Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
July, 2013
Paul Henreid is TCM’s “Star of the Month” on Tuesdays in July, and a number of the films Henreid made with Peter Lorre are included on the schedule.
July 2 (Tues.), 4:30 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). Peter Lorre makes a cameo appearance in this musical starring Cyd Charrise and Dan Dailey, and co-starring Paul Henreid.
July 6 (Sat.), 2:20 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964). Peter’s final movie was released several months after his death on Mar. 23, 1964.
July 16 (Tues.), 4 am, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
July 17 (Wed.), 10:55 am and 11:15 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
July 23 (Tues.), 12 am, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944). Peter Lorre and Paul Henreid are just two of the many Warner Bros. contract players appearing in this salute to the Canteen frequented by servicemen and women during World War II.
July 25 (Thurs.), 12:40 pm and 8 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
July 30 (Tues.), 3:45 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957).
July 30 (Tues.), TCM – Paul Henreid Month ends with a Henreid / Lorre double-feature: The Conspirators (1944) at 8 pm, and Casablanca (1942) at 10 pm.
August, 2013
August brings TCM’s annual “Summer Under the Stars” festival, and although Peter Lorre is not one of the “Stars”, a number of the Stars he worked with are featured.
Aug. 1 (Thurs.), TCM – On “Humphrey Bogart Day”, TCM presents the first and last movies Peter made with his old friend Bogie: The Maltese Falcon (1941) at 9 am, and Beat the Devil (1954) at 4:15 pm.
Aug. 2 (Fri.), 8:15 am and 4:05 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
Aug. 6 (Tues.), 2:15 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). On “Joan Fontaine Day”, Peter Lorre plays the romantic Fritz Bercovy, who loves and marries one of the Sanger sisters.
Aug. 8 (Thurs.), 7:05 am, Encore Suspense channel – Tales of Terror (1962). Peter Lorre appears in "The Black Cat", the second tale of this trilogy.
Aug. 12 (Mon.), 5:20 am and 11:30 am, Encore Suspense channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Aug. 13 (Tues.), 11:35 am and 4 am, Fox Movie Channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Aug. 13 (Tues.), 5 pm, TCM – Quicksand (1950). On “Mickey Rooney Day”, Peter co-stars with Rooney in an independent film made under their own production company.
Aug. 17 (Sat.), noon, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug. 21 (Wed.), 7:30 am, Encore Suspense channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Aug. 22 (Thurs.), 11:30 am and 9:45 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
Aug. 23 (Fri.), 6:30 am, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
Aug. 25 (Sun.), 12 am, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). On “Clark Gable Day”, TCM presents the first of two movies Peter appeared in with Clark Gable.
Aug. 25 (Sun.), 3 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug. 26 (Mon.), 2 am, Antenna TV Channel – The Jack Benny Show, originally broadcast Jan. 22, 1963.
Aug. 28 (Wed.), 9 am and 4:40 pm, Retro TV channel – The Patsy (1964).
September, 2013
Sept. 3 (Tues.), 4:15 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Sept. 26 (Thurs.), 3:35 am, Encore Suspense channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Sept. 27 (Fri.), 9:35 pm, Encore Suspense channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Many of these and other Lorre movies are now available on DVD and VHS – some 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.
Happy viewing!
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