Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
January, 2014
Joan Crawford is Turner Classic Movie’s “Star of the Month” in January, and the two films she appeared in with Peter Lorre are on the schedule.
Jan. 7 (Tues), 1:30 am, Retro Movie channel – Tales of Terror (1962). Peter appeared in the second of the three segments, “The Black Cat”, the serio-comic story of a man who “hated a cat – a black cat”.
Jan. 8 (Wed), 3:05 pm, Retro Movie channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Jan. 8 (Wed), 2:30 am, Antenna TV channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “The Diplomatic Corpse”, originally airing on CBS on Dec. 8, 1957.
Jan. 10 (Fri), 11 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Jan. 10 (Fri), 11:10 am and 10:10 pm, Retro Movie channel – The Patsy (1964). His passing on March 23, 1964, came three days after Peter finished work on this film.
Jan. 11 (Sat), 6:10 am, Retro Movie channel – The Patsy (1964).
Jan. 11 (Sat), 10 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Arsenic and Old Lace (1964). TCM presents an evening of movies directed by Frank Capra. Once filming ended on Arsenic and Old Lace, Capra presented to each actor a photo of the cast standing among the tombstones in the “cemetery” set. Peter’s personal copy is displayed in the photo section of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre website, official site for Peter’s authorized biography, by Stephen Youngkin.
Jan. 12 (Sun.), 6 am, TCM channel – Silk Stockings (1957). Peter enjoyed the opportunity he was given to sing and dance in this Fred Astaire musical.
Jan. 14 (Tues), 5 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1954). Peter Lorre’s first American movie was not with Columbia Studios, with whom he had a contract, but with MGM in this horror tale about a famed Parisian surgeon (Lorre) whose love for a famous theater actress drives him to a daring experiment – to replace her husband’s damaged hands with the hands of an executed knife-thrower.
Jan. 15 (Wed), 4 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Jan. 15 (Wed.), 4:30 am, Antenna TV channel – The Jack Benny Show (Jan. 22, 1963).
Jan. 16 (Thurs), 11:15 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Jan. 17 (Fri.), 7 am, Antenna TV channel – Crime and Punishment (1935).
Jan. 17 (Fri), 11:30 am, Fox Movie Channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Jan. 17 (Fri), TCM – A Lorre double-feature with January star Joan Crawford in Strange Cargo (1940) at 9:15 am and Hollywood Canteen (1944) at 5:15 pm.
Jan. 17 (Fri.), 3 am, THIS channel – Crime and Punishment (1935).
Jan. 20 (Mon), 11:35 am, Fox Movie Channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Jan. 20 (Mon), 9:45 am, 4:40 pm, and 3:15 am, Retro Movie channel – The Patsy (1964).
Jan. 21 (Tues), 6 am, Fox Movie Channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Jan. 22 (Wed), 12 midnight, Retro Movie channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Jan. 23 (Thurs), 3:30 pm, Retro Movie channel – Tales of Terror (1962).
Jan. 28 (Tues), 11:30 am and 4 am, Fox Movie Channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
February, 2014
February brings Turner Classic Movies’ annual “31 Days of Oscar”, running to the beginning of March. Although Peter Lorre never won an Oscar, many of his movies are on the lists of many of the categories, including winners and nominations.
Feb. 6 (Thurs), 9:30 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1944). The category is "Best Actress Nominees", and Joan Fontaine was nominated for her role as Tess Sanger. Peter plays Fritz Bercovy, who loves and marries Tess’ sister Toni (Brenda Marshall).
Feb. 8 (Sat), 10:30 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The category is "Best Picture Nominees".
Feb. 11 (Tues), 8 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The category is "1956 Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees".
Feb. 27 (Thurs), 2:30 am, Antenna TV channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Man From the South" (March 13, 1960). The classic tale of an unusual bet made on a cigarette lighter lighting 10 times in succession.
Feb. 28 (Fri), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The category is "1943 Best Actor Nominees". Humphrey Bogart was nominated Best Actor for the part of Rick Blaine, an ex-patriot American running a saloon in Casablanca. It was also Bogart’s third film working with Peter Lorre, in the small but pivotal role of Ugarte, who sells exit visas to refugees – many of them Rick’s customers – trying to escape the North African town for America.
March, 2014
Mary Astor is the "Star of the Month" on Turner Classic Movies in March. The Maltese Falcon, the only movie Peter Lorre made with her, is among several Lorre movies on TCM this month.
Mar. 4 (Tues), 10 am, THIS channel – Muscle Beach Party (1964). Peter's one and only appearance in the popular Beach Party series of movies at American International Pictures of the 1960s was playing in movie theaters the day his death was reported in the press.
Mar. 8 (Sat), 1:45 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Mar. 12 (Wed), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The TCM spotlight shines on Mary Astor in the only movie she made with Peter Lorre – a classic tale of greed and murder and a fabulous gold-and-jewel statuette.
Mar. 14 (Fri), 10:45 am, TCM – Beat the Devil (1953).
Mar. 25 (Tues), 9:30 pm, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943).
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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