Two Anniversaries Celebrated on SiriusXM Include Lorre

During the week of September 7, 2026, the Radio Classics channel, airing over the SiriusXM satellite service, observes the milestones of two iconic series – the 83rd anniversary of old-time radio series Mollé Mystery Theatre and the 60th anniversary of the original television series Star Trek.

And Peter Lorre fans can enjoy two episodes of his series Mystery Playhouse – “Nightmare” (November 28, 1944) and “Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper” (February 27, 1945).

Celebrating the 83rd anniversary of the mystery series Mollé Mystery Theatre, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell presents a two-hour block of episodes, including “Nightmare” (November 28, 1944), “Last Night” (February 22, 1946), “Night Must Fall” (April 12, 1946), and “St. Louis Lady” (August 23, 1946).

And in honor of the 60th anniversary of Gene Roddenberry’s science-fiction TV series Star Trek, Bell hosts a two-hour block of radio shows 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 – 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 Mollé Mystery Theatre block will air these dates and times –

Monday, September 7 –
7 pm Pacific, 10 pm Eastern

Wednesday, September 9 –
1 am Pacific, 4 am Eastern

Friday, September 11 –
1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern

The Star Trek birthday block will air these dates and times –

Tuesday, September 8 –
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern

Thursday, September 10 –
11 am Pacific, 2 pm Eastern

Saturday, September 12 –
9 am Pacific, 12 noon Eastern

The Radio Classics channel airs over Channel 140 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. Find out the details on the SiriusXM website.

The full schedule for the week – Monday, September 7, and ending Sunday, September 13, 2026 – is available on Greg Bell’s website.

In the mid-1940s, Peter Lorre frequently hosted the Armed Forces Radio Series program Mystery Playhouse, which aired specially-edited episodes of Mollé Mystery Theatre, as well as other mystery and horror series, including The Whistler, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Mr. and Mrs. North, and many others.

These episodes would be recorded on thick records and shipped abroad to American military men and women, serving overseas during World War II.

Peter Lorre also has a Star Trek connection. 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 which Spock (Leonard Nimoy) must return to his home planet Vulcan and wed his betrothed T’Pring (Arlene Martel). The marriage ceremony becomes a fight to the death between Spock and Captain Kirk (William Shatner).

Happy listening! And live long and prosper!

Lorre Noir at Chicago Cinema

On Friday, September 4, 2026, “Noir City” returns to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, for a week of film noir classics, including Peter Lorre, Dan Duryea, and June Vincent in a 35mm print of Black Angel (1946).

Black Angel will be shown at 7 pm on Saturday, September 5, presented by Eddie Muller, the “Czar of Noir” and host of Turner Classic Movies channel “Noir Alley”.

Tickets are $15 for General Admission; $14 for seniors, age 65 and older; and $12 for Music Box Theatre members. Tickets may be purchased at the cinema box office. Tickets may also be purchased through the Music Box website. A nominal fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

A festival pass is also available – $150 for general admission, and $120 for Music Box members.

The Music Box Theatre is located at 3733 N. Southport Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois.

Parking near the Music Box Theatre is limited. Meters are available on Southport Avenue. Free street parking is available on and west of Ashland Avenue and north of Irving Park. Both streets are just blocks from the cinema. More information on parking, as well as directions to the Music Box, is available on the venue’s website.

The Noir City theme this year is “Face the Music” – 19 movies featuring murder, crime, and musicians. The festival begins on Friday, September 4, and ends on Thursday, September 10, 2026.

The Film Noir Foundation presents “Noir City” at many different cities across the United States. FNF founder Eddie Muller will introduce the movies screening on September 4, 5, and 6. FNF board member Alan K. Rode will host movies screening on September 7, 8, 9, and 10.

The full schedule is available on the Music Box Theatre website.

For more information, please contact the cinema box office at 773-871-6607.

Lark Cinema Celebrates Noir with Lorre

The historic Lark Theater, located in Larkspur, California, steps into the shadows of film noir the week of September 2, 2026, with a festival including Peter Lorre’s first sound movie M (1931) – and ending with the detective movie spoof The Cheap Detective (1978).

