Holidays with Lorre in December 2021

December brings the holiday season Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's, but not many Lorre movies this year on the Turner Classic Movies channel.

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.


December, 2021

The Star of the Month on TCM is Ingrid Bergman, and her only film with Peter Lorre kicks off December.

Dec. 1 (Wed), 10 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Casablanca (1942). As the passport racketeer Ugarge, Peter aids Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid in their escape from Casablanca.

Dec. 2 (Thurs), 9:50 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec. 3 (Fri), 7:50 am, FXM – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec. 28 (Tues), 4 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "50s Musicals", including the only MGM musical in which Peter Lorre sang and danced.

Sneak Peek at January, 2022

A new year and new opportunities to catch Lorre films on television!

Jan. 13 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The primetime theme is “WWII POWs”, including this MGM World War II film about Grench soldiers who surrender too easily and find themselves imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp in Germany.

Jan. 30 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

Fall into November with Lorre

In November, Peter Lorre's most-famous co-star Sydney Greenstreet is the Turner Classic Movies channel "Star of the Month", and every Wednesday, Lorre fans can enjoy eight of the nine movies they made together.

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.


November, 2021

Nov. 2 (Tues), 6 am, Turner Classic Movies – Quicksand (1950). "Dance Numbers" is the prime-time theme, featuring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, including this thriller in which a non-dancing Rooney plays a garage mechanic who accidentally turns to a life of crime while trying to pay back a loan.

Nov. 2 (Tues), 11:10 am, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Nov. 3 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM begins their month-long salute to "Star of the Month" Sydney Greenstreet with his first movie. This classic detective film was also Peter Lorre's first movie with Sydney G. and his first at Warner Bros., the studio Peter would become most asociated with.

Nov. 3 (Wed) 3:45 am, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944).

Nov. 6 (Sat), 11 am, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Nov. 10 (Wed), 3:30 am, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). The Sydney Greenstreet fest continues with this spy thriller based on an Eric Ambler novel.

Nov. 14 (Sun), 5:10 pm, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Nov. 15 (Mon), 4 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The prime-time theme is "Dance Numbers", including Peter Lorre's only singing and dancing role as a Russian commissar who goes to Paris with two other commissars to retrieve a musician and end up falling in love with the City of Lights.

Nov. 17 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Verdict (1946). TCM's Sydney Greenstreet fest continues with the final movie Peter Lorre made with Sydney.

Nov. 17 (Wed), 9:45 pm, TCM – Three Strangers (1946). Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet play two of the title characters, who with Geraldine Fitzgerald, make a combined wish on a statuette of an ancient Chinese goddess, with tragic results.

Nov. 17 (Wed), 11:30 pm, TCM – The Conspirators (1944).

Nov. 22 (Mon), 12 noon, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The daytime theme is "David Niven". Peter Lorre is one of many cameos in this star-studded extravaganza about the Victorian gentleman (Niven) who makes a bet with his fellow Club members that he can travel around the world in just 80 days.

Nov. 24 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM ends their month-long salute to Sydney Greenstreet with the second of his films with Peter Lorre.

Nov. 24 (Wed), 12 midnight, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). In this film adapted from an Eric Ambler novel, Peter Lorre plays a professor turned mystery novelist who decides to research the life and evil career of an international criminal and soon cross paths with the mysterious Mr. Peters (Greenstreet), who has his own reasons for locating the criminal.


Sneak Peek at December, 2021

Ingrid Bergman is TCM’s "Star of the Month", including the only film she made with Peter Lorre.

Dec. 1 (Wed), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

October brings Halloween, and the Turner Classic Movies channel and the Movies! Network have scheduled plenty of horror movies from the 1930s and 1940s – including Peter Lorre's first American role, Mad Love (1935).

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.


October, 2021

Oct. 1 (Fri), 9:35 pm, Movies! Network channel – Mad Love (1935). Peter made his American movie debut in this classic from MGM. As Dr. Gogol, he loves stage actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake) from afar and soon has an opportunity to ingratiate himself with her when her husband Stephen mangles his hands in a train accident.

