Born Free Born Free Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures. The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole (under the pseudonym "Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book "Born Free". The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin. "Born Free", and its musical
Paddy Travers Paddy Travers Patrick "Paddy" Travers (28 May 1883 - 1962) was a football player and manager in the first half of the 20th century. He played for many clubs in his native Scotland and for Barnsley in England, before becoming involved in coaching, and later, managing. Travers was born in Renfrew, and first played for his hometown team, Renfrew Victoria around the turn of the century. In 1901, he played 13 games for Barnsley, before returning to Scotland to play for Thornliebank. He then had a further spell at Barnsley, returned to play for Thornliebank, followed by games for New