Dallas Noir Fest Includes Lorre

In the fall of 2025, the Dallas International Film Festival teams up with the Violet Crown Dallas cinema to present “Hardboiled & Heartbroken” – four film noir classics.

Next up, on Sunday, September 14, 2025, is The Maltese Falcon (1941), the mystery classic starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and Elisha Cook Jr.

Here’s the full schedule ~

• Touch of Evil (1958) – Thursday, September 4
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) – Sunday, September 14
• Scarlet Street (1945) – Sunday, September 28
• Mildred Pierce (1945) – Wednesday, October 15

Each movie will be shown at 2:15 pm.

Admission is $16 for adults, and $14 for seniors and children. Tickets may be purchased at the cinema box-office. Tickets may also be purchased through the Violet Crown website.

The Violet Crown is located at 3699 McKinney Avenue in the West Village area of Dallas, Texas.

Free parking for the Violet Crown is available in the garage located at 3699 McKinney Avenue, next to the cinema.

Lorre Classic Onscreen in Virginia

Peter Lorre fans in the area of Culpepper, Virginia, can enjoy a special treat on Thursday, September 11, 2025, when the Library of Congress screens Stranger on the Third Floor at their Packard Campus.

The film begins at 7:30 pm, followed by the Warner Bros. film The Florentine Dagger (1935), starring Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay.

Admission is free for everyone. Children age 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Seating is first-come, first-serve. Patrons must go through a security check, and food, drink, large purses, parcels, or backpacks are not permitted.

The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater is located at 19053 Mount Pony Road in Culpeper, Virginia.

Parking is available in the campus lot. Access to the parking lot begins one hour before show time at 2 pm. Entrance into the building begins 45 minutes in advance, and the theater opens for seating 30 minutes before curtain.

SiriusXM Salute to Star Trek Includes Lorre

The iconic science-fiction television series Star Trek made its debut on September 8, 1966, and this week, old-time radio host Greg Bell celebrates the 59th anniversary of the series Gene Roddenberry created with a two-hour block of old-time radio episodes scripted by Trek writers Roddenberry, Theodore Sturgeon, and Robert Bloch, as well as an episode starring Trek regular DeForest Kelly, who played the starship Enterprise doctor McCoy.

Airing on the Radio Classics channel over the satellite radio service SiriusXM, the block includes an episode of Peter Lorre’s mid-1940s series for the Armed Forces Radio Service Mystery Playhouse – “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”, originally airing over NBC on the series Mollé Mystery Theatre, Tuesday, February 27, 1945.

The Star Trek anniversary block includes – X-Minus One, “Mr. Costello, Hero” (July 3, 1956), written by Theodore Sturgeon; Mollé Mystery Theatre, “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (February 27, 1945), written by Robert Bloch; Suspense, "Fleshpeddler" (August 8, 1957), with DeForest Kelley; and Have Gun, Will Travel, “Helen of Abajinian” (January 4, 1959), written by Gene Roddenberry.

The Star Trek block will air these dates and times ~

Monday, September 8 ~
7 pm Pacific, 10 pm Eastern

Wednesday, September 10 ~
1 am Pacific, 4 am Eastern

Friday, September 12 ~
1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern

The Radio Classics channel airs over Channel 148 on the SiriusXM dial. Subscribers may listen to the channel through their car radio, computer, or the SiriusXM app on their cell phone. Not a subscriber? Take SiriusXM for a three-month test drive for just one dollar.

Specially-edited Mollé Mystery Theatre episodes frequently aired over the Armed Forces Radio Series program Mystery Playhouse, often hosted by Peter Lorre. Other mystery and horror series airing on the Mystery Playhouse were The Whistler, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and many others.

Peter Lorre’s connection with the Star Trek TV series? His first wife Celia Lovsky guest-starred in the second season opener “Amok Time” on September 13, 1967, as the Vulcan priestess T’Pau, in a Spock-featured episode involving the Vulcan science officer’s wedding – turned fight to the death between Spock and Captain Kirk.