Oct. 2 (Sat), 1:25 pm, Movies! Network – You'll Find Out (1940). In this comedy version of an old, dark house film, band-leader Kay Kyser and his College of Musical Knowledge band play for a 21st birthday party, with Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi.

Oct. 3 (Sun), 2:15 am, Movies! Network – Three Strangers (1946). Peter joins Sydney Greenstreet and Geraldine Fitzgerald as the title characters who make a combined wish on a statuette of an ancient Chinese goddess, with tragic results.

Oct. 8 (Fri), 10:35 am, Movies! Network – Mad Love (1935). The Movies! Network presents a day of Peter Lorre films.

Oct. 8 (Fri), 12:05 pm, Movies! Network – You'll Find Out (1940).

Oct. 8 (Fri), 2:15 pm, Movies! Network – Three Strangers (1946).

Oct. 8 (Fri), 4:15 pm, Movies! Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 8 (Fri), 5:40 pm, Movies! Network – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). The day of Lorre films ends with this Irwin Allen sci-fi picture from the early 1960s.

Oct. 10 (Sun), 7:25 am, Movies! Network – Mad Love (1935).

Oct. 10 (Sun), 8 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – The Constant Nymph (1943).

Oct. 11 (Mon), 6 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The daytime theme is "Murder on the Menu", and a highly-toxic glass of homemade elderberry wine is on the menu at the Brewster house in this classic comedy.

Oct. 14 (Thurs), 7:55 am, Movies! Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 14 (Thurs), 11 am, TCM – M (1931). "Madmen" is the daytime theme.

Oct. 14 (Thurs), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Three Strangers (1946).

Oct. 15 (Fri), 4:15 pm, TCM – The Big Circus (1959). "At the Circus" is the daytime theme, including Peter Lorre as Skeeter the Clown and Vincent Price as Hans Hagenfeld, the circus ring master.

Oct. 31 (Sun), 12:45 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1935). TCM's daytime theme is "Halloween Marathon", including Peter's first American film as the brilliant Parisian surgeon Dr. Gogol.


Sneak Peek at November, 2021

Sydney Greenstreet is TCM’s "Star of the Month", and every Wednesday in November, Lorre fans can enjoy eight of the nine movies Peter and Sydney made together.

Nov. 2 (Tues), 6 am, TCM – Quicksand (1950).

Nov. 3 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Nov. 3 (Wed) 3:45 am, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944).

Nov. 10 (Wed), 3:30 am, TCM – Background to Danger (1943).

Nov. 17 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Verdict (1946).

Nov. 17 (Wed), 9:45 pm, TCM – Three Strangers (1946).

Nov. 17 (Wed), 11:30 pm, TCM – The Conspirators (1944).

Nov. 24 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

Nov. 24 (Wed), 12 midnight, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

SiriusXM Celebrates Lorre Birthday

The week of June 21, 2021, the Radio Classics channel – Channel 148 on the SiriusXM radio dial – celebrates the 117th birthday of Peter Lorre with two different 2-hour blocks of Lorre radio programs, hosted by Greg Bell.

Beginning Monday, June 20, 2021, and continuing throughout the week until Sunday, June 27, Lorre fans can enjoy eight of Peter’s old-time radio performances – as well as a Lorre-hosted episode of the Armed Forces Radio Services series Mystery Playhouse.

“Peter Lorre Special” includes two episodes from Peter’s own 13-week summer series Mystery in the Air, “The Marvelous Barastro” (August 7, 1947) and “Crime and Punishment” (Sept. 25, 1947); an episode of the anthology series Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me” (Aug. 30, 1945); and finally a guest appearance on Jack Benny’s show The Lucky Strike Program, “I Stand Condemned” (Mar. 24, 1946).

“More Peter Lorre B-Day” includes guest appearances on Fred Allen’s show The Texaco Star Theater (Jan. 3, 1943) and Duffy’s Tavern (Oct. 19, 1943); an episode of the anthology series Inner Sanctum Mysteriesd, “The Black Seagull” (Mar. 7, 1943); and finally, an episode of Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man” (July 20, 1944).

