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.

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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.

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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.

Disney Classic at the AFI Silver

Advertised as “The Mightiest Motion Picture of Them All!” during its original 1954 release, the Walt Disney Studios classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), starring Peter Lorre, James Mason, Kirk Douglas, and Paul Lukas, will be shown at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center from Friday, July 17 to Thursday, July 23, 2026, as part of the venue’s series “CinemaScope Summer”.

The movie will be shown these dates and times –

Friday, July 17 –
1:45 pm

Sunday, July 19 –
12:30 pm

Monday, July 20 –
12 noon

Tuesday, July 21 –
12 noon

Wednesday, July 22 –
6:45 pm

Thursday, July 23 –
2:15 pm

Admission to weekday matinees is $10 for adults and $8 for children. Admission to weekend and evening shows is $14 for adults, $11 for seniors, and $8 for children. Tickets may be purchased at the box office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the AFI Silver website.

The “CinemaScope Summer” series runs from Saturday, July 11, to Thursday, September 17, and includes such classic films as Fantastic Voyage, Forbidden Planet, Rebel Without a Cause, and the animated Disney classic Lady and the Tramp. The full schedule is available on the cinema’s website.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road, at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Parking is available in several public parking decks close to the theater. Most convenient is the Wayne Avenue garage, located at 921 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. Payment for parking at the Wayne Avenue garage is “Pay by Plate” or “Pay by Cell”. More information about payment options is available on the Wayne Avenue garage website.

Directions to the cinema, as well as information about parking and public transportation, may be found on the AFI Silver website.

Lorre Films in July

July brings many Lorre movies on television – the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel, and the Movies! Network channel.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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July, 2026

In July, Peter's fans can enjoy many Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels.

July 1 (Wed), 2 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The prime-time theme is "WB Songs in Looney Tunes". The WWII classic Casablanca is preceded by the cartoon "Hare Force" (1944), in which Bugs Bunny hums "As Time Goes By", while roasting a carrot over a fire in a fireplace.

July 4 (Sat), 8 pm, MeTV – Invisible Agent (1942). Horror host Svengoolie presents this WWII entry in the Invisible Man series from Universal Studios.

July 6 (Mon), 3:45 am, TCM – Muscle Beach Party (1964). TCM's "Star of the Month" in July is "Singers as Stars" with a series of movies starring various singers – including this entry in the popular "Beach Party" series with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

July 7 (Tues), 1 am, Silver Screen Classics channel – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).

July 7 (Tues), 9:30 am, Silver Screen Classics channel – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).

July 7 (Tues), 3:41, UniversalS Westerns channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, March 16, 1960).

July 18 (Sat), 7:45 pm, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The weekend line-up of feature films includes this MGM drama about French soldiers tricked into surrender and imprisoned in a Nazi-run camp in Germany.

July 18 (Sat), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 19 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). Peter Lorre sings and dances in this MGM musical starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.

July 20 (Mon), 8 am, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). TCM salutes director Clarence Brown with a morning and afternoon of movies Brown has directed, including this adventure film starring Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell.

July 23 (Thurs), 6:30 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1935). The daytime theme is "Men or Monsters?" with a morning and afternoon of horror films, including Peter Lorre's first American movie Note: In Canada, Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) will be shown instead.

July 25 (Sat), 11:30 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 29 (Wed), 3:15 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The daytime theme is "Classic Cult Movies" with a morning and afternoon of classic films, including this hard-boiled detective film about the fabulous statuette and the nefarious characters seeking it.

July 29 (Wed), 4:45 pm, Film4 channel, United Kingdom – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 29 (Wed), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 29 (Wed), 9:50 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – The Raven (1963).

July 29 (Wed), 12:45 am, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

July 30 (Thurs), 12:35 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – The Raven (1963).

July 30 (Thurs), 3:10 pm, ScreenPix Action channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

July 31 (Fri), 7:40 am, Fox Movie Channel – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

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Sneak Peek at August, 2026

In August, the Turner Classic Movies channel presents the annual "Summer Under the Stars" festival – Each day devoted to an actor or actress.

Aug 2 (Sun), 12 noon, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Sunday is "Humphrey Bogart Day", including two of the five movies Bogie made with Peter Lorre.

