Lorre Films in February

February brings Valentine's Day, the start of the annual "31 Days of Oscar", and more surprises 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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February, 2026

During the first week in February, the animated Warner Bros star Bugs Bunny is TCM's "Star of the Month"!

Feb 3 (Tues), 1 am, TCM – Hair-Raising Hare (1946). Bugs Bunny is the "Star of the Month" on TCM during the first week in February, and Bugs Bunny cartoons are sprinkled throughout each night's movie schedule, arranged by theme. At 1:00 am Eastern, the theme is "Mad Science", with three cartoons in which it's Bugs versus mad scientists, including a mad scientist who looks a lot like Peter Lorre!

Feb 6 (Fri), 6 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb 7 (Sat), 7 pm, KQED San Francisco PBS Channel – Casablanca (1942). The "Saturday Night Movie" on San Francisco's local PBS station is the classic romance film set during World War II.

Feb 14 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM's annual "31 Days of Oscar" film festival begins on Friday, February 13, with the Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies scheduled in themes. Day 2's theme is "Oscar Goes to Paris", with a day of movies set in the "City of Lights", including this romantic classic actually set in the North African city of Casablanca, but with Paris flashbacks.

Feb 14 (Sat), 8 pm, KSPS Spokane, Washington, PBS Channel – Casablanca (1942). The "Saturday Night Cinema" feature on Spokane's local PBS station – hosted by Mike Hoff, Ryan Tucker, and Mikayla Daniels – is the classic romance film set during World War II.

Feb 16 (Mon), 10:05 pm, Movies! Network – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Feb 24 (Tues), 1 am, Talking Pictures TV, British Television – Beat the Devil (1954).

Feb 28 (Sat), 10 pm, KQED San Francisco PBS Channel – Casablanca (1942). A second showing on the "Saturday Night Movie" of the Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre classic.

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Sneak Peek at March, 2026

In March, TCM's "31 Days of Oscar" continues with some of Peter Lorre's Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated movies.

Mar 1 (Sun), TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Mar 3 (Tues), TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Mar 11 (Wed), TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

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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!

Boston Public Library Presents Lorre Film

Come out of the cold of the winter storm to the warmth of the South Boston Public Library on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, for a showing of Rope of Sand (1948), as the library’s January celebration of actor Paul Henreid comes to a close.

The film begins at 1 pm.

Admission is free for everyone.

The South Boston Public Library is located at 646 East Broadway in South Boston, Massachusetts.

Parking is available along East Broadway, as well as a small parking lot beside the library.

For more information, please call the library at 617-268-0180.

In Rope of Sand, Peter Lorre joined Claude Rains and Paul Henreid, two of his Casablanca (1942) co-stars in this tale of a diamond cache in South Africa. Can’t make it to the library in South Boston? Rope of Sand is also available on Blu-Ray from Amazon United States.

SiriusXM Celebrates Lorre Favorite Author Birthday

Peter Lorre much admired Edgar Allan Poe, the American writer of mystery and suspense, born January 19, 1809. In addition to appearing in Poe films in the early 1960s, Peter also performed dramatic readings of “The Tell-Tale Heart” in cinema stage shows in the 1940s.

And during the summer of 1947, “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” were adapted for episodes of the Lorre radio series Mystery in the Air.

To celebrate the 217th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell presents a pair of two-hour blocks of Poe-inspired radio shows, “Poe Man 1” and “Poe Man 2”, during the week of Monday, January 19, to Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Included in the “Poe Man 1” block is the Peter Lorre episode “The Black Cat” from his radio series Mystery in the Air, originally broadcast over NBC on September 18, 1947.

The “Poe Man 1” block includes these programs – Inner Sanctum, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (August 3, 1934); Mystery in the Air, “The Black Cat” (September 18, 1947); The Weird Circle, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” (January 2, 1944); and Suspense, “The Pit and the Pendulum” (January 12, 1943).

The “Poe Man 1” block will air these dates and times ~

Monday, January 19 –
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern

Wednesday, January 21 –
7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern

Saturday, January 24 –
1 am Pacific, 4 am Eastern

The full schedule of the week’s programming 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.

Happy listening!

Happy New Year with Peter Lorre!

The calendar turns to January 2026, and a new year begins for enjoying Lorre movies 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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January, 2026

TCM begins the new year with several Peter Lorre movies.

Jan 1 (Thurs), 9:30 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan 5 (Mon), 4 pm, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). The daytime theme is "Betting Big", including this tale of a rancher (Dan Daily) and a ballerina (Cyd Charisse) who find romance in Las Vegas over the roulette tables and casinos.

Jan 7 (Wed), 4:15 pm, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). The daytime theme is "Secret Agents", including two of Peter Lorre's spy thrillers back-to-back.

Jan 7 (Wed), 6 pm, TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). The daytime theme is "Secret Agents", with the second of two Lorre spy thrillers.

Jan 115 (Thurs), 9:30 am, Talking Pictures TV – British television – Double Confession (1950).

Jan 23 (Fri), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The primetime theme is "Flashback Friday", and tonight the emphasis is on "Romance", including the classic wartime drama considered one of the greatest romantic movies in film history.

