

The partners sought a major studio to buy Liberty Films before bank foreclosure, although Wyler and Stevens were "violently opposed" to the idea at first.