American times shown are Eastern Standard.
July, 2025
Lorre movies kick off the month on Day One!
July 1 (Tues), 10:15 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The Turner Classic Movies channel celebrates Canada Day with a salute to Hollywood actors originally from Canada, including Raymond Massey in the first movie he made with Peter Lorre – and as a duo. Raymond Massey plays the homical brother Jonathan, nephew to sweet, charming little old ladies (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair). Peter Lorre plays Jonathan's personal plastic surgeon. Together. they add to the mayhem by their sudden appearance and a body of their own, tucked away in the rumble seat of their car.
July 1 (Tues), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
July 2 (Wed), 1:15 pm, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951). A day of Bogart movies on the Movies! Network channel includes this classic mystery.
July 4 (Fri), 3 pm, Rewind – Beat the Devil (1954). The British television channel airs the final movie Peter Lorre made with Humphrey Bogart.
July 10 (Thurs), 6:50 am, Talking Pictures TV – The Chase (1946).
July 12 (Sat), 11:05 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
July 12 (Sat), 8 pm, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951).
July 15 (Tues), 10:25 pm, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951).
July 17 (Thurs), 2 pm, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). The daytime theme is "Strange Events" with a day of movies with the word "Strange" in the title – including Peter Lorre's first movie with Clark Gable.
July 18 (Fri), 7:55 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Sneak Peek at August, 2025
August brings TCM's annual "Summer Under the Stars" film festival, devoting each day to a different star, and although Peter Lorre is not among the Stars honored this year, several of his co-workers are – including Claude Rains, Clark Gable, James Gleason, Hedy Lamarr, and Gina Lollabrigida.
Aug 5 (Tues), TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). Claude Rains is the Star today, and the line-up includes a couple war films he made with Peter Lorre.
Aug 5 (Tues), TCM – Casablanca (1942). Claude Rains' day continues with the classic romance set in war-torn Casablanca.
Aug 10 (Sun), TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). Cark Gable is the Star today, and the line-up includes a romantic comedy starring Gable and Rosalind Russell, with Peter Lorre as the captain of a freighter bound for Hong Kong.
Aug 18 (Mon), TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). James Gleason is the Star today, and the line-up includes the only film Gleason made with Peter Lorre.
Aug 19 (Tues), TCM – The Conspirators (1944). Hedy Lamarr is the Star of the day, and the line-up includes the only Hollywood movie she made with Peter Lorre, a war-time spy drama set in Lisbon.
Aug 23 (Sat), TCM – Beat the Devil (1954). Gina Lollobrigida is the Star of the day, and the line-up includes the only movie she made with Peter Lorre, a Bogart comedy set in Africa.
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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