"Harry Lime character from ""The Third Man"" is replaced by the less sympathetic Guy Van Stratten, since Welles did not own the copyright to the Lime character as character rights had been bought by Harry Alan Towers for the Lives of Harry Lime radio series. 2. ""Masquerade"", an early version of the screenplay of what would eventually become Mr. Arkadin, has substantial differences from the film versions. The screenplay follows a strictly chronological structure rather than the back-and-forth structure of the film. Many of the scenes in the film are set in different countries, and a lengthy sequence in Mexico"
"members of the British Royal family. Princess Margaret invited him to London's fashionable ""Empress Club"", where he played twice a week during his stay at London. He also appeared before Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, members of the Swedish royal family, and Pope Pius XII. By the end of 1949, half a million copies of ""The Harry Lime Theme"" had been sold, an unprecedented number for the time. The success of the score also caused a surge in zither sales. In Austria, the film opened on 10 March 1950, in Vienna's Apollo Kino, and it initially offended some Viennese inhabitants,"
"sold strongly. Four other versions charted in the U.S. during 1950. According to Faber and Faber, the different versions of the theme have collectively sold an estimated forty million copies. Karas also performed ""The Third Man Theme"" and other zither music for the 1951–1952 syndicated radio series, ""The Adventures of Harry Lime"", a ""Third Man"" prequel produced in London. Orson Welles reprised his role as Harry Lime. ""Whenever he entered a restaurant in those years, the band would strike up Anton Karas's ""Third Man Theme"", wrote Welles biographer Joseph McBride. The full soundtrack album was ready for release when ""The"
"Sir Archibald, the head of Scotland Yard. In addition, the name for Brockmann's character was changed: in Wallace's novel he was called ""Harry Lime"" (or Lyme). Since this had been the name of Orson Welles' character in Carol Reed's ""The Third Man"" (1949), the producers decided to change it. Cinematography took place from 24 April to 9 June 1959. The studio for interiors was ""Palladium Atelier"" at Kopenhagen. Exteriors were also shot in and around Kopenhagen. A small team, including Reinl and his director of cinematography Kalinke travelled to London for two days to shoot some stock footage to be"
"Irish city. In fact, Belfast was used for the location work, but it remains unnamed in the film. It was the producer Alexander Korda, to whom Reed was now signed, who introduced the director to the novelist Graham Greene. The next two films were made from screenplays by Greene: ""The Fallen Idol"" (1948) and ""The Third Man"" (1949). ""The Third Man"" was co-produced by David O. Selznick and Korda, with the American actors Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten in two of the leading roles. Reed insisted on casting Welles as Harry Lime, although Selznick had wanted Noël Coward for the"
"Heiress (1949) and The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel (1949) two more early Hammer Film movies. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041236/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Celia (1949 film) Celia is a 1949 British comedy thriller film directed by Francis Searle and starring Hy Hazell, Bruce Lester and John Bailey. Made as a second feature by Hammer Films, it was based on a radio serial. An unemployed actress is persuaded by her private detective boyfriend to pose as a housekeeper at a country mansion to investigate suspicious events occurring there. Filming Location: Dial Close Court, (a large 23 bedroomed country house) at Winter"
"the city. Production then moved to the Worton Hall Studios in Isleworth and Shepperton Studios near London and was completed in March 1949. The scenes of Harry Lime in the sewer were shot on location or on sets built at Shepperton; most of the location shots used doubles for Welles. However, Reed claimed that, despite initial reluctance, Welles quickly became enthusiastic, and stayed in Vienna to finish the film. The crew sprayed water on the cobbled streets to make them reflect light at night. According to the recollection of assistant director Guy Hamilton, interviewed in 2015, Greene and Reed worked"
"asked a stunned Karas if he would compose the music for the film. Karas protested, saying he had never actually written music. As Karas later told the story, the director insisted and invited Karas to England. The Austrian became homesick and asked to be allowed to return. Reed told him he could—as soon as he had written the music. Under this pressure Karas wrote his Harry Lime theme. The film—with the music a contributing factor—was a gigantic success, and Karas' life was changed drastically. As a result, he toured all over the world and performed for many celebrities, among them"
