It's a Wonderful Life turned the story and what was worth using from the three scripts into a screenplay that Capra would rename "It's a Wonderful Life". The script underwent many revisions throughout pre-production and during filming. Final screenplay credit went to Goodrich, Hackett, and Capra, with "additional scenes" by Jo Swerling. Capra produced the film with his independent motion picture production company Liberty Films. Dalton Trumbo had written a draft that was different from the final film. In Trumbo's draft, George Bailey is an idealistic politician that slowly grows more cynical as the story progresses, then tries to commit suicide after losing an
It's a Wonderful Life by Walker himself to be his replacement. Although having worked with three cinematographers had been difficult for Capra, it turned out very well in Walker's opinion, because the scenes each had shot were so different that he felt that Biroc's didn't have to match his or Milner's visual style. According to a 2006 book, "A spate of movies appeared just after the ending of the Second World War, including "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) and "Stairway to Heaven" (1946), perhaps tapping into so many people's experience of loss of loved ones and offering a kind of consolation." "It's a Wonderful