At the time of the filming of MR. ARKADIN, Orson Welles was perhaps most well known for his portrayal of Harry Lime in his radio series “The Lives of Harry Lime,” which aired from 1951 to 1952. Taken from Carol Reed’s THE THIRD MAN (1949), Lime became a popular antihero. Elements of MR. ARKADIN can be found in the following program from the series.
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"Who Is Harry Lime?": Episode 2
At the time of the filming of MR. ARKADIN, Orson Welles was perhaps most well known for his portrayal of Harry Lime in his radio series “The Lives of Harry Lime,” which aired from 1951 to 1952. Taken from Carol Reed’s THE THIRD MAN (1949), Lime became a popular antihero. Elements of MR. ARKADIN c...
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"Who Is Harry Lime?": Episode 3
At the time of the filming of MR. ARKADIN, Orson Welles was perhaps most well known for his portrayal of Harry Lime in his radio series “The Lives of Harry Lime,” which aired from 1951 to 1952. Taken from Carol Reed’s THE THIRD MAN (1949), Lime became a popular antihero. Elements of MR. ARKADIN c...
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Reviving Harry Lime
The following is a 2006 interview with Harry Alan Towers. Born in 1920, in London, Towers started as an actor and radio writer, before establishing a production company, Towers of London, in 1946. In the early 1950s, he produced two radio series starring and written by Orson Welles: “The Lives of...
