August 28, 2015

Chicago Noir Fest Includes The Chase

Noir City 7, the Film Noir Foundation’s annual film noir festival, will include a 35mm restored print of Peter Lorre’s The Chase (1946) at the Music Box Theater in Chicago on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015.

The movie will begin at 4:15 pm.

Noir City 7 will be held at the Music Box from Friday, Aug. 28, to Thursday, Sept. 3. The full schedule is available on the venue’s website.

Tickets for individual films are available for $12 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased online through the Music Box website. From the Chase page, click the button “Tickets”. A booking fee of $1.25 will be charged for each ticket purchased online.

A Full Festival Pass, which includes admission to every movie on the Noir City 7 schedule, is also available for $75. The Pass may also be purchased online through the cinema’s website. Click the link “Purchase a Noir City Festival Pass” on the Noir City 7 schedule page. No booking fee will be charged for this online purchase.

The Music Box Theatre is located at 3733 N. Southport Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois.

Parking near the Music Box Theatre is limited. A parking lot is available at nearby Blaine Elementary School. Valet parking is available at the Mercury Theatre and Deleece Restaurant. Meters are available along N. Southport Avenue. More information on parking is available on the Music Box website.

For more information, please contact the cinema at (773) 871-6604.

The Film Noir Foundation is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of American noir movies. Their annual festivals are held in many U.S. cities coast to coast – and often include Lorre movies in the schedule.

In 1946, Peter Lorre appeared in two film adaptations of Cornell Woolrich novels. After leaving Warner Bros., Peter played Sunset Strip nightclub owner Mr. Marko in Black Angel, starring Dan Duryea and June Vincent. The Chase followed, with Peter as Gino, bodyguard to Miami gangster Steve Cochran.

In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses both film through interviews with Black Angel female lead June Vincent and Robert Cummings, who worked with Peter in The Chase.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in hard-bound and soft-bound editions, as well as eBook formats.

August 26, 2015

The Maltese Falcon After Dark in Albany

The outdoor movie series “Capitol Park After Dark” presents The Maltese Falcon (1941) in West Capitol Park in Albany, New York, on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.

The program will begin at dusk, at approximately 8 pm.

Admission is free and open to everyone.

The movie will be shown in the West Capitol Park section of the Albany Capitol complex. West Capitol Park is bounded by State Street and Washington Avenue in Albany, New York.

Free parking is available in the East Garage, located at the corners of Madison Avenue, Eagle Street, and Philip Street. Enter the East Garage from any of those streets.

More information on parking, as well as directions to the West Capitol Park, may be found on the “Summer ’15 at the Plaza” website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of The Maltese Falcon, Peter’s first movie at the Warner Bros. studio, his first movie with Humphrey Bogart, who became his life-long friend, and his first movie with Sydney Greenstreet, with whom Peter would make an additional 8 movies.

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

August 22, 2015

Casablanca On-Screen in Tampa Classic Film Series

As the Tampa Theatre’s annual Summer Classics Movie Series draws to a close this month, Casablanca (1942) will be shown this weekend on Saturday, Aug. 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015.

Casablanca will be shown at 7:30 pm on Saturday, Aug. 22. On Sunday, Aug. 23, the movie begins at 3 pm.

Admission for Casablanca and other Summer Classic films is $10 for General Admission and $8 for Tampa Theatre members. Children under 2 years old are admitted free. The box office opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day. Tickets may also be purchased online through the cinema’s website. A $2 charge will be added to all tickets purchased online.

For more information, please call the Tampa Theatre at (813) 274-8286.

The Tampa Theatre is located at 711 Franklin Street in downtown Tampa, Florida.

Parking is available in the lot beside the cinema, as well as meters along the street. More information on parking, as well as directions to the Tampa Theatre, are available on the venue’s website.

The Summer Classic Movies series is presented at the Tampa Theatre by the Bank of America, with media support from Creative Loafing.

August 16, 2015

Dallas Sunset Movie Series Includes The Maltese Falcon

The Dallas Film Society, partnering with the ATandT Performing Arts Center, will present The Maltese Falcon (1941) as the penultimate feature in their annual “Sunset Screenings” film series, which this year takes a look at classic 1940s directors. The movie will be shown at the Dallas City Performance Hall on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015.

The Maltese Falcon will begin at 3 pm.

Admission is free, but reservations are requested. Tickets may be reserved online through the ATandT Performing Arts Center website. To reserve tickets, click the button “RSVP” on the Sunset Screenings page. Parking in the Lexus Silver Parking Facility may be purchased at the same time. The self-parking fee for one car is $15.

The Dallas City Performance Hall is located at 2520 Flora Street, in Dallas, Texas.

Parking at the Hall is available in the Lexus Silver Parking facility, located below the Dallas City Performance Hall. Parking may be purchased online through the ATandT Performing Arts Center website when movie tickets are reserved. To enter the Lexus Silver, take Ross Avenue to Jack Evans Street. More information on parking is available through the Center’s website.

For more information, please contact the venue at (214) 880-0202.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of The Maltese Falcon through interviews with the film’s director John Huston. Working on the movie in the summer of 1941 introduced Peter Lorre to the Warner Bros. studio, Sydney Greenstreet (with whom Peter would work in eight more movies), and Humphrey Bogart, who became one of Peter’s two closest friends.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in eBook format, as well as hard-bound and soft-bound editions.

August 8, 2015

Peter Lorre on TV in Fall 2015

Summer becomes fall – and many Peter Lorre movies on television and Turner Classic Movies.

All times shown are Eastern Standard.

Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.



