Presenting Orson Wells as the Third Man. The lives of Harry Lyon the fabulous
stories of the immortal character, originally created in the motion picture The Third Man
with ZIPHR music by Anton Karrah. I won't burden you with a sword of
details that I met two very lovely Brazilian women named Pioneers and Aurora. They're
very rich. They were in parison of buying spree, beginning several for friends
in very short order. I told him I was a dealer in masterpieces of
famous painters. They were most eager to see my collection. So I began
to browse around all the antique shops looking for something to sell them. And
now Orson Welles has Harry Lyme the third man. In today's story, art
is long and BlimE is fleeting. Please can I help you? Just look
around? Thank you? Well, if you tell me what you are.
I'm looking for a painting impression of school person. A few oils this way
please, yeah, they are yeah, very cheap. I have one that
it would be more expensive if you would step this way. Now, this
one is very good. There's a picture of a day there and in the
dark light and from a considerable distance it might look a little like her in
the picture would carefully this year. It had a signature on it, but
luckily enough, there wasn't any inscription. Charming painting painted. It is hard
to say. It's just a little bit like Renoir. Ten thousand fine.
I'm sorry, man, that's over. If you said there I fine painting.
And as you say, it looks like I'll give you another thousand francs
and you put the picture on the heavy old gold frame and hang on the
wall. Oh no, micheur, that friend costs a much more twelve thousand
tranks. No more bargaining is the deal. Oh, I'll wait for it
now. I know you will appreciate it. I expect someone else to appreciate
it. I'm gonna I took a sweet at the elegant George Sankor Tel hung
a picture on the wall, the tiny spotlight over it. Underneath I had
a small brass plank which read simply Renoir. When I invited Dinais and a
roller to have cocktails with me in my suite, that what is very funny
story. It's yeady idea. It's it's true, every word of it.
I do not believe it. You make it up to keep us in smiles.
I do anything to keep you both in smiles. As you put it,
you're very army to us, Harry, I am moved, enthusiastic to
see the pink. We'll get to a strain lay and I'm another record.
Not for me. One is enough and me for two? I mean two
for me, I am mixed up. I understand you perfectly. Here is
me for two? Shall we not pity picture? No right, no,
accept this way, says to the Florora, Thank you for your I don't
compliment trying. It's all the truth. It is over dark in here,
I put on and I can stand here as the bestis. Oh, it
is so exciting to me to see her real, real, well exciting for
me every time I look at it, and I'll switch on the overhead light
my nervousness. Oh it's beautiful. I look at this picture a thousand times.
I just can't part of it as the fall of the day. That
it's a taste so full of feelings. You have an ass to subjugates the
tale form. Much do you want for this? I don't think I want
to sell it. Oh you said you would. You are your mind changing
it's true. I need the money. Well, you understand it. It's
the one beautiful thing in my life. But you are a dealer. You
must not to go backwards on your word. Let me think about it.
It's not going after all, but we must have to have lunch tomorrow.
Decide then. If you do decide, how much do you want for it?
I never sell it under four million francs million too much money if you're
too hard for me to part with it, So we'll just remain friends.
I do not care how much money I must buy it. We'll meet tomorrow
the usual place of lunch and talk it over. In the meantime, you
think about it, and I'll think about it. Harry. If I'm got
you tomorrow, good, I'll be there. Yeah. A few minutes later,
it's working on fine. Oh I have to do with the kids.
He'll reave them in. Then came a knock on the door. Hello Eddie
for all this, So you still remember me. I thought you would have
forgotten me by now. I'll never forget all friends with the partners, old
man a partner. It's right. Well, they hustled me into jail.
You hustled up to the Riviera with all the money. It was an accident
of fate. I was off. Sorry, we corral man. There's nothing
I could do. You're going to have an accident too heavy. I don't
do anything foolish. What good would it do you to shoot me? You
have no idea how much good it will do me, Like water to a
thirsty man. I've been waiting for two years in a Luxembourg prison for this.
Listener, man, the guillotine people here in France for committing murder.
If they catch then, if you put the gun down, I'll tell you
about a little deal that's coming after, and i'll cut you in on it.
