The Third Man Theme sold strongly. Four other versions charted in the U.S. during 1950. According to Faber and Faber, the different versions of the theme have collectively sold an estimated forty million copies. Karas also performed "The Third Man Theme" and other zither music for the 1951–1952 syndicated radio series, "The Adventures of Harry Lime", a "Third Man" prequel produced in London. Orson Welles reprised his role as Harry Lime. "Whenever he entered a restaurant in those years, the band would strike up Anton Karas's "Third Man Theme", wrote Welles biographer Joseph McBride. The full soundtrack album was ready for release when "The
Lime production in Mexico Lime production in Mexico For several decades, since at least the 1950s, Mexico has been the world's largest producer and exporter of limes, and especially of lime oil. The two popular varieties of limes grown in Mexico are the Mexican or Key lime "(Citrus aurantifolia)" and the Persian lime ("Citrus latifolia", simply called "lime" in the US); the former is of Indo–Malayan origin introduced in Mexico by the Spaniards after the 1520s, while the latter, also called the Tahiti lime, was introduced from US. Persian lime production in Mexico caters specifically to the US market; a substantial increase in production