Aug 2 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – Beat the Devil (1953). "Humphrey Bogart Day" continues with this comedy about characters in search of uranium 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.

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.

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Happy viewing!

Lorre Double-Feature at Palo Alto Cinema

Lorre fans in the area of Palo Alto, California, can celebrate Peter’s birthday with a Lorre double-feature at the historic Stanford Theatre, as part of their “Summer Film Festival” – The Maltese Falcon (1941), followed by Casablanca (1942).

The films will be shown on these days and times –

Friday, June 26 –
The Maltese Falcon – 5:40 pm and 9:25 pm
Casablanca – 7:30 pm

Saturday, June 27 –
Casablanca – 3:45 pm and 7:30 pm
The Maltese Falcon – 5:40 pm and 9:25 pm

Sunday, June 28 –
Casablanca – 3:45 pm and 7:30 pm
The Maltese Falcon – 5:40 pm and 9:25 pm

The “Summer Festival” began Wednesday, June 3, and will run until Sunday, September 6, 2026. The full schedule is available on the cinema’s website.

Before and after the 7:30 pm showings of Casablanca, one of the Stanford’s “Masters of the Mighty Wurlitzer” will play the Wurlitzer theater organ during the intermission.

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for youth (age 18 and younger) and seniors (age 65 and above). Tickets may be purchased at the box office the day of the screenings. Both cash and credit cards are accepted.

The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Avenue in Palo Alto, California. Look for the cinema’s large neon marquee – a landmark along University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto.

Parking is available at meters along the street in front of the cinema, as well as two parking garages within two blocks of the Stanford. The Bryant / Lytton Parking Garage is located at 445 Bryant Avenue, one block north of University Avenue. The High Street Parking Garage is located at 528 High Street, one block south of University Avenue.

More information about parking is available on the Stanford Theatre's website.

The Maltese Falcon was Peter Lorre’s first movie at Warner Bros., the studio he would later become most identified with and where he would find his professional success. However, unlike his Falcon co-star Sydney Greenstreet, he was not offered a contract. Unsure of how Peter would fit in with their stock company of players, Warner Bros. hired him back on a picture-to-picture basis – Arsenic and Old Lace, All Through the Night, and finally Casablanca.

By the time Arsenic and Old Lace was released in 1944 – after the Broadway play ended its run – Peter Lorre had signed a contract with Warners and appeared as lead actor or in support of leading actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Paul Henreid.

Happy 122nd birthday, Peter Lorre!

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.

SiriusXM Wishes Peter Lorre a Happy Birthday!

Friday, June 26, 2026, marks the 122nd birthday of Peter Lorre, and this week, Lorre fans can enjoy Peter’s work in both film and old-time radio shows.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM kicks off the celebration on the Radio Classics channel with two different two-hour birthday blocks of Lorre radio appearances, beginning Monday, June 22.

“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, host Greg Bell discusses Peter’s life and career.

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

Monday, June 22 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
3 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern

Tuesday, June 23 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #2
7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern

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

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

Saturday, June 27 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
9 pm Pacific

Sunday, June 28 –
Peter Lorre Birthday #1
12 midnight Eastern

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

The full schedule for the week of Monday, June 22, to Sunday, June 28, 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 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.

And on Peter Lorre’s birthday – Friday, June 26 – the party continues on the Turner Classic Movies channel with a morning and afternoon of Lorre movies. Here’s the line-up – all times are Eastern.

• 6:45 am – M (1931)
• 8:45 am – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• 10:05 am – “Hollywood Steps Out” (1941)
• 10:15 am – Mad Love (1935)
• 11:30 am – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
• 12:45 pm – The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• 2:45 pm – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• 4:30 pm – Three Strangers (1946)
• 6:15 pm – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
• 7:45 pm – “Hair-Raising Hare” (1946)

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the life and career of Peter Lorre, through interviews with family members, friends, fellow actors, and crew behind the cameras.

The book’s Appendix includes a full list of Peter’s movies, as well as a complete-to-date list of his radio work. For more information on The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, please visit the book’s official website – www.PeterLorreBook.com.

Happy birthday, Peter Lorre!