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 The scheme ended after one year, one film and a £1million loss to MGM. The only film to come out of the deal was "Perfect Strangers" (1945) directed by Korda and with Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr, which was popular. Via London Films, Korda bought a controlling interest in British Lion Films. He produced "A Man About the House" (1947). In 1948, Korda received an advance payment of £375,000, the largest single payment received by a British film company, for three movies, "An Ideal Husband" (1947) (which Korda directed), "Anna Karenina" (1948) and "Mine Own Executioner" (1948). The company released