Happy listening!

Film Festival Includes Lorre

As the Trylon Cinema, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, brings its movie series “Nazis . . . We Hate These Guys!” to an end this month, Peter Lorre fans can catch his Nazi spy character Pepi when the cinema shows All Through the Night (1942) from Sunday, September 7, to Tuesday, September 9, 2025.

All Through the Night will be shown on these dates and times –

Sunday, September 7 – 7:30 pm

Monday, September 8 – 7 pm and 9:15 pm

Tuesday, September 9 – 7 pm and 9:15 pm

Admission is $8 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the box-office before showtime. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Trylon website. Tickets ordered online will be held at the “Will Call” window for pick-up.

The Trylon Cinema is located at 2820 East 33rd Street, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Parking is available on the streets surrounding the theater.

For more information, please contact the cinema at 612-424-5468.

The “Nazis” film series continues to Sunday, September 28, 2025. The complete schedule is available on the Trylon website.

Fall Into Fall with Peter Lorre Movies

Summer is over, and fall begins with a variety of Lorre movies and TV shows in September on the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel in England, and Movies! Network in the United States.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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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), 1 pm, Rewind TV, British television – My Favorite Brunette (1947).

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.

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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).

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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 ~

• Amazon – United States
• Amazon – Canada
• Amazon – United Kingdom

Happy viewing!

Lorre Movies in August

As summer rolls on, August brings the annual "Summer Under the Stars" film festival on the Turner Classic Movies channel, plus Lorre movies on the Talking Pictures TV channel in England, and Movies! Network in the United States.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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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).

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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.

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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 ~

• Amazon – United States
• Amazon – Canada
• Amazon – United Kingdom

Happy viewing!

Summertime Movies with Lorre in July

Summer is here, and July brings several Lorre movies scheduled on the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel in England, and Movies! Network in the United States.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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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. Note – In Canada, Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) will be shown instead.

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 Times" with a day of movies with the word "Strange" in the title – including Peter Lorre's first movie with Clark Gable.

July 17 (Thurs), 2 pm, Rewind – My Favorite Brunette (1947).

July 18 (Fri), 7:55 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 21 (Mon), 8:30 am, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951).

July 23 (Wed), 4 pm, MeTV – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, Mar. 16, 1960).

July 27 (Sun), 3:30 pm, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951).

July 30 (Wed), 7:25 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 31 (Thurs), 3:10 am, Talking Pictures – Casbah (1947).

July 31 (Thurs), 10:35 am, Movies! Network – The Maltese Falcon (1951).

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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.

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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 ~

• Amazon – United States
• Amazon – Canada
• Amazon – United Kingdom

Happy viewing!

Cemetery Summer Movies Includes Lorre

On Saturday, June 28, 2025, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, located in Los Angeles, California, will host a showing of Casablanca (1942) as part of the annual Cinespia summer film series.

The cemetery gates open at 7:15 pm. Casablanca begins at 9 pm.

Films are shown on Fairbanks Lawn, an open grassy field located inside the cemetery.

Spread a small tarp on the ground in case of dampness as the sun goes down, and bring blankets and pillows. Acceptable chair height in the “chair zone” is 6 inches from the ground to the seat, and 21 inches from the seat to the top of the chair. Chairs with a seat that rests on the ground with a low back are also allowed.

Food and refreshments are available at the event. Picnic baskets, with wine or beer, are also allowed.

Tickets may be purchased online through the Cinespia website. General admission, parking not included, is $29.99 – $25 for the ticket and $4.99 for fees.

Parking must be purchased separately. Three parking areas are available. Parking on-site at Hollywood Forever is $37.94 – $32 plus $5.94 for fees. Parking at the Lemon Grove parking lot is $31.02 – $26 plus $5.02 for fees. Parking at the Hollywood Production Center is $24.11 – $20 plus $4.11 for fees. More information about parking is available on the Cinespia website.