"a tale of a jungle expedition that finds prehistoric monsters in South America; the film also starred Claude Rains, Jill St. John and Richard Haydn. No longer bound by the no-television clause in his studio contract, he began his association with the medium. Rennie became a familiar face on television, taking the role of Harry Lime in ""The Third Man"" (1959–65), an Anglo-American syndicated television series very loosely derived from the film. It ran for several years but the schedule meant Rennie had plenty of time off to work on other projects. ""Every scene of every show I do for"
"British Films of all time. Billy Liar (film) Billy Liar is a 1963 British black-and-white CinemaScope comedy-drama film based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy, and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs. Fisher, and Wilfred Pickles plays Mr. Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. The Cinemascope photography is by Denys Coop, and Richard Rodney Bennett supplied the score. The film belongs to the British"
"reprises his role as a Lime somewhat less nefarious adventurer anti-hero than the sociopathic opportunist depicted in the film's incarnation. Fifty-two episodes aired in 1951 and 1952, several of which Welles wrote, including ""Ticket to Tangiers"", which is included on the Criterion Collection and Studio Canal releases of ""The Third Man"". Recordings of the 1952 episodes ""Man of Mystery"", ""Murder on the Riviera"", and ""Blackmail is a Nasty Word"" are also included on the Criterion Collection DVD ""The Complete Mr. Arkadin"". A television spin-off starring Michael Rennie as Harry Lime ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1965. Seventy-seven episodes"
"company embarked on a series of comedies which became the studio's hallmark. These were often lightly satirical and were seen to reflect aspects of British character and society. The first was ""Hue and Cry"" (1947) and the last ""Barnacle Bill"" (1956). The best remembered Ealing films were produced between 1948 and 1955: ""Whisky Galore!"" (1949), ""Passport to Pimlico"" (1949), ""Kind Hearts and Coronets"" (1949), ""The Lavender Hill Mob"" (1951), ""The Man in the White Suit"" (1951), ""The Titfield Thunderbolt"" (1953), ""The Cruel Sea"" (1953) and ""The Ladykillers"" (1955) are now seen as classics of British cinema. The BBC bought the"
"and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Leland first appeared in ""Uncanny X-Men"" #132 (April 1980). Artist John Byrne based Leland's appearance on actor-director Orson Welles, and the name refers to two characters in Welles' films: Harry Lime from ""The Third Man"", and Jed Leland from ""Citizen Kane"". The character subsequently appears in ""The Uncanny X-Men"" #132-135 (April–July 1980), #152 (December 1981), and #208-209 (August–September 1986), in which he died. Leland made subsequent posthumous appearances in ""Classic X-Men"" #7 (March 1987), ""Sensational She-Hulk"" #34-35 (December 1991-January 1992), ""Marvel Super-Heroes"" #11 (October 1992), ""Generation X"" #-1 (July 1997), ""X-Men: Hellfire Club"" #4 (April 2000),"
"a further two versions have emerged. 1. Three episodes of the radio series ""The Lives of Harry Lime"", written, directed by and starring Welles. The basic plot of a wealthy Mr. Arkadian (spelt with three As in this version) commissioning a confidential report on his former life can be found in the episode """"Man of Mystery"""" (first broadcast 11 April 1952), while the episode """"Murder on the Riviera"""" (first broadcast 23 May 1952) and the final episode """"Greek Meets Greek"""" (first broadcast 25 July 1952) both contain plot elements repeated in the film. Note that in the film, the popular"
"after the film's premiere, and more than half a million copies of ""The Third Man Theme"" record were sold within weeks of the film's release. The tune was originally released in the U.K. in 1949, where it was known as ""The Harry Lime Theme"". Following its release in the U.S. in 1950 (see 1950 in music), ""The Third Man Theme"" spent 11 weeks at number one on ""Billboard""'s U.S. Best Sellers in Stores chart, from April 29 to July 8. Its success led to a trend in releasing film theme music as singles. A guitar version by Guy Lombardo also"
"his role as Holly Martins in the one-hour ""Theatre Guild on the Air"" radio adaptation of ""The Third Man"" on 7 January 1951. ""The Third Man"" was also adapted as a one-hour radio play on two broadcasts of ""Lux Radio Theatre"": on 9 April 1951 with Joseph Cotten reprising his role and on 8 February 1954 with Ray Milland as Martins. A British radio drama series, ""The Adventures of Harry Lime"" (broadcast in the US as ""The Lives of Harry Lime""), created as a ""prequel"" to the film, centres on Lime's adventures prior to his ""death in Vienna"", and Welles"
"Helter Skelter (1949 film) Helter Skelter is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson and Mervyn Johns. A radio star becomes involved with a wealthy heiress. The recurring English comic characters Charters and Caldicott also appeared in the film. Susan Graham (Carol Marsh) is a discontented heiress whose joint guardians (Mervyn Johns and Peter Haddon) are both trying to get her married to their odious nephews (Peter Hammond and Geoffrey Sumner, respectively). On her nineteenth birthday, the five of them visit a nightclub called the Magnolia Club; also present happens to"