I'm not interested, or a show will be two million friends in court,
two millions too many. Put the gun down, I'll tell you about
it. You'll tell better this way, hop fast. Maybe I'll be interested
to see us too when they're coming out next week. I certain I think
this is a renoir hanging on the wall. Give me one million franks fort
and you are going to give me half proud of shid generosity. No,
not out of generosity. You can help it. Besides, you have some
money coming to you. I'm going to get it too. I have very
rich Brasilian id tomorrow of lunch for drink princh the deal. I want you
to be a friend of mine. You know an art dealer. I don't
know anything about A thousand doesn't matters in neither. Today it's the deal.
How do I know you're telling me the truth or I'm a friend? You'll
just have to take my word. Oh man, I don't know how to
prove it to you. Till tomorrow at noon. I'll phone the women,
then out of the hotel. Yes, I'll wait. I'll be asking for
three million out of the four pig good idea. How about a drink ball?
No, I hate to drink alone, ohever, I s will have
myself a small one. I waiting to know until I as an Aurora returned
to the hotel. Paul was satisfied that I told him the truth, and
he finally left me until lunch tomorrow. I began to think of a plan
to get rid of this fell. Understand people about grudges for years. It's
the sign of immaturity. We had at lunch schedules. Mister Basin, what
is your opinion of impressionist pending? How does it compare with the mother I
think it's very different. Mister Mazan does not particularly like moder and he hates
to talk about his matter of facts. Again, any form about it isn't
immediately come prehensible to everyone. Feel very strong about it and me also abstracts
that to me crazy thinking, Yes, I think it's about another cup of
coffee. No time, let us talk about the ah. Yes, by
the way, why do you do lovely? When leaving Paris? Yet we
do not know? Maybe two weeks, maybe a more. I'm trying to
leave the city. Chance everybody. We have decided to pay you four million
francs. Oh did you want to think about it? So more? Shall
we? But that is de prided which you give us. Oh, I
am getting all the mixed up again. You have your well not exactly.
Let's given another few days. You're going to be in the first few weeks.
It is not verry. You don't want to tell it. Well I
do, that is I'm I must, But you see, I'll try and
left. Had an offer from the front time galerries about five minutes. Oh,
IDs, but I don't like this kind of business. But you said
yes to four million. Yes, make a promise, I said, I
might sell it before. You must understand I'm a business man, must sell
it to the highest dinner after all, Why don't you forget for that while
I'll be glad to show your other paintings, very fine famous artists. For
my fress money, we will give you the request you ask, Well,
it's worth much more. I assure you, how do you feel about it?
On this we will buy it for five If you're going to afford it,
I think you're making a wise investment. I'll write a check for you
in right now. Give me the check for if you don't mind, I'd
rather have it in cash. Yeah, well, I have some very urgent
bills to pay to take a week or seat of Christ of the bank.
I'm going till this evening. You'll get the check cash at your bank.
We can meet for dinner. We'll have a real big celebration. Yeah,
you will be guests to my guests. Please come to is your busy and
we'll pledge your mademoiselle. Uh wes we meet, So we go to my
favorite restaurant or uh tro Dajean. I know where it is or front of
the best in Paris. Now I must go. I got son. I
was quite pleased with the way things were going. I only regret would be
that I have to leave Paris, have to leave Aurora, getting another two
funds of Aurora. She's my type, beautiful, not too encumbered with brains,
which had lots of skirts and exuberance, and as I say in France,
as a fair song, as a fair I had one real problem to
get rid of busy and he stuck close to me like at three to the
earth. And I'm going back to the hotel with you, okay, if
you want to, old man, I want might be better if you went
home and packed. We're gonna have to leave past now hurry. I am
staying with you until after dinner. A very suspicious fellow, Paul, I
trust you as far as I could move the ipool to. Don't have to
trust me. We're all meeting for dinner. Does n the restaurant can't run
away? Can if you double pa have to do a show up at the
restaurant? Well ick onlay started picking up the hotel. We'll go down together,
all right, But if you try to do any tricks, harry out
swell, hunt you down, and I will kill you a minute. I
know you're a very sincere fellow, meet me at five o'clock to nice week.
