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August, 2025
Every August, the Turner Classic Movies channel presents "Summer Under the Stars", with each day devoted to a particular actor or actress. Although Peter Lorre does not get a "Day" this year, as he has in years past, several of his co-stars are highlighted – Claude Rains, Clark Gable, James Gleason, Hedy Lamarr, and Gina Lollobrigida.
Aug 2 (Sat), 1 pm, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Aug 4 (Mon), 10:20 am, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Aug 5 (Tues), 1:30 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). Claude Rains is the "Star of the Day" and among the movies are two films he made with Peter Lorre. In this World War II drama, five convicts (Peter Lorre, Humphrey Bogart, George Tobias, Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn) escape from the penal colony in French Guiana and are picked up by a tramp steamer bound for Marseille.
Aug 5 (Tues), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Claude Rains is the "Star of the Day" and the second Lorre film is one of his most famous. This wartime classic features Peter in the pivotal role of Ugarte, the blackmarket dealer in exit visas.
Aug 6 (Wed), 1 pm, Legend – British television – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug 9 (Sat), 6:40 am, Talking Pictures TV – Beat the Devil (1954).
Aug 9 (Sat), 2 pm, Legend – British television – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug 10 (Sun), 1:40 pm, BBC 2 – Casablanca (1942).
Aug 10 (Sun), 1:40 pm, BBC 2 Northern Ireland – Casablanca (1942).
Aug 10 (Sun), 1:40 pm, BBC 2 Wales – Casablanca (1942).
Aug 10 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). Clark Gable is the "Star of the Day" and among the movies is the second of two films he made with Peter Lorre. Jewel thieves Gable and Rosalind Russell escape from the police in Bombay, India, by boarding Peter Lorre's freighter bound for Hong Kong.
Aug 12 (Tues), 5:20 pm, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Aug 13 (Wed), 7 am, Antenna TV – The Jack Benny Program (Jan 22, 1963).
Aug 14 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies! Network – The Chase (1946).
Aug 14 (Thurs), 9:35 pm, BBC 4 – Casablanca (1942).
Aug 18 (Mon), 11:45 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Character actor James Gleason is the "Star of the Day" and among the movies is the only film he made with Peter Lorre. Note – In Canada, the musical Babes on Broadway (1941) will be shown instead of Arsenic and Old Lace.
Aug 19 (Tues), 4 pm, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). Hedy Lamarr is the "Star of the Day" and among the movies is the only American film she made with Peter Lorre, a World War II spy drama set in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug 20 (Wed), 1:25 pm, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).
Aug 22 (Fri), 10:30 am, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Aug 22 (Fri), 11:48 am, Action MAX – Casablanca (1942). The Action MAX channel in the Cinemax family of pay movie channels airs the World War II classic romance film, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Begman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet, among many others.
Aug 23 (Sat), 11:45 am, TCM – Beat the Devil (1954). Gina Lollobrigida is the "Star of the Day" and among the movies is the only film she made with Peter Lorre, a caper comedy set in Italy, and the final movie Peter made with his old friend Humphrey Bogart TCM will be showing the restored print, with the original opening and several additional minutes.
Aug 29 (Fri), 2:20 pm, Movies! Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Sneak Peek at September, 2025
September brings a number of Peter Lorre movies on TCM, including the only movie he made with Lauren Bacall, whose birthday is celebrated with a morning and afternoon of her movies.
Sept 2 (Tues), TCM – Mad Love (1935). The daytime theme is "Mad Obsession", including Peter Lorre's first American movie, the MGM classic Mad Love. Note: In Canada, another film will be shown instead of Mad Love.
Sept 4 (Thurs), TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946). The late night theme is "Beasts", including Peter Lorre's final movie at the Warner Bros studio.
Sept 8 (Mon), TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The daytime theme is "WWII in Europe", including Peter Lorre's turn as a vicious Sergeant in a German prisoner of war camp.
Sept 16 (Tues), TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). TCM celebrates the birthday of Lauren Bacall with a morning and afternoon of her movies, including the only film she made with 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 may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~ Happy viewing!
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