American times shown are Eastern Standard.
September, 2025
In September, the Turner Classic Movies channel salutes actress Lauren Bacall with a day of her movies, including the only film she made with Peter Lorre.
Sep 2 (Tues), 11:15 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). The daytime theme is "Stalk Footage" with a day of movies involving stalkers, including Peter Lorre's first American movie as a brilliant surgeon obsessed with the actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake). NOTE: In Canada, Desperate Search (1953) will be shown instead of Mad Love.
Sep 4 (Thurs), 2 am, TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946). The primetime theme is "Noir or Not Noir" with an evening of movies with a darker theme, including Peter Lorre's only horror film at the Warner Bros studio.
Sep 8 (Mon), 10 am, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The daytime theme is "Resistance Isn't Futile" with a day of films set during World War II, including the MGM film about French soldiers who surrendered to the Nazis and ended up in a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
Sep 9 (Tues), 6:15 am, Talking Pictures TV – Double Convession (1950).
Sep 16 (Tues), 2:30 pm, TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). TCM salutes actress Lauren Bacall with a day of her movies, including her first movie as "Mrs. Humphrey Bogart" and the only movie she made with Bogie's pal, Peter Lorre – a spy drama set in London and starring Charles Boyer.
Sep 25 (Thurs), 12:15 am, TCM – Screen Director's Playhouse, "No. Five Checked Out" (NBC, Jan 1, 1956) TCM salutes 60 years of the UCLA Film and Television Archive with an evening of classic television programs, including Peter's appearance on the 1950s anthology series Screen Director's Playhouse.
Sep 27 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). TCM host Dave Karger presents the Fred Astaire musical Silk Stockings as today's "Musical Matinee", including a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.
Sneak Peek at October, 2025
October brings the annual "spooky season" of movies,including some spooky and not-so-spooky Lorre films on television.
Oct 15 (Wed), TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943).
Oct 21 (Tues), TCM – You'll Find Out (1940).
Oct 24 (Fri), TCM – Mad Love (1935).
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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