Anton Karas members of the British Royal family. Princess Margaret invited him to London's fashionable "Empress Club", where he played twice a week during his stay at London. He also appeared before Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, members of the Swedish royal family, and Pope Pius XII. By the end of 1949, half a million copies of "The Harry Lime Theme" had been sold, an unprecedented number for the time. The success of the score also caused a surge in zither sales. In Austria, the film opened on 10 March 1950, in Vienna's Apollo Kino, and it initially offended some Viennese inhabitants,
Alexander Korda service in the Austrian Army because he was short-sighted. Korda made a film with Gyula Zilahy, "The Duped Journalist" (1914). He also directed "Tutyu and Totyo" (1915), "The Officer's Swordknot" (1915) and "Lyon Lea" (1915). Korda established a film company named Corvin Film, building it into one of the largest in Hungary. His first film for them was "White Nights" (1916), a big success. He followed it with "The Grandmother" (1916), "Tales of the Typewriter" (1916), "The Man with Two Hearts" (1916), "The One Million Pound Note" (1916), "Cyclamen" (1916), "Struggling Hearts" (1916), "The Laughing Saskia" (1916), "Miska the Magnate"