▁ ▁He ▁signed ▁a ▁contract ▁with ▁M GM ▁to ▁adapt ▁The ▁Fort y ▁Days ▁of ▁Mus a ▁D agh , ▁at ▁a ▁fee ▁of ▁$ 2 7 5 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁this ▁film ▁was ▁never ▁made ▁either . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁he ▁said ▁" the ▁bulk ▁of ▁Hollywood ▁mov ies ▁are ▁old ▁fashion ed ▁and ▁cre ak y . ▁There ▁is ▁nothing ▁here ▁to ▁compare ▁with ▁the ▁fer ment ▁of ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁Italy , ▁France ▁or ▁even ▁Poland ." ▁ ▁For eman ' s ▁next ▁big ▁success ▁was ▁the ▁sm ash ▁hit ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁film ▁Born ▁Free ▁which ▁For eman ▁presented . ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁For eman ▁announced ▁he ▁would ▁present ▁a ▁musical , ▁The ▁House ▁of ▁Madame ▁Tel lier ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁story ▁by ▁Guy ▁de ▁Mau pass ant ▁with ▁music ▁by ▁Dim it ri ▁T iom kin ▁and ▁book ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁by ▁Fred dy ▁Douglas . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁produced . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁and ▁produced ▁Mack en na ' s ▁Gold ▁( 1 9 6 9 ) ▁for ▁Columbia , ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁director ▁( J . ▁Lee ▁Thompson ) ▁and ▁star ▁( G reg ory ▁Pe ck ) ▁as ▁Navar one . ▁It ▁was ▁his ▁first ▁film ▁shot ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁since ▁High ▁No on . ▁" I ▁tried ▁very ▁hard ▁to ▁break ▁the ▁black list ▁but ▁I ▁never ▁succeeded ," ▁he ▁said . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁f lop . ▁