Born Free: A New Adventure teach the lioness how to survive in the wild. In 1960, Joy Adamson published a book called "Born Free", based on her (and her husband, George Adamson) experience raising the lioness Elsa. The book was followed by two others, "Living Free" (1961) and "Forever Free" (1963). In 1966, the first book was adapted into a movie. The film was a commercial and critical success, leading to a 1969 documentary called "The Lions are Free" and then a sequel, released in 1972 and based on the third book, but using the name of the second book. In 1974, the NBC did
Bill Travers Heritage" (1960) on TV, then returned to Britain where he made a British monster film, "Gorgo" (1961). Travers and McKenna reteamed on a thriller, "Two Living, One Dead" (1961). He then starred in a race car drama for MGM, "The Green Helmet" (1961), and a comedy with Spike Milligan, "Invasion Quartet" (1961). He was in a Broadway production of "A Cook for Mr General" (1961). Travers starred in a TV adaptation of "Lorna Doone" (1963). He returned to Hollywood to do some episodes of "The Everglades", "Rawhide" ("Incident at Two Graves") and "Espionage" ("A Camel to Ride"). Back on Broadway