The Lorre programs and tributes will air on these dates and times ~

Monday, June 21 ~
Peter Lorre Special ~
3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern
Mystery in the Air, “The Marvelous Barastro”
Mystery in the Air, “Crime and Punishment”
Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me”
The Lucky Strike Program

Tuesday, June 22 ~
More Peter Lorre B-Day ~
5 am Pacific, 8 am Eastern
The Texaco Star Theater
Duffy’s Tavern
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull”
Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man”

Wednesday, June 23 ~
More Peter Lorre B-Day ~
9 pm Pacific
The Texaco Star Theater
Duffy’s Tavern
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull”
Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man”

Thursday, June 24 ~
More Peter Lorre B-Day ~
12 midnight Eastern
The Texaco Star Theater
Duffy’s Tavern
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull”
Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man”

Peter Lorre Special ~
3 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern
Mystery in the Air, “The Marvelous Barastro”
Mystery in the Air, “Crime and Punishment”
Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me”
The Lucky Strike Program

Saturday, June 26 ~
More Peter Lorre B-Day ~
3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern
The Texaco Star Theater
Duffy’s Tavern
Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull”
Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man”

Peter Lorre Special ~
7 pm Pacific, 10 pm Eastern
Mystery in the Air, “The Marvelous Barastro”
Mystery in the Air, “Crime and Punishment”
Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me”
The Lucky Strike Program

In addition to the Lorre birthday programs, the Radio Classics channel will also air Mr. and Mrs. North, “Frizby Klizby” (Jan 17, 1945). This episode survives as an installment of the Armed Forces Radio Service series Mystery Playhouse, a series of episodes originally broadcast on various mystery series, such as Mr. and Mrs. North, and specially-edited for American servicemen and women stationed overseas during World War II. Peter Lorre hosted many of these Mystery Playhouse episodes, including “Frizby Klizby”, which will air on the Radio Classics channel on the following dates and times –

• Tuesday, June 22 – 4:30 pm Pacific, 7:30 pm Eastern
• Friday, June 25 – 2:30 am Pacific, 5:30 am Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, June 21, to Sunday, June 27, 2021, is available on Greg Bell’s website.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A free 30-day trial is also available through the SiriusXM radio website.

The life and career of Peter Lorre is chronicled in the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre by Stephen D. Youngkin, who began his research in the 1970s and interviewed Peter’s brothers Andrew and Francis, his first wife Celia Lovsky, his sister-in-law Barbara through his second wife Karen Verne, his daughter Catherine Lorre, friends, fellow actors, and the directors, producers, and crew who worked with him throughout his career.

These interviews shed light on Peter’s birth on June 26, 1904, his childhood, his early days in theater, his career on film, radio, and television, and his sad final days.

The Appendix of The Lost One includes the most complete list available of Peter’s credits – radio, film, stage, and television.

The Lorre radio programs airing this week in honor of Peter’s birthday are available through many merchants. Many of Peter’s movies, as well as some of his television appearances, are also available on DVD.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

It’s Rondo Time Again!

Named after 1940s actor Rondo Hatton, whose facial disfigurement by the disease Acromegaly led to a career in Hollywood horror films, the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards are the annual award where ordinary fans of science-fiction, horror, and fantasy vote for their favorites among the categories Movies, TV, DVDs, Restorations, Books, Magazines, Magazine Cover Artwork, Websites, Blogs, Fan Events, and more.

Now in its 19th year, the Rondos will wrap up at midnight on Sunday, April 25, 2021, Eastern Standard Time – but there’s still plenty of time to vote.

In 2006, Stephen D. Youngkin won the Best Book of 2005 Rondo for The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (University Press of Kentucky).

This year, there are a couple of Lorre items on the ballot for the Best of 2020 ~

#5 – Best Restoration or Upgrade – Among the nominees is the Route 66 episode “Lizard’s Leg and Owlet’s Wing” by Retromedia.