M will be shown on Friday, September 4, at 9:15 am, and again on Saturday, September 5, at 5:40 pm.

Admission is $10 for all seats, and $8 for Lark members. Tickets may be purchased at the box office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Lark’s website. A nominal fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The Lark Theater is located at 549 Magnolia Avenue in Larkspur, California, in Marin County.

Parking is available in the public parking lot on Magnolia Avenue, across the street from the Lark.

The Lark Theater ends the film noir festival with a showing of The Cheap Detective (1978), an homage to classic films such as The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942) – starring Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, imitating Humphrey Bogart.

Also in the cast are Dom DeLuis as Pepe Damascas, whose curly dark hair, wheezy laugh, and strong perfume are reminiscent of Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo in The Maltese Falcon, and the rotund John Houseman as Jasper Blubber, parodying Sydney Greenstreet.

A fun ending to a week of the dark and sinister. Happy viewing!

Fall Into Fall with Lorre in September

September brings falling leaves, and this month, Lorre fans can enjoy many of Peter's movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel, and the Movies! Network channel, among others.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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September, 2026

September brings many Lorre films to American, British, and Canadian television channels, as well as the premium channel Cinemax.

Sept 1 (Tue), 12 noon, Cinemax – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 3 (Thurs), 8:30 am, Cinemax Action – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 5 (Sat), 8 am, TCM – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).

Sept 6 (Sun), 6:30 am, Movies! Network – All Through the Night (1942).

Sept 6 (Sun), 6:30 am, Cinemax Classics – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 7 (Mon), 2:10 am, ScreenPix – Tales of Terror (1962).

Sept 7 (Mon), 6:47 am, Cinemax Hits – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 7 (Mon), 5:30 pm, ScreenPix – Tales of Terror (1962).

Sept 8 (Tues), 3:53 am, Cinemax Action – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 9 (Wed), 12:34 pm, Cinemax – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 10 (Thurs), 6:14 am, Cinemax Classics – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 10 (Thurs), 7 pm, Silver Screen Classics channel – M (1931).

Sept 10 (Thurs), 8 pm, Movies! Network – All Through the Night (1942).

Sept 11 (Fri), 7:02 am, Cinemax Action – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 11 (Fri), 1 pm, Silver Screen Classics channel – M (1931).

Sept 12 (Sat), 8:45 am, ScreenPix Action – Tales of Terror (1962).

Sept 13 (Sun), 4:44 pm, Cinemax – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 15 (Tues), 8:18 am, Cinemax Hits – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 17 (Thurs), 10:50 am, Cinemax – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 18 (Fri), 1:27 am, Cinemax Classics – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 19 (Sat), 8:22 am, Cinemax Action – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Sept 24 (Thurs), 3:30 am, Movies! Network – All Through the Night (1942).

Sept 24 (Thurs), 6:30 pm, Talking Pictures TV, British televison channel channel – Casbah (1948).

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Sneak Peek at October, 2026

October means Halloween and spooky films. Here's a sneak peek at Lorre movies coming up in October.

Oct 2 (Fri), 2:45 pm, Talking Pictures TV, British televison channel channel – Peter Lorre: Behind the Mask (1924). Talking Pictures TV reruns the 2024 documentary on Peter's life and career.

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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.

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Happy viewing!

Students! Amherst Cinema Seminar Includes Lorre!

On Monday, August 17, 2026, a favorite Cinema Seminar returns to the Amherst Cinema, located in Amherst, Massachusetts – The Making of Casablanca, taught by local filmmaker and film expert Nina Kleinberg.

Ms. Kleinberg will discuss the making of the classic war-time drama Casablanca (1942), including the lead and supporting cast members – Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and many others. She will also discuss the work of the crew behind the camera – the director, cinematographer, editor, and composer, among others.

The seminar will begin at 6:30 pm, with a screening of Casablanca following at approximately 7:30 pm.

