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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.
November, 2018
November brings a handful of Lorre films on Turner Classic Movies.
Nov. 6 (Tues), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM turns the spotlight on “The Art of Casting”, and Casablanca has been praised for its international cast, many of whom, like the characters they portray, escaped Nazi-occupied European countries. Casting directors David Rubin and Juliet Taylor join host Ben Mankiewicz for a discussion of 14 movies reflecting the art of casting.
Nov. 8 (Thurs), 5:30 am, Antenna TV channel – The Jack Benny Program (Jan. 22, 1963).
Nov. 11 (Sun), 4 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).
Nov. 25 (Sun), 6 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).
Nov. 27 (Tues), 7:45 am, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). The daytime theme is "Sabotage", and a day of international espionage movies on TCM includes this film adapted from the Eric Ambler novel, Uncommon Danger.
December, 2018
December brings a handful of Lorre movies on Turner Classic Movies, including a film better suited to Halloween than Christmas. Plus some of Peter's television work.
Dec. 3 (Mon), 4 pm, MeTV channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (Mar. 16, 1960).
Dec. 4 (Tues), 1:30 am, MeTV channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "The Diplomatic Corpse" (Dec. 8, 1957).
Dec. 5 (Wed), 8 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Dec. 10 (Mon), 1:30 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Dec. 14 (Fri), 11 am, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). The daytime theme is "Nightmare Islands", and no island is more nightmare than the penal colony in French Guiana.
Dec. 18 (Tues), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Dec. 24 (Mon), 12:30 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Dec. 26 (Wed), 7:45 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). A movie set on Halloween playing the day after Christmas? The film is on the schedule of a day of movies starring Cary Grant.
Dec. 30 (Sun), 8 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1940). A “Double Bogie” double-feature begins with this classic mystery about a fabulous gem-encrusted statuette and the people willing to kill to obtain it.
Dec. 30 (Sun), 10 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). “Double Bogie” continues with the third movie in which Peter worked with off-screen pal, Humphrey Bogart.
January, 2019
A new year begins – and a new year of Peter Lorre films on television, including a rarely-seen television epsode.
Jan. 3 (Thurs), 1:30 am, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Jan. 10 (Thurs), 12 noon, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). TCM salutes Paul Henreid's birthday with a number of Henreid movies, including this spy drama set in Lisbon.
Jan. 12 (Sat), 3 pm, MeTV – Rawhide, "Incident of the Slavemaster" (originally broadcast Nov. 11, 1960). Peter plays Victor Laurier, the wealthy owner of a cotton plantation where former Civil War soldiers work as slaves.
Jan. 13 (Sun), 8 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).
Jan. 20 (Sun), 1 am, MeTV – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Man from the South" (originally broadcast Mar. 13, 1960). Peter plays Carlos, a South American gambler who talks Steve McQueen into playing an unusual gambling game involving a cigarette lighter.
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 may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.
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