Order the Blu-Ray here from Amazon.

#11 – Book of the Year – Among the nominees is The Animated Peter Lorre by Matthew Hahn, published by BearManor Media. A favorite of nightclub comedians, Peter called himself the most imitated man in Hollywood, and in this book, Matthew Hahn discusses the many Lorre caricatures throughout Peter’s career and after his passing in 1964.

Order the book here from Amazon.

The official ballot is available on the Rondo Awards website.

Voting is done by eMail. To vote, simply cut and paste the ballot into an eMail, mark your choices, include your name, and send the eMail to David Colton at:

taraco@aol.com

Ballots will be accepted until midnight on Sunday, April 25, 2021, Eastern Standard Time.

More information on the Rondos, including the ballot and instructions, the history of the award, and past winners, may be found on the Rondo website.

Winners will be announced on the Rondo website as well as the Classic Horror Film Board, in the folder “Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards”.

Happy voting!

April Showers and Lorre Films

Because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic this year, the Academy Awards were bumped from February to Sunday, April 25, 2021. And the Turner Classic Movies channel holds its annual “31 Days of Oscar” film fest from April 1 to May 1, including a few Lorre films. This month, all movies are shown in alphabetical order.

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.


April, 2021

Apr. 2 (Fri), 6:45 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). This all-star extravaganza about a Victorian gentleman who makes a bet with his fellow Club members that he can travel around the world in 80 days won 5 Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. The film was nominated for three awards – Best Director, Best Production Design, and Best Costume Design.

Apr. 16 (Fri), 9:05 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).

Apr. 16 (Fri), 6 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). Peter Lorre’s first movie with Warner Bros, the studio he would become most identified with, received three Oscar nominations – Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for Sydney Greenstreet.

Apr. 17 (Sat), 6:30 am, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). Peter Lorre makes a cameo appearance as a blackjack player in this musical, which received one Oscar nomination – Scoring of Musical for George Stoll and Johnny Green.


Sneak Peek at May, 2021

TCM’s annual "31 Days of Oscar" film fest concludes on May 1. Lorre movies in May include ~

May 5 (Wed), 1:30 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The daytime theme is “How to Get Rid of a Body”, and in this classic 1940s comedy, Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, and Raymond Massey all have bodies to dispose of.

May 13 (Thurs), 9:15 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The daytime theme is “I Miss . . . Travel”. Lorre fans can take a virtual journey around the Victorian world with Phileas Fogg (David Niven) and Passepartout (Cantinflas), including Peter Lorre as a Japanese steward.

May 14 (Fri), 2:15 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). The daytime theme is “Silly Schemers”, including Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell as jewel thieves working against each other to get hold of a fabulous diamond pendant, before hitching a ride with Peter Lorre aboard his tramp steamer bound for Hong Kong.

May 15 (Sat), 3:45 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

May 27 (Thurs), 10 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Guest programmer Frank Langella joins regular TCM host Ben Mankiewicz.

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

Lorre and Greenstreet Film Fest on TCM

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, the Turner Classic Moves channel offers a very special treat for Peter Lorre fans – the primetime theme “Greenstreet and Lorre”.

Beginning at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) kicks off a marathon of eight of the nine movies Peter appeared in with Sydney Greenstreet.

Here’s the full line-up.

Wednesday, March 24 ~

• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) – 8 pm
• The Verdict (1946) – 9:45 pm
• Three Strangers (1946) – 11:30 pm

Thursday, March 25 ~

• Passage to Marseille (1944) – 1:15 am
• The Conspirators (1944) – 3:15 am
• Background to Danger (1943) – 5 am
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) – 6:30 am
• Casablanca (1942) – 8:30 am

During the five years Peter Lorre worked at the Warner Bros. studio, he appeared in a total of nine movies with Sydney Greenstreet, beginning with The Maltese Falcon (1941), the first Warner Bros. movie for both actors, and ending with The Verdict (1946).

Lorre and Greenstreet frequently supported leading actors – Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, and George Raft – but in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), Three Strangers (1946), and The Verdict (1946), Lorre and Greenstreet took the main roles.

