winning classic, _It Happened One Night (1934)_ (qv). However,  Capras Liberty Films production company was beset with financial  problems and he was forced to sell the property to Paramount where a  combination of political timidity (Capra discovered the involvement  of blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (qv)) and a tight budget  prompted him to withdraw from the project. William Wyler (qv)  however had no compunctions whatsoever about working with Trumbo.