August, 2015

August brings the TCM’s annual “Summer Under the Stars” festival – a full day devoted to the movies of one particular actor or actress. Although Peter Lorre does not have a “Day” of his own this year, many of his co-stars do. In addition, more Mr. Moto films on the Movies! Network and another classic Lorre from the Fox Movie Channel.

Aug. 5 (Wed), 2 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – Silk Stockings (1957). It’s “Fred Astaire Day”, and TCM includes the only time Peter joined Fred in singing and dancing in this musical remake of Ninotchka.

Aug. 8 (Sat), 6:20 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939). The Japanese detective stops conspirators from starting a war between France and England.

Aug. 8 (Sat), 5:45 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). “Raymond Massey Day” includes the first of two movies Peter made with Raymond Massey.

Aug. 10 (Mon), 6 pm, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). In this entry on “Joan Crawford Day”, Peter plays the stool pigeon M’sieu Pig, who loves Julie (Crawford) and tries to help her leave the French prison colony.

Aug. 13 (Thurs), 6:25 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). Mr. Moto gets involved in the murder of a boxer in this series entry that originally began as Charlie Chan at the Ringside.

Aug. 14 (Fri), 4 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). It’s “Groucho Marx Day”, and Groucho and Peter are among the many cameos in this star-studded journey through man’s history.

Aug. 16 (Sun), 6 am, Fox Movie Channel – I Was an Adventuress (1940). Peter Lorre plays Polo, the kleptomaniac partner of a trio of jewel thieves operating on the French Riviera.

Aug. 22 (Sat), 6 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1957). It’s “Marlene Dietrich Day”, and Marlene and Peter are among the many cameos in this star-studded journey around the world of the 1800s.

Aug. 28 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). On “Ingrid Bergman Day”, Peter plays Ugarte, a black marketer plans to sell two valuable exit visas to Ilsa (Bergman) and her freedom-fighter husband Victor (Paul Henreid). Aug. 29 is the 100th anniversary of Bergman’s birth.



September, 2015

In September, summer becomes fall, with currently only one Lorre movie on the schedule.

Sept. 28 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). In this dark comedy about two sweet little old ladies who consider one of their charities as helping lonely old men to find happiness by serving them a glass of poison-laced elderberry wine, Peter Lorre plays Dr. Einstein, personal plastic surgeon to an international serial killer.



October, 2015

October means Halloween and horror movies, including a double-feature of Peter Lorre’s only two horror films on TCM.

Oct. 9 (Fri), TCM – A Lorre double-feature of Mad Love (1936), Peter’s first American movie, at 8 pm, and The Beast with Five Fingers (1946), Peter’s final movie at Warner Bros. under his mid-1940s contract.

Oct. 18 (Sun), 8 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957).

Oct. 19 (Mon), 8 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).



Many of these and other Lorre movies are now available on DVD and VHS – some remastered and packaged with extra features. For more information on the films of Peter Lorre released to home video, head on over to the DVD — VHS section of The Lost One website.

In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of Peter’s movies, including interviews with many of the directors, writers, actors, and crew who worked with Peter. A complete list of Peter’s movies is available in the book’s Appendix. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in hard-back and soft-bound editions, as well as the Kindle and Nook.

Happy viewing!

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the Prytania, New Orleans

New Orelans’ historic cinema the Prytania Theatre will present Walt Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) on August 7, 8, 9, and 12, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday, as part of the “Prytania Kids Series”.

The movie will begin at 10 am each morning, introduced by Rene Brunet, owner of the historic Prytania. Brunet is acknowledged as an expert on film, as well as a New Orleans theater historian – and instantly recognizable in his "movie necktie".

Ticket prices are $5.75 for all ages for the matinee screening. Tickets may be purchased at the cinema box office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Prytania website. A nominal fee will be charged for online purchases.

The Prytania Theatre is located at 5339 Prytania Street, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Parking is available on the streets near the cinema.

For more information, please call (504) 891-2787.

In late 1944, Peter Lorre went on a “house act” tour of the east coast. For two months, he appeared on the stages of the largest downtown movie theaters and performed a dramatic spot titled “The Man with the Head of Glass”, written specially for him by Frank Wilson. During the week of Oct. 12, the St. Charles in New Orleans was his penultimate stop.

In the lobby of the Prytania, which opened in 1914 and recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, are photos of many New Orleans movie theaters. The St. Charles may be among them. And if not, perhaps Mr. Brunet has a story or two to tell about that cinema. . . .

August 7, 2015

Casablanca in Durham, NC, Aug. 7

Lorre fans in the Durham, N. Carolina, area will have a chance to catch Peter on the big screen when the Carolina Theatre presents Casablanca (1942) on Friday, August 7, 2015, as part of their RetroClassics Film Series.

The evening salute to Ingrid Bergman begins at 7 pm with Casablanca, followed by The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945). Both movies will be shown in Cinema One.

Tickets are $9 for all seats and may be purchased at the Cinema Box Office 30 minutes before the first movie of the day. Tickets may also be purchased online from TicketMaster through the Carolina Theatre website. On the Casablanca and Bells of St. Mary's screen, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Buy Now" button. TicketMaster charges a small fee for online purchases.

The Carolina Theatre is located at 309 W. Morgan Street in Durham, N. Carolina.

Parking is available at the Durham Center Parking Garage, located directly across the street from the Carolina Theatre. More information about parking is available on the cinema’s website.

For more information, please contact the Carolina Theatre at (919) 560-3030.

And Lorre fans, mark your calendars! Peter returns on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, when the Carolina Theatre presents a double bill of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Murder, He Says (1945). It’s “Murder and a Cup of Tea” at the RetroClassics Film Series. The show begins at 7 pm, and all seats are $9. Tickets may be purchased on-line through the Carolina Theatre website.