Historic Cinema Celebrates Birthday with Lorre Film

On Wednesday, March 18, 2021, the State Theatre, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, celebrates its 79th anniversary with a showing of Casablanca (1942).

The program begins at 7 pm.

The cinema remains under COVID-19 safety rules. Tickets must be purchased in advance through the State Theatre website or at the box office 30 minutes before the screening. The auditorium will be kept at 50% capacity, with seats blocked off. Masks must be worn at all times, including during the film. Concessions will not be sold. More information on COVID-19 safety requirements is available on the venue’s website.

Ticket prices are $10.50 for general admission; $8.fo for students with valid ID, U.S. veterans, senior citizens; and groups of 10 or more. Members of the Michigan Theater may purchase tickets for $8.00.

The State Theatre is located at 233 South State Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Parking is available at meters along South State Street, near the cinema. More information about parking is available on the cinema’s website.

The State Theatre opened on March 18, 1942, with the musical The Fleet’s In (1942), starring Dorothy Lamour and William Holden. With Casablanca opening in November 1942, the State Theatre very likely showed this classic film as well – as well as many other Peter Lorre movies.

Lorre Classic at Los Angeles Drive-In

During these days of COVID-19, many movie theaters offer limited schedules or have closed completely, but other cinemas have sprung up with some make-shift drive-in theaters held in business parking lots.

On Friday, March 12, 2021, Peter Lorre fans in the Los Angeles area can pull into the Hollywood Legion Theater and enjoy a showing of The Maltese Falcon (1941) in the Legion’s parking lot.

The program begins at 6 pm, with a special introduction by film historian and author Alan K. Rode.

Ticket prices begin at $65, depending on the type of car, and include unlimited popcorn, one soda, and one candy for each passenger.

Tickets must be purchased and spaces reserved online through the Hollywood Legion website. Dubbed the "first ever drive-in cinema in the heart of Hollywood", the venue can accommodate 30 cars. A “seating map” is available on the Legion’s website.

The Hollywood Legion Theater is located at 2035 North Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

Spring into March 2021 with Lorre

March brings Peter Lorre films a’plenty on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels – highlighted by a “Lorre and Greenstreet” film festival!

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.


March, 2021

Mar. 1 (Mon), 4:43 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM salutes the birthday of David Niven, who plays Philleas Fogg in this all-star extravaganza about a Victorian gentleman who makes a bet with his fellow Club members that he can travel around the world in 80 days.

Mar. 3 (Wed), 6 am, TCM – Quicksand (1950). “Growing Up On Screen” is the daytime theme on TCM, and the day opens with the only movie Mickey Rooney starred with Peter Lorre.

Mar. 5 (Fri), 1:30 am, MeTV – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “The Diplomatic Corpse” (Dec. 8, 1957).

Mar. 6 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). Peter Lorre plays mystery writer Cornelius Latimer Leyden, who decides to research the life of an international criminal Dimitrios (Zachary Scott) for a novel and finds himself mixed up in a blackmail scheme with one of Dimitrios’ past associates (Sydney Greenstreet).

Mar. 10 (Wed), 11:20 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Mar. 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Mar. 12 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The primetime theme is "Movie MacGuffins, Part 2". TCM hosts Ben Mankiewicz and film noir expert Eddie Muller take a look at several movies dependent on this plot device, including a Lorre double-feature beginning with this classic mystery involving a fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette.

Mar. 12 (Fri), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The "Movie MacGuffins" theme continues with this classic wartime drama involving a pair of letters of transit promising safe passage out of Casablanca.

Mar. 14 (Sun), 11:45 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). A Lorre double-feature begins with the only film Peter made with Cary Grant.

Mar. 14 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – My Favorite Brunette (1947). The Lorre double-feature continues with the only film Peter made with Bob Hope.

