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Re: [OM] IMG: Harry Lime!

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Harry Lime!
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 21:46:52 +0100
What was Michael Rennie doing in the thrift store?

On 9 July 2017 at 14:51, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> >
> >This zither belonged to Anton Karas, the Viennese zither player who
> >wrote the music for "The Third Man," including the famous 'Harry Lime
> >Theme.'  It's not the actual instrument played in the film, but I'm sure
> >that Harry's theme was played on it many times.  Please, no jokes about
> >cuckoo clocks.
> ><https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/35638309192/in/dateposted-
> public/>
> >
> >The zither was in a very dark corner of a small, badly-lit room just
> >outside the main collection.
> >
> >This was taken in the Kunsthistoriches Museum Wien's collection of
> >musical instruments, which has instruments dating from medieval times to
> >the near-present.  Blessedly, they allow photography as long as you
> >don't use flash or tripod.  I spent several hours there over two days
> >photographing everything I could, with special emphasis on the
> >woodwinds, and of course, bassoons.
> >
>
>      How odd.  I just picked up a set of DVDs of that TV show starring
> Michael Rennie at a thrift store.  I was only familiar with the movie
> starring Orson Welles until I came across those.
>
>      Your photo came out nicely despite the poor conditions.
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>      - Hunter S. Thompson
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