Jan 26 (Mon), 12 midnight, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). Guest programmer Michael Kalish joins TCM host Dave Karger for an evening of movies that have inspired Kalish as an artist, and one of his creations is a portrait of Humphrey Bogart.

Jan 30 (Fri), 11:25 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

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Sneak Peek at February, 2026

In February, TCM's Star of the Month is Bugs Bunny! And every Tuesday will feature some of the animated Bugs' greatest cartoons.

Feb 3 (Tues), TCM – "Hair-Raising Hare" (1946) Bugs Bunny encounters a mad scientist who looks like 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!

Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and SiriusXM!

In his long radio, movie, and television career, Peter Lorre appeared in only one Christmas-themed program – an episode of Suspense called “Back for Christmas”, adapted from a short story by John Collier.

And in the final days of 2025, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell will air “Back for Christmas” during a week of Christmas-themed old-time radio shows.

From Monday, December 22 to Sunday, December 28, Peter Lorre’s Suspense episode will air as part of a 2-hour block of Yuletide dramas, including ~

• Dark Fantasy, “House of Bread” (December 26, 1941)
• Suspense, “Back For Christmas” (December 23, 1943)
• Mysterious Traveler, “Christmas Story” (December 25, 1951)
• Romance of the Ranchos, “Christmas at Mission San Gabriel” (December 24, 1941)

The block will air these dates and times ~

Tuesday, December 23 ~
1 am Pacific, 4 am Eastern

Thursday, December 25 ~
3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern

Sunday, December 28 ~
3 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern

The full schedule of the week’s programming 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.

Merry Christmas!

December Movies with Peter Lorre

December brings Christmas and the end of the year, but 2025 ends with just a few Lorre films 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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December, 2025

TCM ends the year with just a couple Lorre movies this month.

Dec 5 (Fri), 1 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). Guest programmer Bill Condon joins TCM host Dave Karger for an evening of musicals, including this Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, with a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.

Dec 7 (Sun), 8:30 pm, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 9 (Tues), 12:13 am, Cinemax – 5-Star Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 12 (Fri), 10:53 am, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 14 (Sun), 10:49 pm, Cinemax – 5-Star Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 17 (Wed), 5:51 pm, Cinemax – 5-Star Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 18 (Thurs), 3 pm, Inspiration Network – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, March 16, 1960).

Dec 18 (Thurs), 2 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). In December, the Thursday night spotlight turns on "Divine Intervention", and tonight, the theme is "Devilish Struggles", including this all-star extravangza in which the devil, "Mr. Scratch" (Vincent Price) faces off against the Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) for a journey through the heroes and villains of history, such as Emperor Nero (Peter Lorre).

Dec 20 (Sat), 3:17 pm, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 24 (Wed), 5:40 am, MGM+ Hits – The Patsy (1964).

Dec 24 (Wed), 8:47 pm, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 25 (Thurs), 7:44 pm, Cinemax – 5-Star Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 27 (Sat), 6:30 am, MGM+ Marquee – The Patsy (1964).

Dec 28 (Sun), 7 am, British Television – Legend – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec 28 (Sun), 1:45 pm, BBC2 – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 28 (Sun), 5:24 m, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 29 (Mon), 7:52 pm, Cinemax – 5-Star Max – Casablanca (1942).

Dec 31 (Wed), 12:04 pm, Cinemax – Action Max – Casablanca (1942).

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Sneak Peek at January, 2026

Kick off the new year with Lorre movies!

Jan 5 (Mon), TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956).

Jan 7 (Wed), TCM – The Conspirators (1944).

Jan 7 (Wed), TCM – Confidential Agent (1945).

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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!

November Movies with Peter Lorre

November means Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season. Peter's fans can give thanks for the many Lorre films airing this month 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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November, 2025

This month, TCM celebrates a couple of special birthdays – Claude Rains and Ronald Colman – including some Lorre movies.

Nov 4 (Tues), 9 am, Talking Pictures, British television channel – The Chase (1946).

Nov 6 (Thurs), 6 pm, TCM – The Big Circus (1959). The daytime theme is "Big Top Tales" with a day of movies involving circuses, including this Irwin Allen extravaganza with Peter Lorre as Skeeter the clown.

Nov 7 (Fri), 6 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).

Nov 7 (Fri), 4:15 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The primetime theme is "Objects of Desire", including the jewel-encrusted golden statuette called The Maltese Falcon.

Nov 10 (Mon), 12:15 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). TCM celebrates the birthday of Claude Rains with a day of movies starring Rains, including two he made with Peter Lorre.

Nov 10 (Mon), 4 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM continues their celebration of Claude Rains' birthday.

Nov 12 (Wed), 2:45 pm, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). The TCM daytime theme is "Noir Abroad" with a day of movies involving spies and European drama, including back-to-back Lorre movies, starting with the only film Peter made with George Raft.

Nov 12 (Wed), 4:15 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). The Lorre double-feature concludes with drama at sea and a mutiny aboard a tramp steamer on its way to Marseille, France, from French Guiana in South America.