Mar. 22 (Mon), 7:15 am, FXM – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Mar. 23 (Tues), 3:05 am, FXM – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Mar. 24 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). The primetime theme is "Greenstreet and Lorre" – a film fest of eight of the nine movies Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet appeared in together. The fest begins with three films in which they co-starred as the lead actors, followed by the movies in which they supported a lead actor, such as Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, or George Raft. Running from Wednesday evening, through the wee hours of Thursday, to early Thursday morning, the schedule includes ~

• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) – 8 pm, Mar. 24 (Wed)
• The Verdict (1944) – 9:45 pm, Mar. 24 (Wed)
• Three Strangers (1946) – 11:30 pm, Mar. 24 (Wed)
• Passage to Marseille (1944) – 1:15 am, Mar. 25 (Thurs)
• The Conspirators (1944) – 3:15 am, Mar. 25 (Thurs)
• Background to Danger (1943) – 5 am, Mar. 25 (Thurs)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) – 6:30 am, Mar. 25 (Thurs)
• Casablanca (1942) – 8:30 am, Mar. 25 (Thurs)

Mar. 26 (Fri), 2:30 am, Movies! Network channel – Quicksand (1950).

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Sneak Peek at April, 2021

Because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic this year, the Academy Awards were bumped from February to Sunday, April 25, 2021. And TCM holds its annual "31 Days of Oscar" film fest from April 1 to May 1, including a few Lorre films.

Apr. 2 (Fri), 6:45 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Apr. 16 (Fri), 6 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Apr. 17 (Sat), 6:30 am, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

Valentine's Day for Lorre Lovers

In 2021, Valentine’s Day falls on Sunday, February 14, and in spite of COVID-19 lock-downs and shut-downs, many cinemas in the United States have scheduled special showings of Casablanca (1942), long considered one of the most romantic movies ever made.

In the small but important role of Ugarte, who provides exit visits to refugees desperate to leave Casablanca – and the murderer of two German couriers – Peter Lorre gets the action going by leaving with his friend Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) two valuable letters of transit he intends to sell to escaping freedom fighter Victor Lazlo (Paul Henreid) and his wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman).

But no matter the size of his part, Peter is always a treat to watch in a movie theater, including these ~

• Garden Theater – Winter Garden, Florida
• Byrd Theatre – Richmond, Virginia
• Glendale Sears Parking Lot – Glendale, California
• Hollywood Roosevelt – Los Angeles, California
• Tivoli Theatre – Spencer, Indiana
• Utah Theatre – Logan, Utah
• Magic Lantern Cinema – Ketchum, Idaho
• Brattle Theatre – Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Garden Theatre – The Garden Theatre, in Winter Garden, Florida, will show Casablanca on Valentine’s Day at 6:30 pm.

Tickets may be purchased at the cinema’s box office.

The Garden Theatre is located at 160 West Plant Street, in downtown historic Winter Garden, Florida. For more information, please call the theater at 406-877-4736.

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Byrd Theatre – The Byrd Theatre, in Richmond, Virginia, will show Casablanca on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 3 pm. The program includes a selection of songs played by Bob Gulledge on the cinema’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ.

Tickets may be purchased online only and are limited to 50 attendees. No concessions will be sold. Mask-wearing and social distancing are required.

The Byrd Theatre is located at 2908 West Cary Street, in the Carytown district of Richmond, Virginia. For more information, please call the theater at 804-358-3056.

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Pop-Up Cinema, Glendale Sears Parking Lot – The top of the Sears parking garage in Glendale, California, is the location of a pop-up cinema presented by the Electric Dusk Drive-In and Secret Movie Club. A double-feature of Casablanca and When Harry Met Sally (1989) will be shown on Valentine’s Day, beginning at dusk.

Tickets may be purchased online.

The Glendale Sears is located at 211 West California Avenue in Glendale, California.

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Drive-In Theatre at the Hollywood Roosevelt – The famous Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, in Los Angeles, California, offers a drive-in movie experience on Valentine’s Day with a double-feature of Casablanca and The Notebook (2004). The program begins at 5:30 pm.

Tickets may be purchased online. Refreshments will be available from a converted Airstream trailer bar.

