Milan Records will release a digitally remastered edition of the score for Carol Reed’s “The Third Man” starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles on February 5. According the label, “The pioneering original musical score, composed by Viennese musician Anton Karas, was only performed on the zither. The harrowing sound perfectly complementing this dark classic.” Karas’ […]
The East Village’s latest bar is the kind of watering hole where would-be Holly Martins can order up a Harry Lime while zither music plays in their head. Located at 116 Avenue C near 7th Street in the Big Apple, The Third Man takes its name from the classic 1949 Carol Reed thriller starring Orson […]
David Stewart White recently penned a splendid travel feature for The Washington Post on the Third Man Museum in Vienna. The diminutive museum is tucked away on a residential side street in Vienna’s Margareten neighborhood. It boasts some 2,000 artifacts across 13 rooms. The museum is a consuming passion of Gerhard Strassgschwandtner, who is still […]
The Criterion Collection, purveyors of high class DVDs, today announced that they were entering the Blu-ray field with a spate of fall releases, one of which is Carol Reed’s classic The Third Man, featuring Welles in one of his most iconic roles as Harry Lime. This was announced via their newsletter, and it doesn’t appear […]
Here is a complete transcript of the radio script Orson Welles wrote for what is essentially the first draft of Mr. Arkadin. It was heard as part of the Harry Alan Towers produced radio show The Lives of Harry Lime.
THE THIRD MAN (1949) Presented by ALEXANDER KORDA and DAVID O. SELZNICK. Produced & Directed by CAROL REED. Screenplay by GRAHAM GREENE. Associate Producer: HUGH PERCEVAL. Assistant Director: GUY HAMILTON. Unit Production Manager: T. S. LYNDON-HAYNES. Lighting Cameraman: ROBERT KRASKER. Art Director: VINCENT KORDA. Zither Music arranged and played by ANTON KARAS. Film Editor: OSWALD […]
I saw this on another site, and can’t vouch for its quality or lack thereof yet, but here is a link to a film noir podcast series, this particular episode focusing on Carol Reed’s The Third Man. It’s a free download, so give it a shot if you like.