April showers bring May flowers, but only a handful of Lorre movies on
the schedules for the
Turner Classic
Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel and the Legend channel in England, and
Movies! Network in the
United States.
American times shown are Eastern Standard.
May, 2025
TCM spends a day of "Man Who" movies later in May, while the Movies! Network
shows Casablanca and British television channels air a few
Lorre films.
May 3 (Sat), 8 pm, Movies! Network –
Casablanca (1942).
May 6 (Tues), 10:10 am, Movies! Network –
Casablanca (1942).
May 7 (Wed), 3 pm, Inspire TV –
Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, March 16,
1960).
May 9 (Fri), 11:30 am, Talking Pictures TV –
Beat the Devil (1954).
May 15 (Thurs), 6:36 am, Talking Pictures TV –
Double Confession (1950).
May 18 (Sun), 5:30 pm, Movies! Network –
Casablanca (1942).
May 19 (Mon), 2:45 pm, Legend –
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
May 21 (Wed), 3:55 pm, Movies! Network –
Casablanca (1942).
May 25 (Sun), 6:45 pm, Legend –
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
May 28 (Wed), 4:30 pm, TCM – The Man Who Knew
Too Much (1934). The daytime theme is "Who's the Man?",
with a day of movies whose titles begin with "The Man Who . . .",
including Peter Lorre's first English-speaking role
in this Hitchcock thriller filmed in Britain.
May 30 (Fri), 8:40 pm, Movies! Network –
Casablanca (1942).
Sneak Peek at
June, 2025
TCM's June schedule includes only a couple of Lorre movies on the
same day.
June 9 (Mon), TCM – The Constant Nymph
(1943). TCM salutes sisters and rivals Joan Fontaine and Olivia
de Havilland with a day of their movies, including the first film
Peter Lorre made with Joan Fontaine.
June 9 (Mon), TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945).
TCM salutes director Peter Godfrey with an evening of his
movies, including the only Lorre film he directed.
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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