The Hollywood Roosevelt is located at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California.

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Tivoli Theatre – The Tivoli Theatre, in Spencer, Indiana, will show Casablanca on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm. The program is sponsored by the International Student Exchange.

Tickets may be purchased online.

The Tivoli Theatre is located at 24 North Washington Street in Spencer, Indiana. For more information, please call the theater at 812-714-8069.

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Utah Theatre – The Utah Theatre, in Logan, Utah, will show Casablanca at 7 pm on Friday and Saturday, February 26 and 27, 2021.

Fridays and Saturdays are “Date Night” at the Utah Theatre, and the $14 ticket price includes two movie tickets, a large popcorn, and a box of candy. Tickets may be purchased online.

The Utah Theatre is located at 18 West Center Street in Logan, Utah.

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Magic Lantern Cinema – Lorre fans in the area of Ketchum, Idaho, are in for a special treat over the Valentine’s Day holiday week, when Rick Kessler presents a full week of free screenings of Casablanca at the Magic Lantern Cinema.

Rick Kessler has been waiting 47 years to offer free showings of Casablanca. Says Kessler, “There’s a difference between seeing a movie in a theater and watching it on your TV, no matter how good your TV is. There is, perhaps, no better movie to amplify the difference between watching a movie on TV or seeing it in a movie theater.”

Beginning on Friday, February 12, and every day until Thursday, February 18, 2021, Casablanca will be shown at 4:30 pm and 7 pm.

The Magic Lantern Cinema is located at 100 East 2nd Street in Ketchum, Idaho. For more information, please call the cinema at 208-726-3308.

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Brattle Theatre – The Brattle Theatre, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, continues its popular Valentine’s Day tradition of Casablanca with a virtual screening.

Admission is available on the Brattle Theatre website. A $12 ticket buys the right to view the film for 28 hours over the weekend.

Following the movie, the Brattle hosts a post-screening discussion with author Leslie Epstein, whose father Philip G. Epstein and uncle Julius J. Epstein co-write the Casablanca screenplay.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Lorre Movies in February 2021

February is normally the month of TCM’s annual "31 Days of Oscar", leading up to the Academy Awards ceremony, but with the Oscars rescheduled for April 25, 2021, February becomes an ordinary month of movies. But with Valentine’s Day on Sunday, February 14, Lorre fans can celebrate their "Lorre Love" throughout the month with several Peter Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels.

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.


February, 2021

Feb. 1 (Mon), 6 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Strange Cargo (1940). TCM salutes the birthday of Clark Gable with a morning and afternoon of Gable movies, including Strange Cargo, the first of two films he made with Peter Lorre.

Feb. 9 (Tues), 11:20 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb. 10 (Wed), 9:45 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb. 12 (Fri), 3:45 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "Leading Ladies", and Peter’s leading lady in this MGM movie is Cyd Charisse

Feb. 12 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM’s primetime theme is "TCM Romantic Weekend Getaway", and Lorre fans can kick of their own Valentine’s weekend with Peter in one of his iconic roles – Ugarte, the dealer in black market visas for refugees desperate to escape the North African city.

Feb. 16 (Tues), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb. 17 (Wed), 3 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb. 20 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Mad Love (1935). In his first American movie, Peter plays a brilliant surgeon who, in love with the actress Yvonne (Frances Drake), replaces her husband’s smashed hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer – with tragic results.

Feb. 24 (Wed), 10 am, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944).


Sneak Peek at March, 2021

Mar. 1 (Mon), 4:43 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM salutes David Niven’s birthday with a morning and afternoon of Niven films.

Mar. 3 (Wed), 6 am, TCM – Quicksand (1950).

Mar. 6 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944).

Mar. 12 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Mar. 12 (Fri), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

Mar. 14 (Sun), 11:45 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

Lorre Film on Fathom Events Schedule

On Sunday, January 24 and Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Fathom Events and the Turner Classic Movies channel kick off their 2021 schedule of classic movies released to cinemas with The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Participating theaters may be located by searching by zip code on the Fathom Events website.

