George Eastman Museum Screens Lorre Classic

On Thursday, June 25, 2026, the George Eastman Museum, located in Rochester, New York, will show The Face Behind the Mask (1941) as part of their series “Lose Yourself”, curated by students from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation.

The film will begin at 7:30 pm in the Dryden Theatre. Selznick student Karina Longworth will introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion.

Admission is $13 for adults, $9 for adult members of the Eastman Museum, and $5 for students with I.D. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, as well as online through the venue’s website.

The George Eastman Museum is located at 900 East Avenue in Rochester, New York. Free parking is available at the museum.

The Face Behind the Mask closes the “Lose Yourself” film series, which ran throughout May and June, 2026. The series examined what it means for characters to lose themselves through lies, pleasures, work, or in the case of Peter Lorre’s character Janos Szabo, a terrible injury to his face in a tenement fire – an injury that requires Janos to wear a rubber mask made from his passport photo.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of The Face Behind the Mask through interviews with director Robert Florey. Disliking prosthetics and elaborate make-up, Peter Lorre simulated a rubber mask by putting adhesive tape on each side of his face and applying dead-white make-up.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available through many online merchants. More information about purchasing The Lost One is available through the book’s official website.