Canadian Noir Fest Includes Lorre Films

As part of its film noir series, the Dalhousie Art Gallery, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will include two Peter Lorre films – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) and The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Stranger on the Third Floor will be shown on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The movie Detour (1945) will follow.

The Maltese Falcon (1941) will be shown the following Wednesday on Jan. 28, 2015.

Both Lorre movies will begin at 8 pm.

Admission is free for everyone.

The noir series “Long Shadows at Dawn: The Art of Film Noir” will run every Wednesday night at 8 pm from Jan. 21 to June 3. Ron Foley MacDonald will curate the series. The full schedule is available on the Dal website.

Interested in the remake of M (1951), with David Wayne in Peter Lorre’s role as the child murderer? It’s on the schedule for April 15, 2015.

The Dalhousie Art Gallery is located at 6101 University Avenue, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parking is available in the lot at the Dal Art Gallery, as well as on the streets near the Gallery.

For more information, please call the gallery at (902) 494-2403.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), Stephen D. Youngkin recounts the making of Stranger on the Third Floor and The Maltese Falcon through interviews with actress Margaret Tallichet and director John Huston.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in hard-back and soft-bound editions, as well as the Kindle and Nook.