Upstate New York Series Includes Lorre Mystery

The historic Capitol Theatre, located in Rome, New York, ends its 6-movie series “Great American Novels Made Into Great American Movies” with a showing of the Dashiell Hammett mystery classic The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

The program will begin at 7:30 pm.

Admission is $7 for adults; $6 for seniors, veterans, and students; $5 for Friends of the Capitol Theatre; and $3 for children age 12 and under.

Tickets may be purchased at the cinema box-office. Tickets may also be purchased through the venue’s website. A nominal booking fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The Capitol Theatre is located at 220 West Dominick Street in Rome, New York.

Parking is available on West Dominick Street in front of the theater. Parking is also available in a lot off Erie Boulevard.

The film series was presented in conjunction with Jervis Public Library and the Keaton & Lloyd Bookshop, located at 236 West Dominick Street, in Rome, New York.

The Maltese Falcon stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and several Warner Bros. stock players. Detective Sam Spade (Bogart) is drawn into a hunt for a golden falcon statuette, covered in gems, by a trio of international criminals (Astor, Lorre, and Greenstreet) anxious to obtain the statuette for themselves.

For more information, please contact the Capitol Theatre box-office at 315-337-6453.

SiriusXM Hitchcock Birthday Salute Includes Lorre

During the week of August 7, 2023, Lorre fans will have the opportunity to enjoy an episode of Peter’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air when the satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs “The Lodger” as a segment of director Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday block.

The birthday block includes the hour-long Lux Radio Theatre, “Strangers on a Train” (December 2, 1951); Mystery in the Air, “The Lodger” (August 14, 1947); and The Academy Award Theatre, “Shadow of a Doubt” (September 11, 1946).

Host Greg Bell will begin the Hitchcock birthday block on these dates and times ~

Wednesday, August 9 –
11 am Pacific
2 pm Eastern

Thursday, August 10 –
11 pm

Friday, August 11 –
2 am Eastern

Sunday, August 13 –
7 pm Pacific
10 pm Eastern

Mystery in the Air, “The Lodger”, will air these dates and times ~

Wednesday, August 9 –
12 noon Pacific
3 pm Eastern

Friday, August 11 –
12 midnight
3 am Eastern

Sunday, August 13 –
8 pm Pacific
11 pm Eastern

SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or the SiriusXM app. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A trial is also available for a nominal price through the SiriusXM radio website.

Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 14, 1899. The accomplished director of mystery and suspense hired Peter Lorre for the part of Abbott, the gang leader, in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), and later brought him back to England for a supporting role in Secret Agent (1936). In the 1950s, Peter Lorre appeared in two episodes of Hitchcock’s weekly television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Peter Lorre’s radio series Mystery in the Air replaced The Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Show for 13 weeks during the summer of 1947, beginning with “The Tell-Tale Heart” on July 3 and ending with “Crime and Punishment” on September 25, 1947.

In “The Lodger”, Peter Lorre co-stars with his regular Mystery in the Air cast, including Harry Morgan as “The Voice of Mystery”, Barbara Eiler, Eric Snowden, Raymond Lawrence, Rolfe Sedan, Conrad Binyon, and guest-star Agnes Moorehead, making her second appearance in the series; her first was “The Interruption” (July 24, 1947).

Set in Victorian London in the late 1880s, “The Lodger” features Peter Lorre as the mysterious Mr. Sleuth, who rents a room from a couple looking to make a little extra money in their home. His landlady (Moorehead) soon comes to suspect her Lodger might be the killer of young music hall girls.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses Peter’s work with Alfred Hitchcock, as well as his career on radio, beginning in Germany in the early 1930s.

A complete-to-date list of Peter’s radio appearances is available in the appendix of The Lost One.

The book is available through many brick-and-mortar bookshops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon – United States
• Amazon – Canada
• Amazon – United Kingdom

Happy listening!

Cary Grant Fest in Palo Alto Includes Lorre

The historic Stanford Theatre, located in Palo Alto, California, will show the Cary Grant comedy Arsenic and Old Lace (1941) the weekend of August 5 and 6, 2023, as part of their film festival “The Best of Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock”.

The Peter Lorre classic, on a double-bill with Monkey Business (1952), will be shown at these times ~

• Saturday, August 5 – 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm
• Sunday, August 6 – 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm

Monkey Business will be shown at 5:40 pm and 9:40 pm both days.

The Summer 2023 film festival began Saturday, July 1, 2023, and will run until Sunday, September 3. The full schedule is available on the venue’s website.

Before and after the 7:30 pm showings of Arsenic and Old Lace, one of the Stanford’s “Masters of the Mighty Wurlitzer” will play the Wurlitzer theater organ during the intermission.

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for youth (18 and under) and seniors (65 and over). Tickets may be purchased at the box office on the day of the show.

The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Avenue in Palo Alto, California. Look for the cinema’s large neon marquee – a landmark along University Avenue in the downtown area.

