James Hill (British director) Donald Houston, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Barry Jones and Judi Dench. 1965 was also the year of "Born Free", an international hit starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, based on the autobiographical book by Joy Adamson about Elsa the Lioness. In an interview with Doris Martin, writer Sid Cole reminisced: “On "Born Free" I remember getting a card from Jimmy Hill saying he was in Kenya entirely surrounded by lions. (laughter).” Filmed on location in Kenya over a period of 9 months, with George Adamson as technical advisor, the shoot had a profound effect on the participants. Closely associated with
Alanna (The Song of the Lioness) the girl into knighthood. Instead, Alanna became Kel's secret benefactor, not revealing her identity until Kel became a knight. Alanna takes Kel's best friend Nealan of Queenscove as her squire. "See The Immortals." Alanna was a minor character in "The Immortals" series. She became friends with Daine as they fought the Emperor Mage Ozorne together, and she participated in the Immortals War. "See Daughter of the Lioness." Alanna was a minor character in the "Daughter of the Lioness" series. She was Alianne's mother. She was unaware of her daughter's kidnapping initially. Later, she took part in the Tortallan envoy to