Tickets are $18.50 for general admission; $16.75 for students and seniors (age 65 and older); and $13.50 for Amherst Cinema Members. Tickets may be purchased online through the Amherst Cinema website. A nominal processing fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The Amherst Cinema is located at 28 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Parking is available in both the Bank of America lot and the PeoplesBank lot during non-banking hours. Bank of America is located at 1 South Pleasant Street in Amherst, and cinemagoers may park in the lot after 5 pm on Mondays. The PeoplesBank is located at 56 Amity Street in Amherst, and cinemagoers may park in the lot after 4 pm on Mondays. More information about parking is available on the Amherst Cinema website.

Since graduating film school at the University of Southern California and working as a film editor in the 1970s, Nina Kleinberg has had a long-term interest in movies and their history. She has presented a number of programs at the Amherst Cinema, and her seminar on Casablanca is a favorite.

Lorre fans in the area of Amherst, Massachusetts, have the opportunity to enjoy her program again.

For more information, contact the cinema at (413) 253-2547.

SiriusXM Hitchcock Birthday Includes Lorre

During the week of August 10, 2026, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell celebrates the birthday of British director Alfred Hitchcock with a two-hour block of old-time radio adaptations of two of his films and an episode of Peter Lorre’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air, airing over the satellite radio service SiriusXM.

The birthday tribute includes the hour-long Lux Radio Theatre, “Strangers on a Train” (December 2, 1951); Mystery in the Air, “The Lodger” (August 14, 1947); and The Academy Award Theatre, “Shadow of a Doubt” (September 11, 1946).

Early in his career, Alfred Hitchcock directed the silent thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), based on the 1913 novel The Lodger, written by Marie Belloc Lowndes. In 1947, Lowndes’ novel was adapted for an episode of Lorre’s radio series Mystery in the Air.

The Hitchcock birthday block will air these dates and times.

Tuesday, August 11 ~
3 am Pacific
6 am Eastern

Thursday, August 13 ~
7 pm Pacific
10 pm Eastern

Saturday, August 15 ~
11 am Pacific
2 pm Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, August 10, to Sunday, August 16, 2026, is available on Greg Bell's website.

SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or the SiriusXM app. Log-in with your User ID and password. Not a subscriber? A trial is also available for a nominal price through the SiriusXM radio website.

Peter Lorre’s association with the British director, born on August 14, 1899, began in the early 1930s with roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Secret Agent (1936), and continued into the 1950s with appearances in two episodes of Hitchcock’s weekly television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Happy listening!

Los Angeles Museum Includes Lorre

As part of their series “Summer of Thrills”, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, located in Los Angeles, California, will present a showing of M (1933), the first sound movie of both Peter Lorre and German director Fritz Lang, on Saturday, August 8, 2026.

At 2:30 pm, Howard A. Rodman, governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, will present the film in the Ted Mann Theater, located in the Saban Building.

Tickets are $5 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the Museum box-office or online through the Museum website.

The Academy of Motion Pictures is located at 6067 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

Parking is available in several public parking lots near the Museum. More information about parking is available on the Museum website.

The “Summer of Thrills” movie series runs from Friday, June 12, to Monday, August 17, 2026. The full schedule is available on the Museum website.

"Summer Under the Stars" with Lorre

It's August, and time for the annual "Summer Under the Stars" festival on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Lorre films will also be shown on the Talking Pictures TV channel, and the Movies! Network channel.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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August, 2026

Although Peter Lorre does not have a day in the "Summer Under the Stars" festival on TCM this year, some of his co-stars do, beginning with his closest friend off-screen – Humphrey Bogart.

Aug 1 (Sat), 3:55 pm, Film 4 channel, United Kingdom – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Aug 2 (Sun), 12 noon, TCM – Casablanca (1942). A day of Humphrey Bogart movies includes his classic romance film set in war-torn Casablanca.

Aug 2 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – Beat the Devil (1954). Bogart's day continues with this caper film set in Italy – and it's also the last movie Bogie made with his old pal Peter Lorre.

Aug 4 (Tue), 4:05 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).

Aug 7 (Fri), 1:50 am, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 8 (Sat), 4:20 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 8 (Sat), 7:45 pm, TCM – Hair-Raising Hare (1946). Steve McQueen is the "Star of the Day", and in between McQueen films is one of Peter Lorre's animated cartoon appearances.

