American times shown are Eastern Standard.
November, 2023
Catch a few Lorre films on TCM, the Movies!Network, and Britain's Talking Pictures TV.
Nov 5 (Sun), 2:35 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950). Peter Lorre and Mickey Rooney co-star in this independent film about an auto mechanic (Rooney) who sinks into a life of crime.
Nov 12 (Sun), 10:45 am, Talking Pictures TV – Double Confession (1950).
Nov 15 (Wed), 1:30 pm, TCM – You'll Find Out (1940). The TCM daytime theme is "Old Dark Houses Mysteries" with a day or horror and mystery films set in spooky houses, including the Kay Kyser musical-comedy set in an isolated mansion where Kay and his band are hired to play for a debutant's 21st birthday party, attended by Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi.
Nov 17 (Fri), 1:30 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The TCM daytime theme is "Film Noir Heavies", including this film noir classic featuring two heavies who became a screen team in the early 1940s – Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.
Nov 22 (Wed), 2 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The daytime theme is "All-Star Casts", including this extravanganza about the Victorian gentleman (David Niven) who bets he can travel around the world in 80 days and encounters the biggests stars in Hollywood during his journey.
Nov 26 (Sun), 6 am, Talking Pictures TV – My Fvourite Brunette (1946).
Sneak Peek at December, 2023
Here's a look at Lorre films on TCM in December.
Dec 1 (Fri), 2:30 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). In December, TCM's "Star of the Month" is Cary Grant, including this dark comedy about a theater critic (Grant) who finds out his two sweet elderly aunts (Jean Adair and Josephine Hull) are poisoning lonely old gentlemen and burying them in the cellar.
Dec 2 (Sat), 12 midnight, TCM – Black Angel (1946). Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir", brings to his Saturday night "Noir Alley" this mystery film starring Peter Lorre, Dan Duryea, and June Vincent.
Dec 3 (Sun), 10 am, TCM – Black Angel (1946). Missed the midnight showing of "Noir Alley"? Here's the Sunday morning replay.
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 ~ Happy viewing!
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