"Harry Locke Harry Locke (10 December 1913 – 17 September 1987) was an English character actor. He was born and died in London. He married Joan Cowderoy in 1943 and Cordelia Sewell in 1952. He was a good friend of the poet Dylan Thomas. Their friendship in London and South Leigh, Oxfordshire, has been described by Locke in a 1970s interview with the radio journalist Colin Edwards. Locke was a familiar face in three decades of British cinema, playing small parts such as assorted working men, clerks, porters and cab drivers, with appearances including ""Passport to Pimlico"" (1949), ""Reach for"
"Billy Liar (film) Billy Liar is a 1963 British black-and-white CinemaScope comedy-drama film based on the 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse. Directed by John Schlesinger, it stars Tom Courtenay (who had understudied Albert Finney in the West End theatre adaptation of the novel) as Billy, and Julie Christie as Liz, one of his three girlfriends. Mona Washbourne plays Mrs. Fisher, and Wilfred Pickles plays Mr. Fisher. Rodney Bewes, Finlay Currie and Leonard Rossiter also feature. The Cinemascope photography is by Denys Coop, and Richard Rodney Bennett supplied the score. The film belongs to the British New Wave (or ""kitchen sink"
"Forbidden (1949 film) Forbidden (a.k.a. Scarlet Heaven ) is a 1949 British thriller film, directed by George King, and starring Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court and Patricia Burke. The film was produced by George King for Pennant Picturens, and was the last directorial assignment for King, and the final screen appearance by Montgomery. This thriller is set in Blackpool, where trained chemist Jim Harding (Douglass Montgomery) has been reduced to making a living peddling potions and medicines from a fairground stall with a former army colleague Dan Collins (Ronald Shiner). Trapped in a loveless marriage with the vulgar, shrewish and domineering"
"Pink String and Sealing Wax Pink String and Sealing Wax is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson. It is based on a play with the same name by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own. The wife of a pub landlord in Victorian Brighton, who is having an affair, wants to rid herself of her abusive husband. To accomplish this she befriends a young man who works in his father's chemist shop and thus has access to poison. The film premiered"
"Third Man"" (1949) which was a success both critically and financially. London Films made smaller budgeted movies: ""The Cure for Love"" (1949), ""The Happiest Days of Your Life"" (1950), ""The Angel with the Trumpet"" (1950), ""My Daughter Joy"" (1950),""State Secret"" (1950), ""The Wooden Horse"" (1950), ""Seven Days to Noon"" (1951), ""Lady Godiva Rides Again"" (1951), ""The Wonder Kid"" (1951), and ""Mr. Denning Drives North"" (1951). He helped finance ""Outcast of the Islands"" (1952), ""Home at Seven"" (1952), ""Who Goes There!"" (1952), ""The Holly and the Ivy"" (1952), ""The Ringer"" (1952), ""Folly to Be Wise"" (1953), ""Twice Upon a Time"" (1953),"
"in Blantyre, Scotland. The following species have been named in honour of David Livingstone: Livingstone has been portrayed by M.A. Wetherell in ""Livingstone"" (1925), Percy Marmont in ""David Livingstone"" (1936), Sir Cedric Hardwicke in ""Stanley and Livingstone"" (1939), Bernard Hill in ""Mountains of the Moon"" (1990) and Sir Nigel Hawthorne in the TV movie ""Forbidden Territory"" (1997). The 1949 comedy film ""Africa Screams"" is the story of a dimwitted clerk named Stanley Livington (played by Lou Costello), who is mistaken for a famous African explorer and recruited to lead a treasure hunt. The character's name appears to be a play"
"his. In 1974, he began to rework his novel ""Voleur"", apparently from memory, as he had burned the manuscript in a fit of pique when he was 17. In 1978, he completed the work, renaming it ""The Perfect Thief"" (). This was the first of his three published novels. In 1982, Bass published his second novel, """" (). The ""Lime"" referred to in the title is Harry Lime, the central mystery character of the 1949 motion picture ""The Third Man"". On January 1, 1984, his third novel was published, ""The Emerald Illusion"" (). The following year, he wrote the screenplay"
"The Ringer (1952 film) The Ringer is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Denholm Elliott, Greta Gynt, Donald Wolfit, William Hartnell and Mai Zetterling. It was the directoral debut of Hamilton, and was the third talkie version of Edgar Wallace's popular play. An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him. Allmovie wrote, ""Donald Wolfit, whose legendary thespic excesses were later fictionalized in the stage play ""The Dresser"", is perfectly cast as a vengeance-seeking master of disguise""; and ""TV Guide"" noted ""old-fashioned melodrama with an excellent cast."""
