Stanford Bogart Fest Includes Lorre

Located in Palo Alto, California, the Stanford Theatre salutes Humphrey Bogart with a month-long film festival, including two of the five movies he made with Peter Lorre – Casablanca (1942) and Beat the Devil (1954).

Casablanca will be shown Feb. 8, 9, and 10, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Show times are 5:35 pm and 9:15 pm. Also on the double-bill is In a Lonely Place (1950).

Beat the Devil will be shown Feb. 15, 16, and 17, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Show times are 5:50 pm and 9:25 pm. Also on the double-bill is The African Queen (1951.

The Bogart film fest runs from Friday, Feb. 8, to Sunday, Mar. 3, 2019. The complete schedule is available on the cinema’s website.

Before and after the 7:30 pm showings of In a Lonely Place and The African Queen, one of the Stanford’s “Masters of the Mighty Wurlitzer” will play the Wurlitzer theater organ during the intermission.

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for youth (18 and under) and seniors (65 and over). Tickets may be purchased at the box office on the day of the show.

The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Avenue in Palo Alto, California. Look for the cinema’s large neon marquee – a landmark along University Avenue in the downtown area.

Parking is available at meters along the street in front of the cinema, as well as two parking garages within two blocks of the Stanford. The Bryant / Lytton Parking Garage is located at 445 Bryant Avenue, one block north of University Avenue. The High Street Parking Garage is located at 528 High Street, one block south of University Avenue.

For more information, please call the Stanford Theatre at 650-324-3700.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the friendship of Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart, whom Peter considered one of his two closest friends, the other being German playwright Bertolt Brecht. The two actors first worked together in The Maltese Falcon in the summer of 1941 and became good friends, socializing often during Peter’s years at Warner Bros. In 1954, they re-teamed for a final time in Beat the Devil.

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.