Orson Wells returns. In just a moment, there's the third man well
Orson Wells. As the third man continues with today's story, art is long
and BlimE is fleeting. I had to work fast now that I was rid
of business. I hurt you my hotel and began to pack my clothes,
and I telephoned my two Brazilian customers. Hello, this is Harry. Oh
no, I just learned that the closed tonight. Of course, there's a
superb Italian restaurant called the Cazabilini. Right to dress Downlia God, it's twenty
three real vic twive. I made a reservation for a seven thirty, very
nice. I'm I'm sorry about the change. Uh. I suppose she's gone
to the bank, hasn't she that? Oh? Yeah, A, that's
correct. She would be. Well make you so happy, he says,
I have you much I can? Is it true? Yes, Patty,
it's true for me too. Alright. I think you're the most charming woman
in all of Paris. You have to keep me stuff again. I know
you and I gotta be the very best of friends. See her to nights
honey, good night. She mm. I patched quietly, wrapped up the
painting and got ready to leave. Soon I left my sweep better hunched them
as I would change his mind. Come early. Yes, hello, Paul,
you're about to leave while I was just going down to pay my bills,
and you, like you know, you're getting me awfully unpleasant. Follow
man, you are getting up to something. I am getting up to five
million francs for this little package here. I think you were trying to run
away. I think I came just in time. We're not thinking where I
ran. I still have to be at the tour dojeh at seven point thirty?
Where were you going when I came into the room, Toti, I
was going downstairs to pay my bill. You've been very dull, Paul.
You don't pull me. I think you better come along. We'll go down
together in a little while. I'm luck here, Paul. We have three
hours until we go to Todajehan. You're not going to stand there with a
gun in your pocket all afternoon. That is exactly what I am going to
do. And I have to go to the bank arrange with my plane tickets.
You're being well, you know, being quite a battle. You never
had money in the bank in your life, so happens that you are cruelly
wrong. Show me your banks. It's downstairs and hotel safe with all my
other valuables. You are lying a partnership based on suspicion and mistrust. Can
never be successful. Man, and we are going to be Siamese twins for
the next few hours. It's no use argue. He would leave. That's
your decision. You might as well sit down and get very tired standing up
there for three hours. You worry about me a lot, don't. You
haven't brought up that they kept the ingrained in me to be a hospital of
a post. I'm grad you're taking my advice. Likes no refreshments and drink.
Friends. Just want to sit, that's right, just sit. I
don't throws off now you think you're funny. My point in being grim about
it. Brought some cards. Have a set of dice somewhere just a while
away the time. I don't want to do anything. He just wanted to
sit, that's right. He couldn't catch him off guard. He sat in
the chair and kept his beady eyes on me. I don't mind people standing.
I think and as I had a gun and he discovered my affection,
he would become peeved. I thought my gun might go off. Just sat
there for a long time, and then even he became bored, sitting till
his chair against the wall, rocky and himself back and forth, the pressure
his toes against the floor. He suddenly kicked on the back of the chair,
and he told would certainly give me an advanced chair. As he fell
backwards, I held myself at him, pining in his arms. He managed
to get the gun out of his pocket, but I rolled a chair over
his arm, and he let go of the gun. I see the gun
and placed it against the back of his head on the bit he of a
force. The fight was over in less than a minute. He lay there
quietly. I figured be out for an hour at least mister Bez was out
of the picture. Forgive us for being laid It was default of me.
I took too much time to seem beautiful. You don't seem beautiful. You
are both of you unless you He's not coming. He won't be He wanted
to come very much, but he was suddenly taken a he'll be all right.
I'm not much hungry you make this election for us. We do not
know the French word, Oh the delighted press. We've got to settle our
business first, the business before pleasure, you know, Oh, eat first,
there's no hurry. We roll the night. Didn't like this. I
haven't seen me so eager for the painting as they were at Larnce. Maybe
they were only hungry. Maybe I'd like the attitude at all. I like
your fresh Melbourne or it is superbly. It will make me fat, and
then you will not like me anymore. It will make you fat, narrowdore
you even more than we'll not thank you for a very fine dinner, the
best we eat in Paris. Hungry please, it's your please. And now
that we've eaten, shall we finish our business? You know, the run
wise all wrapped up. We haven't a brandy, but we can negotiate while
we wait for the brandy. Oh you are americanos so impression. I am
americanas like very much. Impatience in men is very nice. It's a custom
in our country to get our business over with first the droll. In that
respect, then we can all relax and enjoy ourselves, shall I, Oh,
Harry, you do not say a word or evening about my frock with
which I wear, for it's a beautiful dress. Perfectly, I must say
that if you've changed your mind about the painting, it's perfectly all right.
You don't have to be embarrassed, Harry. We are not young man.
So let's have the brandy and then we settle the business. Okay, okay,
that's all. It was definitely something wrong. They were obviously stalling.