Aug 10 (Mon), 8:40 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 11 (Tues), 12:10 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 12 (Wed), 4:15 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). Groucho Marx's day ends with this all-star extravaganza in which the Spirit of Man (Ronald Coleman) and Mr. Scratch (Vincent Price) discuss the virtues and sins of Mankind.

Aug 17 (Mon), 2:30 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). Rosalind Russell's Day includes this caper film in which two thieves (Russell and Clark Gable) vie for a fabulous pendant before hitching a ride to Hong Kong aboard Captain Chang's (Peter Lorre) freighter.

Aug 22 (Sat), 12:55 am, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 23 (Sun), 3:30 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 25 (Tue), 9:25 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Aug 27 (Thur), 7 pm, Silver Screen Classics, Canadian channel – Rope of Sand (1949).

Aug 28 (Fri), 12 noon, Silver Screen Classics, Canadian channel – Rope of Sand (1949).

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Sneak Peek at September, 2026

Check back soon to find out which of Peter's movies will be on television in September.

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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.

The Peter Lorre News blog is an Amazon Affiliate and receives commissions on purchases. Thank you for supporting this blog by using our affiliate links.

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

Happy viewing!

Lorre AFRS Program on SiriusXM Radio

During the week of July 27, 2026, Radio Classics host Greg Bell will air an hour-long block of the old-time radio series Mr. and Mrs. North, including an episode hosted by Peter Lorre as a segment in his mid-1940s series Mystery Playhouse.

The Mr. and Mrs. North block includes “Frisbie Proves His Point” (January 17, 1945) and “Don’t Cry Wolf” (March 11, 1952).

“Frisbie Proves His Point” will air these dates and times ~

Monday, July 27 ~
5 am – Pacific
8 am – Eastern

Wednesday, July 29 ~
7 pm – Pacific
10 pm – Eastern

Friday, July 31 ~
11 pm – Pacific

Saturday, August 1 ~
2 am – Eastern

The full schedule for the week of July 27 to August 2, 2026, 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? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

In the mid-1940s, Peter Lorre served as the main host for the Armed Forces Radio Service series Mystery Playhouse, which featured specially-edited episodes of such popular radio shows as The Whistler, Mr. District Attorney, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Peter would introduce each episode, often greeting the audience with his trademarked “Hello, Kreeps!” A visit to the Green Room for a preview of the next episode often ended each program, as Peter bid everyone, “Good night! Sleep tight!” and closed the doors of the Mystery Playhouse.

Mystery Playhouse programs were then shipped out on thick recording discs to American bases all over the world to be enjoyed by service men and women stationed overseas.

“Frisbie Proves His Point” originally aired on Mr. and Mrs. North on Wednesday, January 17, 1945. The episode now exists only as an entry in the AFRS series, including Lorre’s own Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode, “Death is a Joker” (June 10, 1944).

“And I still think I know that guy,” says Peter Lorre, introducing his own program on the Mystery Playhouse.

Happy listening!

Manhattan Cinema Includes Lorre Film

As Noir City: New York draws to a close this weekend, the Paris Theater in Manhattan offers Lorre fans a special treat – the East Coast premier of a new 4k restoration of Stranger on Third Floor (1940) on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

Presented by the “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller, who also hosts “Noir Alley” on the Turner Classic Movies channel, the 4k restoration was taken from the original nitrate camera negative of Stranger on the Third Floor.

The program begins at 7 pm with an introduction by Eddie Muller, followed by the Looney Tunes cartoon “Racketeer Rabbit” (1946), featuring animated versions of Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson encountering Bugs Bunny in old dark house, and Stranger on the Third Floor.

Admission is $17 for adults, and $15 for seniors (age 62 and over), children (age 12 and under), students (22 and under), members of the military, patrons with the MTA reduced-fare MetroCard for people with disabilities, and First Responders. Tickets may be reserved online through the venue’s website.

The Paris Theater is located at 4 West 58th Street, just west of 5th Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

The Paris Theater is well served by the subway system. Public parking is available at LAZ Parking, located at 9 West 57 Street.

More information about public transportation and parking is available on the cinema’s website.