Hitchcock Double Feature Includes Lorre in Raleigh, NC

Specializing in foreign and independent movies, the Colony Theater in Raleigh, North Carolina, presents an Alfred Hitchcock double feature of Peter Lorre’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Robert Donat’s The 39 Steps (1935) on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.

The program begins at 7 pm.

Admission is $5 for all seats and includes both movies. Tickets may be purchased at the Colony box-office. Online ticketing is not available for the Colony.

The Colony is located in the Colony Shopping Center at 5438 Six Forks Road, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Parking is available in front of the theater in the shopping center’s parking lot.

For more information, please contact the cinema at (919) 847-5677.

In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin chronicles the making of The Man Who Knew Too Much through interviews with director Alfred Hitchcock and producer Michael Balcon. The British film kicked off Peter’s transition to English-language movies and led to a contract with Columbia Pictures, a transatlantic ocean voyage with new wife Celia Lovsky, and a long career in American movies, radio, and television.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available on both the Kindle and Nook, as well as hard-bound and soft-bound editions.

“Back for Christmas” with Peter Lorre on XM Radio

Merry Christmas from Sirius XM Radio – and Peter Lorre!

The Radio Classics channel, Channel 82 on the XM Radio dial, celebrates Christmas week with a number of Christmas-themed old-time radio shows – including Peter Lorre’s Suspense episode “Back for Christmas”.

“Back for Christmas” will air several times during the week of Dec. 21 to 27, 2014, including the following:

Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014:

• 7:30 am Pacific, 10:30 am Eastern
• 7:30 pm Pacific, 10:30 pm Eastern

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014:

• 9:30 pm Pacific, 12:30 am Eastern

Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014:

• 7:30 am Pacific, 10:30 am Eastern

A full schedule of the week’s programming is available on host Greg Bell’s website.

“Back for Christmas” originally aired over CBS on Dec. 23, 1943. Peter plays Hubert Schumacher, a professor of botany who digs a Devil’s Garden as a bed for rare orchids in his cellar. While his overbearing wife Hermione plans their trip to America, Hubert makes plans of his own – involving a new Mrs. Schumacher and the disposal of Hermione.

Plans go awry . . . . on all fronts.

XM and Sirius radio subscribers may also listen to Suspense, “Back for Christmas”, over the internet. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A free 30-day trial is also available through the XM radio website.

In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the radio career of Peter Lorre. A complete-to-date list of Peter’s radio credits may be found in the book’s appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available on both the Kindle and Nook, as well as hard-bound and soft-bound editions.