 In 1955, he established Bryna Productions, which began producing films as varied as "Paths of Glory" (1957) and "Spartacus" (1960).In those two films, he collaborated with the then-relatively-unknown director Stanley Kubrick, taking lead roles in both films.Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write "Spartacus" with an official on-screen credit.