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of Casablanca through interviews with actors and behind-the-scenes crew who worked on the picture. The pivotal role of Ugarte, who holds two valuable exit visas he plans to sell to escaping freedom-fighter Victor Laszlo and his lady Ilsa Lund, was a part to which Peter Lorre attached little importance. He said he made more money playing roulette on the casino set than he did working before the cameras.

On March 25, 1964, Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery became the actor’s final resting place when he was laid to rest in the Abbey of the Psalms, Corridor C in the Alcove of Reverence. Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery later became known as Hollywood Forever.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available online and in brick-and-mortar bookshops everywhere. More information about purchasing The Lost One is available on the book’s official website.

Happy Birthday, Peter Lorre, from SiriusXM!

Every week, Radio Classics channel Greg Bell celebrates the birthdays of actors and actresses with a block of their best-known radio appearances. During the week of Monday, June 23, Peter Lorre fans have the opportunity to enjoy two different birthday blocks of Peter’s radio work.

“Peter Lorre Birthday (1)” includes guest appearances on Fred Allen’s show The Texaco Star Theater (January 3, 1943) and Duffy’s Tavern (October 19, 1943); an episode of the anthology series Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “The Black Seagull” (March 7, 1943); and finally, an episode of Suspense, “Of Maestro and Man” (July 20, 1944).

“Peter Lorre Birthday (2)” includes two episodes from Peter’s own 13-week summer series Mystery in the Air, “The Marvelous Barastro” (August 7, 1947), and “The Mask of Medusa” (September 4, 1947); an episode of the anthology series Suspense, “Nobody Loves Me” (August 30, 1945); and an episode of the Armed Forces Radio Services anthology series Mystery Playhouse, “The Dilemma”, originally airing on Mollé Mystery Theater (November 21, 1944).

And in between the programs, Greg Bell discusses Peter’s life and career.

The Lorre programs and tributes will air on these dates and times –

Monday, June 23 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
11 pm Pacific

Tuesday, June 24 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
2 am Eastern

Peter Lorre Birthday #2
2 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern

Thursday, June 26 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern

Peter Lorre Birthday #2
7 pm Pacific, 10 pm Eastern

Saturday, June 28 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern

Peter Lorre Birthday #2
11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, June 23, to Sunday, June 29, is available on Greg Bell’s website. Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or through the SiriusXM app on a Smart Phone or Smart Speaker. Not a subscriber? A 3-month trial is available for one dollar through the SiriusXM radio website.

For more information on Peter Lorre, as well as links to Stephen D. Youngkin’s book The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), please visit the biography’s official website.

Happy birthday, Peter Lorre!

East Meadow Library Hosts Lorre Program

On Friday, June 20, 2025, longtime movie fan Keith Crocker will host a showing of The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) at the East Meadow Public Library, located in East Meadow, New York.

The presentation will begin at 1 pm in the library’s Community Room.

Admission is free for everyone. Registration is required. Attendees may register on the library’s website by clicking on the blue button “Begin Registration” on the page for this event.

The program is part of the series “Pop Culture Films with Keith Crocker”, held regularly at the library.

The Beast with Five Fingers stars Peter Lorre as Hilary Cummins, a librarian to a reclusive concert pianist (Victor Francen) in an Italian villa at the turn of the century. When the pianist dies in a fall down the staircase, Hilary starts to see the pianist’s hand roaming around the villa, murdering anyone who attempts to change the pianist’s will. Director Robert Florey had worked with Peter earlier in The Face Behind the Mask (1940).

The East Meadow Public Library is located at 1886 Front Street, in East Meadow, New York.

Parking is available in the parking lot behind the library.

Unable to attend Keith Crocker’s program? The Beast with Five Fingers is now available on Blu-Ray, with many extra features, including audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman. Order it from Amazon – United States.