Finish out the year of 2023 with 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.
December, 2023
Cary Grant is the "Star of the Month" on the Turner Classic Movies channe,
and Eddie Muller welcomes Peter to "Noir Alley".
Dec 1 (Fri), 2:30 pm, Turner Classic Movies –
Arsenic and Old
Lace (1944). TCM kicks off a month-long salute to 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 (1947). 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 (1947). Miss last
night's midnight showing of Eddie Muller's "Noir Alley"? Here's the
Sunday morning replay.
Dec 9 (Sat), 8 pm, MeTV –
The Raven (1963). Saturday night horror
host Svengoolie presents this American International Pictures horror-comedy,
starring Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff – as well as a
young Jack Nicholson.
Dec 14 (Thurs), 12:30 am, Talking Pictures TV –
Beat the
Devil (1954).
Dec 20 (Wed), 4 pm, MeTV –
Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story"
(NBC, March 16, 1960).
Sneak Peek at January, 2024
Kick off a fresh new year of Lorre films on television in January.
Jan 2 (Tues), 6 am, TCM –
Quicksand (1950). In the wee
hours of January 2 to the early morning of January 3, TCM salutes Mickey
Rooney with several Rooney films, including the only movie he made with
Peter Lorre.
Jan 8 (Mon), 1:30 pm, TCM –
The Constant Nymph (1943).
TCM's Daytime Theme is "Starving Artists", including the first of two
films Peter made with Charles Boyer.
Jan 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM –
Casablanca (1942). The
primetime theme is "The Power of Film", including the WWII classic
starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Peter Lorre.
Jan 28 (Sun), 3:45 pm, TCM –
Silk Stockings (1957). The
Fred Astaire musical comedy featuring a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.
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 makes an excellent Christmas gift for the Lorre fan in your life! Find it on these online merchants ~
Happy viewing!
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