That's starting for what. I was getting very uneasy. Wait about the coniac
and they sipped the drop at a time for fifteen minutes. They dawdled over
it and decided not to wait any longer. Force the issue. Tell us
something about your sat about America, I mean, when nothing much to tell.
I grew up like any average American boy. I got interested in that,
but I learned sooner that I'll never be a good painter. You wear
at well, No, not you one. Now, if you'll forgive me
for bringing this up again, I will give you the painting in exchange for
five million francs. I'm afraid that we'll have to do it now, and
not at all that we'll all feel better once once it's done. Here's the
money. You can count deep. I trust you. Please, I won't
even open the end room. And here's your en one. I hope you'll
enjoy it as I am. We will. Oh, I am sorry,
I am late. I just couldn't get away. This is a heavy life,
you do. I am peased to be to your birthday. Is an
expert on Rens painting. He's from the lubom Oh, the lo. Now,
if you'll just excuse you, I have got to leave. I'll just
take a quick look down. I'm rest I began to figure the distance to
the door of fact. This might be one of the times to run and
fight another day. Sure that the emotions, the gendarme or whatever that they
accompany and the coming there won't close the door. And took care that I
just have to blot it out. The experts slowly unrolled the picture, held
it this way and that. How much did you agree to pay this man,
mademoiselle five million? Frank mischief? Is it too much? Too much?
Or not enough? I don't like your tone, that's what you mean
by the light in here is too dim for me to make a definite opinion
that you could be Renoir. There is a painting of his with this same
general composition. The figure is not bad. The problem was like you you
think you did a real I was sure it was all right. I would
like to take it with me and examine. Not thoroughly, but I can
see this if it is on it is well, twenty million, twenty million,
just creo. Quite as you do that, you are not going to
arrest anybody. Ah, keep, you'd better do as he says. It
looks dangerous. So the pictures were twenty million. Ere, I'll take it
with me, and stays you, well, you'll get a bullet and don't
follow me. As I grabbed the picture and around talk about a break for
the gendan a dozen. But I ran after him and stop thief, Stop,
think thief all the time blessing myself and not having tied him as securely
as I thought I had. All I had to it was to follow him
away and then get lost. And I throw along his wake. I know
it's a couple of street are huddle around the small fire. They scattered in
panic. I sprinted, tackled, he hit the sidewalk. A picture flew
out of his hand. I shoved it into the fire. I prought you
your robe now, teach you to steal feet. We raised the care of
him. He goes whice we can put you off. Att'll kill you for
this line. I'm afraid all you'll do for a while. And I spread
on the bad steel of my friend. Take him away on a normbity.
I think we walked through the scision I have refused justin coming to you on
the way. You have a banded captured. He had to break the wonderful,
wonderful actual which you linemen. And indeed, but he's looking for a
picture. Picture. It must be right here. He flew out of his
hand when I tackled it. Picture burn me, if you'll be enough,
it's completely gone. Of course, I made sure the picture was burned.
I managed to grab a corner of it, but I had to drop it
back into the flames water. Pity. The girls and Godet were very concerned
over my hand. But what's a few burns compared to a term in the
local hoo'sca on five million pranks? Not to mention getting rid of Bazet.
But then I saw the girl's home, and then after making a date for
the next evening with Aurora, I offered to drop him at the loof,
but he still had to make his rep for there is only one thing remaining
to save that you lie? Yes, what is that? I would not
want you to think that I am such a bad expert that I really had
any doubts about the picture. You mean that it was an original? No,
I mean that, but not I see or how much do you want
for nothing? Nothing? I don't. I don't get it with your line.
If I had ever won, and I still who tries to sell it
fate picture, the prisons of Paris would be full. I wanted only to
give you a chance to get away without embarrassment. I hope this will be
a lesson to you and that you won't try it again. M hm,
sure, probly. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your courtesy,
your wonderful fellow. I must tell you. I want you to know what
an inspiration people that you are to people like mean Carla. I'm returned in
just a moment. Let's face it, friends, the world is very generously
populated with months and millions of mugs just waiting like the proverbial sheep for the
proverbial fleecing. In fact, if they weren't showing from time to time they
wouldn't be comfortable. Always makes me laugh to read that one of the mugs
was an innocent victim of a confidence game. And just how innocent I ask
you, if you want to plant beaten to your door, don't waste your
energy inventing a better mouse trapped Now, I'll just hang a sign out scarce
items at prices you want to pay. However, do we meet again,
look out for yourselves. Remember if you don't, no one else will.
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