November begins the holiday season and a handful of Lorre films on the
Turner Classic Movies
channel, as well as other channels, including
Talking Pictures TV.
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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