Parking is available at meters along the street in front of the cinema, as well as two parking garages within two blocks of the Stanford. The Bryant / Lytton Parking Garage is located at 445 Bryant Avenue, one block north of University Avenue. The High Street Parking Garage is located at 528 High Street, one block south of University Avenue.

More information about parking is available on the Stanford Theatre's website.

For more information, please call the Stanford Theatre at 650-324-3700.

Boston Library Virtual Event Includes Lorre

The Kanopy Klub at the Boston Public Library, located in Boston, Massachusetts, invites movie fans to particulate in a virtual discussion of Peter Lorre’s classic Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) on Thursday, August 3, 2023.

Registration is required. To register, eMail Lauren Lepanto at llepanto@bpl.org.

Watch The Man Who Knew Too Much any time through Kanopy, the free on-demand movie and documentary software available through the Boston Public Library.

Then at 7 pm on Thursday, August 3, join the virtual discussion of the movie.

The online event is free for everyone.

BFI Disney Salute Includes Lorre

Throughout July and August, 2023, the British Film Institute series “Making Magic: 100 Years of Disney” with showings of animated and live-action classic films from the Walt Disney Company. In August, the BFI focuses on literary adaptations, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, and Paul Lukas in the lead roles.

London’s British Film Institute continues its salute to the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney studio with several showings of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) during the month of August, 2023.

The film will be shown on the following dates and times ~

• Friday, August 4 – 6 pm
• Sunday, August 14 – 6:10 pm
• Tuesday, August 22 – 2:20 pm
• Wednesday, August 23 – 8:20 pm

The full schedule is available on the BFI website.

Admission is open to non-members of the BFI, as well as members. Non-members will be charged a per-ticket booking fee of £1 for each ticket sold, to a maximum of £3 per transaction.

Evening and weekend prices are £11 for BFI members, £13 for non-members, and £3 for children 16 and under. For senior citizens (age 60 and above), students, unwaged and disabled visitors who are also BFI members, admission is £9.20, and for non-members £11.20.

Weekday matinee prices are £6 for BFI members, £8 for non-members, and £3 for children 16 and under.

More information about ticket prices is available on the BFI website.

Tickets may be purchased through the BFI box office, located in the main foyer. Tickets may also be purchased online through the BFI website. From the page about 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, click the “Buy” button beside the date and time of choice. A Booking Fee will be added to all online purchases.

The BFI Southbank is located on Belvedere Road, on the South Bank of the Thames in London, England. Directions to the BFI are available on the cinema’s website.

Parking is available under the National Theatre or at APCOA South Bank. The Congestion Charge applies. The BFI is also well served by public transportation. The closest underground station is Waterloo. Exit Waterloo by the South Bank exit. More information about public transportation is available on the venue’s website.

Lorre Movies on TV in August

August brings a handful of Peter Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels, including Talking Pictures TV.

American 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, 2023

Every August, TCM presents their "Summer Under the Stars" film festival, devoting each day in the month to a different actor. In years past, Peter Lorre has been among the stars honored with a day, but this year, several of the actors he worked with are on the schedule.

Aug 3 (Thurs), 6:45 am, Talking Pictures TV – My Favorite Brunette (1947). Peter co-stars with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in this comedy mystery.

Aug 4 (Fri), 22:55, Talking Pictures TV – The Raven (1963). Cellar Club with Caroline Munro presents this horror comedy starring Peter Lorre and Vincent Price.

Aug 7 (Mon), 5:30 am, Antenna TV – The Jack Benny Program (Jan 22, 1963).

Aug 10 (Thurs), 6 am, TCM – The Big Circus (1959). TCM salutes Rhonda Fleming with a day of her movies, beginning with the only film she made with Peter Lorre, set in a traveling three-ring circus.

Aug 15 (Tues), 8:15 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). Ronald Coleman is the "Star of the Day", including the only film he made with Peter Lorre. highlighting the villains and heroes of human history.

Aug 17 (Thurs), 1 am, TCM – My Favorite Brunette (1947). Bob Hope is the "Star of the Day", including this comedy about a baby photographer turned private detective (Hope) and the gang after uranium. Note – In Canada, A Global Affair (1964) will be shown instead.

Aug 18 (Fri), 12 midnight, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). TCM salutes Fred Astaire with a day of movies, including this musical featuring a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.

Aug 27 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). TCM salutes Peter Lorre's pal Humphrey Bogart, including this war-time drama about French prisoners escaping from Devil's Island to join the Free French.

Aug 27 (Sun), 10 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM s continues Humphrey Bogart's day with the classic mystery.


Sneak Peek at September, 2023

September brings a handful of Lorre films. TCM's annual "Summer Under the Stars" film festival, and this year, the actors co-starring with Peter Lorre include Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Colman, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, and Humphrey Bogart.

Sept 12 (Tues), 2 pm, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944). The daytime theme is "Hollywood Stars as Themselves", including this all-star musical featuring Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

Sept 25 (Mon), 5:15 am, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The primetime theme is "World War II POWs", including this war-time drama set in a German prisoner of war camp.

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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!