Orson Welles in "The Third Man" - '49 - HQ

This is ALL the footage of Awesome Orson (apart from the chase round the sewers at the end - and half of that used doubles) in the film. His total on-screen time is less than ten minutes. And yet it is a measure of the man that if you ask any film-fan who starred in The Third Man, almost all will answer "Orson Welles" - despite the fact that during its one hundred and four minutes (97 in the US version) Joseph Cotten was in nearly every shot! Shame!!! Oh and anecdotally, this uploader has RIDDEN that big wheel. Four were made, for assorted expositions, but only the Vienna one survives. It took heavy damage during WW2, but since it was to the Viennese what the Eiffel Tower is to Parisians - it was restored. You get a great view from the top. [two footnotes (if you've reached this far!): Orson improvised the "cuckoo-clock" tag - Graham Greene was on set and approved it. In fact, he said he wished HE'D thought of it! And notice Mr Welles' trademark Overlapping Dialogue, Rare in those days - and even now.]














































