The Third Man Theme Third Man" came out, but there was not a lot of interest in it. Instead, labels focused on the catchy main theme and released it as a single. The zither-based Anton Karas version excerpted from the film soundtrack was released by Decca in 1949 across Europe with different catalog numbers. It was a 10-inch 78rpm single with "The Harry Lime theme" on the A side and "The Cafe Mozart Waltz" on the B side. This became the most common version heard by European listeners. Lyrics to “The Third Man Theme” were written by American author and historian Walter Lord ("A
Now's the Time (film) Barris has appeared in." Now's the Time (film) Now's the Time is a 1932 short musical comedy film starring Harry Barris with Mary Carlisle as his leading lady. Its title is taken from its theme song, the popular Eddie Cantor song "Now's the Time to Fall in Love." Its working title was "Love Nuts". A summary from "Motion Picture Herald" reads: "This Harry Barris comedy contains more really funny gags than any of the previous things in which he has been featured," a critic wrote for "Photoplay". "It's fast and funny," a writer for "The Film Daily" claimed, "and about