At most cinemas, the program will begin at 7 pm local time on both Sunday and Wednesday with a special presentation by regular TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. Many theaters will also offer a 3 pm matinee. Following the movie, Mankiewicz returns for post-film comments.

Ticket prices are $12.50 for all seats, however, some cinemas may offer a discount for students, children, and seniors. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the theater, as well as online through the Fathom Events website and Fandango.

COVID-19 restrictions will be in place at most theaters, including masks, social distancing, and limited seating. Specific requirements are available at each theater’s website.

Originally released in October 1941, The Maltese Falcon celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2021. Throughout 2021, Fathom Events and the Turner Classic Movies channel salute nine decades of cinema history, from 1941 to 1996.

As Joel Cairo, one of the international criminals in search of the fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette of the title, Peter Lorre is the bridge between the movie’s two story lines – the murder of Miles Archer, Sam Spade’s (Humphrey Bogart) partner in their detective agency, and the hunt for the Maltese Falcon. This was Peter’s first movie for Warner Brothers, and his first film with Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the on-screen and off-screen friendship of Peter and Bogie through numerous interviews with their mutual friends and co-workers.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon United States
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon United Kingdom

SiriusXM Poe Salute Includes Lorre

Every week, the Radio Classics channel, airing over the satellite radio service SiriusXM, salutes celebrity birthdays with special programming, and during the week of January 18 through 24, 2021, writer Edgar Allan Poe receives the birthday treatment with several radio shows adapted from his works – including an episode of Peter Lorre’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air.

“The Black Cat”, originally broadcast on September 18, 1947, will air these dates and times ~

Tuesday, January 19 ~

• 5:30 pm Pacific, 8:30 pm Eastern

Thursday, January 21 ~

• 11:30 am Pacific, 2:30 pm Eastern

Saturday, January 23 ~

• 9:30 am Pacific, 12:30 pm Eastern

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

Kick Off 2021 with Lorre on TV

January 2021 is the start of a new year filled with Peter Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels.

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.


January, 2021

Jan. 4 (Mon), 11:23 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 5 (Tues), 9:23 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 5 (Tues), 10 pm, Turner Classic Movies – The Maltese Falcon (1941). Every Tuesday in January, TCM salutes the Hollywood studio system from the 1920s to the 1960s. The primetime theme tonight is "Warner Bros." TCM's Alicia Malone co-hosts with film historian Mark Harris and Hollywood Reporter editor Kim Masters discuss The Maltese Falcon and its place in the history of Warner Bros. studio system.

Jan. 8 (Fri), 12:45 am, ScreenPix Action channel – The Raven (1963). In this horror-comedy from American International Pictures, Peter Lorre plays the title character, a wizard turned into a raven by an evil sorcerer (Boris Karloff) and rescued by a good magician (Vincent Price).

Jan. 9 (Sat), 4 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – The Raven (1963).

Jan. 9 (Sat), 8 pm, MeTV channel – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946). Horror film host Svengoolie presents the final movie Peter worked on at Warner Bros. – a Gothic horror set in the late 1880s at an Italian villa owned by a reclusive pianist (Victor Francen) who dies in an accident, but whose hand is apparently running loose and wreaking havoc on those who oppose the pianist’s last will and testament.

Jan. 26 (Tues), 11:20 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 27 (Wed), 4:05 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).


Sneak Peek at February, 2021

Feb. 1 (Mon), 6 pm, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). The daytime theme celebrates the birthday of Clark Gable, including the first of two movies the actor made with Peter Lorre.

Feb. 12 (Fri), 3:45 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "Leading Ladies", including the only movie leading lady Cyd Charisse made with Peter Lorre, who also sang and danced in the film.

Feb. 12 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1940). The primetime theme is “TCM Romantic Weekend Getaway”, and with Valentine’s Day falling on Sunday, Feb. 14, celebrate your "Lorre Love" with the movie that led to a Warner Bros. contract for Peter.

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Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs are now available on DVD and Blu-Ray – many 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 and television credits is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!