"The Ringer (1952 film) The Ringer is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Denholm Elliott, Greta Gynt, Donald Wolfit, William Hartnell and Mai Zetterling. It was the directoral debut of Hamilton, and was the third talkie version of Edgar Wallace's popular play. An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him. Allmovie wrote, ""Donald Wolfit, whose legendary thespic excesses were later fictionalized in the stage play ""The Dresser"", is perfectly cast as a vengeance-seeking master of disguise""; and ""TV Guide"" noted ""old-fashioned melodrama with an excellent cast."""
"Miss Mink of 1949 Miss Mink of 1949 is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Glenn Tryon (his last film as a director) and written by Arnold Belgard. It stars Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier (in her final film role), Richard Lane, Barbara Brown, Paul Guilfoyle and June Storey. The film was released on February 11, 1949, by 20th Century Fox. Alice Forrester wins a $10,000 mink in a radio contest. Alice's husband Joe is a clerk who works for Herb Pendleton, whose wife Rose desperately wants that coat. Herb offers Joe a promotion and $5,000, telling him it'll save"
"Man""), and another Dick Farrelly song, ""The Rose of Slievenamon"", excerpts from operettas including ""The Drinking song"" from ""The Student Prince"", ""My Heart and I"" from Richard Tauber's operetta ""Old Chelsea"", and ""Goodbye"" from ""The White Horse Inn"", along with familiar favourites such as ""I'll walk beside you"", ""Come Back to Sorrento"" and ""Cara Mia"". In 1948, he appeared in several films produced by Mancunian Films, usually as versions of himself. He plays himself in the film ""Holidays with Pay"". He also appears as ""Sergeant Locke"" in the 1949 comedy ""What a Carry On!"". In 1958, after he had appeared"
"The Spider and the Fly (1949 film) The Spider and the Fly is a 1949 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe and Nadia Gray. The screenplay concerns an unusual love triangle that develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the First World War. It was made at Pinewood Studios with sets by the art director Edward Carrick. The period costumes were partly designed by Elizabeth Haffenden. In 1913, Fernand Maubert (Eric Portman), the dedicated chief of police of Paris, is after Philippe Lodocq (Guy Rolfe), a suave bank robber"
"film ""Death of Nancy Sykes"" in 1897. The most memorable of these are probably the musical ""Oliver!"" and the two David Lean films of ""Oliver Twist"" (1948) and ""Great Expectations"" (1946). Other film adaptations include ""David Copperfield"" in 1935 and 1969, ""Nicholas Nickleby"" in 1947 and 2002, ""The Pickwick Papers"" in 1952 and ""Little Dorrit"" in 1987. There have also been many versions of Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"", the best known of which is probably the 1951 Alastair Sim film ""Scrooge"". Many films have also been made of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Basil Rathbone played Holmes"
"to ""Peeping Tom"" (1960). He received a BAFTA nomination for ""The Bedford Incident"" in 1965. Listing of films: 1942 The Foreman Went to France 1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1944 This Happy Breed 1944 The Way Ahead 1945 They Knew Mr. Knight 1946 A Matter of Life and Death 1947 Black Narcissus 1948 The Red Shoes 1950 Gone to Earth 1950 The Elusive Pimpernel 1951 The Tales of Hoffmann 1952 Folly to Be Wise 1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men 1953 Twice upon a Time 1953 Front Page Story 1954 The Constant Husband"
"captured in the Technicolor photography."" Maytime in Mayfair Maytime in Mayfair is a 1949 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas Phipps, and Tom Walls. It was the sequel to ""Spring in Park Lane"". The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1949. Debonair Michael Gore-Brown inherits a dress shop and becomes romantically involved with its manager, Eileen Grahame. But when a rival shop across the street always seems to get the new fashions first, some investigation is required. Music by Harry Parr Davies<br> Lyrics by"
"Libel (film) Libel is a 1959 British drama filmstarring Olivia de Havilland, Dirk Bogarde, Paul Massie, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Robert Morley. The film's screenplay was written by Anatole de Grunwald and Karl Tunberg from a 1935 play of the same name by Edward Wooll. The film's location shots included Longleat House, Wiltshire (fictionalised as ""Ingworth House"") and London. While traveling in London, Jeffrey Buckenham (Paul Massie), a World War II pilot veteran from Canada, sees Baronet Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon (Dirk Bogarde) on television, leading a tour of his ancestral home in England. Buckenham recalls that he was held in"