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Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
August, 2016
In August, Turner Classic Movies presents their annual "Summer Under the Stars" festival, and although Peter Lorre does not have a day of his own, many of his co-stars do – Humphrey Bogart, Hedy Lamarr, Cyd Charisse, and Charles Boyer.
Aug. 3 (Wed), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Aug. 7 (Sun), 4:10 am, MGM channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).
Aug. 9 (Tues), 5:30 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939).
Aug. 10 (Wed), 6 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – The Conspirators (1944). It’s "Hedy Lamarr Day" on Turner Classic Movies, and the line-up includes this spy film featuring Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet as agents working together in Lisbon, Portugal.
Aug. 10 (Wed), 4 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug. 12 (Fri), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug. 14 (Sun), 8 am, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). "Cyd Charisse Day" on TCM includes this first of two MGM musicals with appearances by Peter Lorre. Watch for Peter in a cameo as a blackjack player.
Aug. 14 (Sun), 6 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). "Cyd Charisse Day" continues with a singing and dancing Peter Lorre as a Russian commissar in this Fred Astaire musical, costarring Charisse.
Aug. 17 (Wed), 4:10 am, MGM channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).
Aug. 19 (Fri), 4 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Aug. 20 (Sat), noon, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). TCM presents "Humphrey Bogart Day", including the final movie Peter made with his off-screen pal Bogie while under contract to Warner Bros.
Aug. 20 (Sat), 1:15 pm, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Aug. 20 (Sat), 2 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). "Humphrey Bogart Day" continues with the film that won Peter an offer from Warner Bros.
Aug. 20 (Sat), 2 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). "Humphrey Bogart Day" continues with Peter’s first appearance with Bogie – and with Sydney Greenstreet, with whom Peter would co-star in another eight movies in the 1940s.
Aug. 21 (Sun), 1:10 pm and 4 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Aug. 21 (Sun), 3:10 am, Antenna TV channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Man From the South".
Aug. 28 (Sun), 6 am, MGM channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).
Aug. 29 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – Confidential Agent (1941). "Charles Boyer Day" begins with Boyer and Peter Lorre on opposite sides in this spy drama set in London.
Aug. 29 (Mon), 8 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). "Charles Boyer Day" continues with Lorre and Boyer as best friends in a romantic drama set in London.
Aug. 29 (Mon), 6 pm, THIS channel – Muscle Beach Party (1964).
September, 2016
September brings a handful of Peter Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, including movies shown frequently and movies shown infrequently.
Sept. 5 (Mon), 6 am, THIS TV channel – Muscle Beach Party (1964).
Sept. 6 (Tues), 6 am, Movies! Network channel – Danger Island (1939).
Sept. 7 (Wed), 3 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Sept. 8 (Thurs), 1:15 pm, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Sept. 11 (Sun), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Guest programmer Thomas Bruno, a former New York City policeman and fireman who served during the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, joins host Ben Mankiewicz for an evening of Mr. Bruno's favorite movies, beginning with Casablanca.
Sept. 19 (Mon), 11:30 pm, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). "Featuring the Gettysburg Address" is tonight's Primetime Theme on Turner Classic Movies, and included is this Lorre / Greenstreet spy film, starring George Raft and Brenda Marshall.
Sept. 20 (Tues), 9:15 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). "WWII Spy Stories" is the daytime theme on Turner Classic movies, including this Lorre / Greenstreet spy film, starring Paul Henreid and Hedy Lamarr.
Sept. 22 (Thurs), 1:15 pm, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Sept. 22 (Thurs), 8 pm, THIS TV channel – Muscle Beach Party (1964).
Sept. 23 (Fri), 11 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).
Sept. 25 (Sun), 4:30 pm, TCM – Muscle Beach Party (1963).
October, 2016
Cool nights, Halloween, horror movies – and Peter Lorre in October!
Oct. 2 (Sun), 2:20 am, GetTV – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 4 (Tues), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Oct. 5 (Wed), 6 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Oct. 8 (Sat), 7:30 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). Peter Lorre’s first film in Hollywood was a horror movie in which he plays a brilliant surgeon in Paris who loves a stage actress (Frances Drake) and who performs an operation on her husband’s (Colin Clive) crushed hands to win her love.
Oct. 9 (Sun), 10 pm, GetTV – Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996). originally shown on the Arts and Entertainment channel's series Biography, this one-hour documentary features interviews with Stephen D. Youngkin, author of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), and many actors and directors who worked with Peter throughout his career.
Oct. 9 (Sun), 11 pm, GetTV – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 11 (Tues), 8 pm, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944). TCM turns the spotlight on "Trailblazing Women – Actresses Who Made a Difference" with a pair of movies tonight. First off, Bette Davis, founder (with Warner Bros. actor John Garfield) of the famed war-time Hollywood Canteen open to all servicemen and women. Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet wrote their sketch in this all-star extravaganza set at the Canteen.
Oct. 11 (Tues), 2:30 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). Hedy Lamarr is the featured actress in this TCM Spotlight movie, "Trailblazing Women – Actresses Who Made a Difference". Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet appear again as spies working together in war-torn Lisbon, Portugal, with Lamarr and Paul Henreid.
Oct. 13 (Sun), 2:16 am, GetTV – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 15 (Sat), 1:45 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Oct. 29 (Sat), 7:10 am, GetTV – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 29 (Sat), 8 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).
Oct. 31 (Mon), 6 am, GetTV – Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996). An encore showing of this documentary on the life and career of Peter Lorre, featuring interviews with Stephen D. Youngkin, author of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), and many actors and directors who worked with Peter throughout his career.
Oct. 31 (Mon), 1:30 pm, MGM HD channel – The Raven (1963). One of several AIP movies Peter made with Vincent Price, in a day of Vincent Price movies on the MGM channel.
Oct. 31 (Mon), 4 am, GetTV – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Many of these and other Lorre movies 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 is available in hard-back and soft-bound editions, as well as the Kindle and Nook.
Happy viewing!
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