October 30, 2019

Halloween with Lorre at Indiana Library

Spend Halloween night with Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff when the Bartholomew County Public Library, located in Columbus, Indiana, offers a free showing of the spooky comedy The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) on Thursday, October 31, 2019.

The movie begins at 6 pm in the Red Room.

Admission is free for everyone.

The Bartholomew County Public Library is located at 536 5th Street, between Franklin Street and Lafayette Avenue, in downtown Columbus, Indiana.

Parking is available in the lot beside the library. Enter the parking lot from either Franklin Street or 7th Street.

For more information, please contact the library at 812-379-1255.

Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff worked together in a total of four movies. They began with You’ll Find Out (1940), another horror-comedy in which they were joined by Bela Lugosi. After The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), they did not work together again until the horror-comedies at American International Pictures in the early 1960s, including The Raven (1963) and The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

Although Boris Karloff was known as a serious horror film actor, Peter was not. The movies they made together were more funny than frightening.

October 17, 2019

NCMA Film Event Includes Lorre

Halloween is the season of horror movies, and on Friday, October 18, 2019, the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh, North Carolina, continues its “Indoor Movies” film series with Mad Love (1935) one of the few horror films Peter Lorre appeared in during his long film career.

Shown in 35mm, Mad Love will begin at 8 pm in the SECU Auditorium, located in the East Building of the Art Museum. NCMA film curator Laura Boyes will introduce the film.

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for MCMA members, children age 7 to 18, and college students with ID.

Tickets may be purchased online through the Museum of Art website. Click the “Tickets” button on the Mad Love page of the venue website. Tickets purchased online may be printed at home or left for “will call” at the auditorium. Sales tax and transaction fees will be added to each online order.

The North Carolina Museum of Art is located at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Parking is available in the Blue Ridge lot, located on the right after entering the Museum complex. Additional parking is available behind the West Building, located on the left after entering the Museum complex. More information about parking, as well as directions to the museum and public transportation, is available on the venue’s website.

For more information, please call the North Carolina Museum of Art at 919-839-6262.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of Mad Love through interviews with Frances Drake, who played Yvonne Orlac, the object of Dr. Gogol’s (Lorre) desire.

Produced by MGM, Mad Love was Peter Lorre’s first American movie – but Peter agreed to be loaned to the studio only if Columbia Pictures, with whom he was under contract, would make Crime and Punishment (1935), a movie Peter was most interested in.

To play the brilliant surgeon Dr. Gogol, who cures wounded soldiers and deformed children, Peter Lorre allowed his head to be shaved bald. Images of the studio barber at work can be viewed in the “Photo Album” section of The Lost One website.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.

October 12, 2019

Lorre Films at the Harvard Film Archive

Peter Lorre fans in the area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, can enjoy a rare treat in October and November – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) and The Face Behind the Mask (1941) onscreen at the Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque.

Stranger on the Third Floor will be shown on Saturday, October 12, 2019, on a double-bill with Blind Alley (1939).

The Face Behind the Mask will be shown on Friday, November 8, 2019.

Each program begins at 7 pm.

These films are part of the series “The B-Film – Low-Budget Hollywood Cinema 1935-1959”, which began Friday, September 13, and ends on Monday, November 25, 2019. The full schedule is available on the Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque website.

Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for non-Harvard students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and senior citizens. Admission is free for Harvard students with a valid photo ID. Tickets may be purchased 45 minutes before show time on the lower level of the Carpenter Center. More information about tickets is available on the venue’s website.

The Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque is located at 24 Quincy Street, in the lower level of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Metered parking on Broadway and Harvard streets is free after 8 pm. The archive is also well-served by public transportation, including the MBTA Red Line. More information about parking, as well as directions to the Archive, is available on the venue’s website.

October 11, 2019

Citrus Heights Theater Hosts Bogart Fest

From 2013 to 2017, the Humphrey Bogart family held a film festival in Bogart’s honor in Key Largo, Florida. While a new location is currently being considered, the festival has been temporarily cancelled – but the Theatre In The Heights, located in Citrus Heights, California, carries on the annual tradition the weekend of October 11, 2019, with the 2019 Bogart Film Festival.

Bogart movies co-starring Peter Lorre will be shown on these dates and times ~
  • Beat the Devil (1954) – Friday, Oct. 11, 8:30 pm
  • Casablanca (1942) – Saturday, Oct. 12, 8:30 pm
Now in its second year, the Bogart fest begins Friday, Oct. 11, and ends on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. The full schedule is available on the venue’s website.

Admission to all movies in the festival is free for everyone. Reservations are not required, however seating is first-come, first-served.

Popcorn and drinks will be provided. For Bogart fans interested in a Bogart-themed cocktail, the festival organizers will open the Bogart Gin they bought at previous Bogie fests.

Theatre In The Heights is located at 8215 Auburn Boulevard, in Suite G of a strip mall along Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights, California.

Parking is available in the mall parking lot.

For more information, please call the theater at 916-509-3445.

October 7, 2019

The Conspirators at Toronto Film Fest

The Toronto Film Society kicks off its Fall / Winter Monday Night Film Buffs series with the Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet movie The Conspirators (1944) on Monday, October 7, 2019.

The Conspirators will be shown on a double-bill with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939), starring Warren William and Ida Lupino.

The program begins at 6:30 pm with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, followed by The Conspirators, with a 15-minute intermission between films.

Memberships in the Toronto Film Society are available in a variety of price levels. The “Trial Membership” may be purchased at the door before any screening. The Trial Membership is $18 for adults and $15 for students with valid student ID. More information about memberships is available on the Toronto Film Society website.

The Conspirators and The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, as well as other movies in the festival, will be shown at the Innis Town Hall Theatre, located at 2 Sussex Avenue, within Innis College on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada.

Parking is available in several parking garages near the venue. Closest is the garage located at 371 Bloor Street West, in Toronto, Canada. More information about parking is available on the University of Toronto website.

Now in its 72nd season, the Monday night series begins on Monday, October 7, 2019, and will run each month until Monday, April 27, 2020. The full schedule is available on the Film Society’s website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the on-screen duo of Lorre and Greenstreet. The two actors appeared in a total of nine movies while Peter Lorre was under contract at Warner Bros.

The Conspirators was their sixth movie together. The two actors also performed on radio together, as guests on the comedy shows of the 1940s, as well as recreating some of their movies, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941) and The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). A list of their radio appearances is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.