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Peter Lorre’s page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
May, 2022
This month, the Turner Classic Movies channel takes viewers "around the world in 80 movies", including a few co-starring Peter.
May 3 (Tues), 8:15 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). TCM turns the spotlight on "The Americas" in this month's filmic journey "Around the World in 80 Movies", including a stop in Las Vegas and a cameo with Peter Lorre at the blackjack table.
May 3 (Tues), 11:20 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
May 17 (Tues), 4:45 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Continuing the journey "Around the World in 80 Movies", TCM turns the spotlight on "Africa", including a stop in Casablanca, with Peter Lorre as a dealer in black market exit visas.
May 18 (Wed), 11:30 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM celebrates the birthday of director Frank Capra, including this comedy classic about two elderly sisters in Brooklyn who serve poisoned elderberry wine to elderly single gentlemen.
May 20 (Fri), 11:55 am, Starz Encore – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, Mar. 16, 1960). Peter plays the Alexander Portlass, a British professor in search of Montezuma's treature.
May 21 (Sat), 11 am, MeTV channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, Mar. 16, 1960).
May 25 (Wed), 7 am, Antenna TV channel – The Jack Benny Program (CBS, Jan. 22, 1963).
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 ~
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Hello again!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you had any insight into or leads for finding two of Peter Lorre's early films, namely:
1929 Die verschwundene Frau (The Missing Wife)
1932 Schuß im Morgengrauen (A Shot at Dawn)
Not to write a giant comment here, but I've gotten this far for Die verschwundene Frau:
-This 2004 post said: "This film was recently located in Brussels and restored. 75 years after it was made, it will receive its Second Vienna Premiere at the Film Museum." https://www.filmmuseum.at/en/film_program/scope?schienen_id=200005
-I contacted them and they suggested to explore this film collection
https://www.cinematek.be/en/collections/film#title--56377
-And/or to contact them: https://www.cinematek.be/en/collections/coll-film/onderzoek-naar-onze-collecties
I did not find Die verschwundene Frau in the collection, so I used the contact form. I received this response from the Royal Film Archive of Belgium: "Unfortunately, we do not hold any digital copy of this film, so I am afraid we cannot help you with your request."
So here's where I have stopped, being stumped. I wasn't sure if you would have any ideas or just better ways of getting ahold of people.
Hi, Becky! Are you a member of the Peter Lorre Appreciation group on Facebook? If not, please join us! One of our members is Jim Bigwood, who co-authored "The Films of Peter Lorre" with Ray cabana and Stephen Youngkin. Jim would be your best bet for finding out about the locations of these movies.
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