Nov 17 (Mon), 6 pm, TCM – M (1931). The TCM daytime theme is "Man Hunt Monday", including Peter's first sound movie in which he plays a child murderer hunted down by both law enforcement and the criminal underworld.

Nov 20 (Thurs), 1:05 pm, Talking Pictures, British television channel – Beat the Devil (1954).

Nov 20 (Thurs), 4:30 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942). TCM celebrates director Vincent Sherman with a day of movies, including the only film in which he directed Peter Lorre.

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Sneak Peek at December, 2025

December brings the year of 2025 to a close with just a handful of Lorre movies.

Dec 5 (Fri), TCM – Silk Stockings (1957).

Dec 18 (Thurs), TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957).

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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!

Halloween Treat for Lorre Fans in Maryland

Lorre fans in the area of Silver Spring, Maryland, can enjoy an animated Peter Lorre in a classic Warner Bros. cartoon from 1946 when the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center presents a program of spooky cartoons, including “Hair-Raising Hare” (1946), over three days at the end of October, 2025.

“Spooky Looney Tunes Shorts Program 1” will be shown on these dates and times ~

Saturday, October 25 –
11:45 am

Tuesday, October 28 –
4:30 pm

Friday, October 31 –
4 pm

Admission is $8 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the box office. Tickets may also be purchased through the AFI Silver website.

The program of cartoon shorts is presented as part of the “Halloween on Screen” series of classic and modern horror movies, as well as spooky animated cartoons. The series begins Friday, October 24, and runs through Halloween, Friday, October 31, 2025. The full schedule is available on the AFI Silver 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.

With his large eyes and expressive face, Peter Lorre has long been a favorite of cartoon animators. Peter had no problem with people who wanted to imitate him. "I am without a question of a doubt the most imitated man in night clubs."

In 2020, author and Lorre fan Matthew Hahn published The Animated Peter Lorre (BearManor Media), in which he details Lorre caricatures in cartoons, video games, television commercials, and animated and live-action movies.

The Animated Peter Lorre is available through Amazon in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween with Lorre at Los Angeles Cinema

The New Beverly Cinema, located in Los Angeles, California, has a special spooky treat for Peter Lorre fans as Halloween approaches – showings of Invisible Agent (1942) and Tales of Terror (1962).

Invisible Agent will be shown on a double-feature with The Invisible Man, starring Claude Rains (1933). The invisible combo will be shown on Thursday, October 23, and Friday, October 24. 2025.

On October 23, The Invisible Man will begin at 7:30 pm, with Invisible Agent following at 9:10 pm. On October 24, The Invisible Man will begin at 6:30 pm, with Invisible Agent following at 8:10 pm.

Tales of Terror will be shown on a double-bill with Black Sabbath (1963), starring Boris Karloff. The horror double feature will be shown on Halloween night, Friday, October 31, 2025.

Black Sabbath will begin at 6 pm, and Tales of Terror will follow at 8:05 pm.

All four films will be shown as 35mm prints.

Admission for each double-feature is $15 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the cinema’s box office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the New Beverly website. A nominal booking fee of $1 will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The New Beverly Cinema is located at 7165 Beverly Boulevard, one block west of La Brea Avenue, in Los Angeles, California.

Parking is available on Beverly Boulevard and Formosa Avenue. The New Beverly is also served by public transportation. More information about parking and MTA lines is available on the cinema’s website.

Happy Halloween!

Lugosi Old-Time Radio Block Includes Lorre

Born October 20, 1882, Hungarian actor Bela Lugosi gets a special birthday tribute this week on SiriusXM when Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell salutes Lugosi with a 2-hour block of radio shows during the week of October 20 to October 26, 2025.

And Lorre fans get a treat, too – an episode of Peter’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air!

The Lugosi birthday block includes ~

• Suspense, “The Doctor Prescribed Death” – February 2, 1943
• Mystery in the Air, “The Mask of Medusa” – September 4, 1947
• The Abbott and Costello Show, with guest Bela Lugosi – May 5, 1948
• The Mel Blanc Show, “Two Loves Has Mel” – March 18, 1947

The programs will air on these dates and times ~

Monday, October 20 ~
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern

Wednesday, October 22 ~
7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern

Saturday, October 25 ~
1 am Pacific, 4 am Eastern

The full schedule of the week’s programming 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 three-month trial is also available for $1, plus fees and taxes, through the SiriusXM radio website.

In 1940, Peter Lorre worked with Bela Lugosi, as well as Boris Karloff, in the musical horror-comedy You’ll Find Out (1940), starring Kay Kyser and members of his Kollege of Musical Knowledge band. Hired to play at the 21st birthday party of a debutante, Kay and his band thwart the plans of Lorre, Lugosi, and Karloff to murder the girl and gain control of her estate.

On September 25, 1940, Kay Kyser hosted the three villains on his weekly radio show, Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge, a musical quiz show airing every Wednesday over NBC. Sadly, this program has apparently been lost.

But You’ll Find Out is included on a box-set of four Karloff and Lugosi movies. The DVD is available through Amazon United States. Or catch it on the Turner Classic Movies channel on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 2 am Eastern.

Happy birthday, Bela!