Date Night with Lorre on Tybee Island

Casablanca (1942) will be the “Date Night” feature at the historic Tybee Post Theater, located on Tybee Island in Georgia, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019.

The film begins at 7 pm.

Admission is $10 for all seats. A beverage, such as beer, wine, or soft drink, is Included with the price of admission.

Tickets may be purchased at the cinema’s box-office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the cinema’s website. Click the "Buy Tickets” link on the Casablanca page. A processing fee of $1 will be added to each ticket ordered online.

The Tybee Post Theater is located at 10 Van Horne Avenue in the heart of the Fort Screven Historic District, on Tybee Island in Georgia.

Metered parking is available in front of the theater along Van Horne Avenue, as well as nearby 2nd Avenue and in Jaycee Park. The theater encourages bike-riding to the venue – and a bike rack is provided in front of the Post Theater. More information about parking, as well as directions to the venue, is available on the Tybee Post Theater website.

For more information, please call the cinema at 912-472-4790.

Built in 1930, the Tybee Post Theater was the movie theater for the soldiers and their families stationed at Fort Screven, the Army base on Tybee Island. From 1897 to 1947, Fort Screven served as an important part of the United States’ Coastal Defense System, guarding the mouth of the Savannah River to the end of World War II.

In 1947, the fort was decommissioned and sold to the town of Tybee. Fort Screven soon became a popular tourist destination, with museums, historic attractions, restaurants, and lodging.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses Peter Lorre’s support of American soldiers during and following World War II. Peter often visited wounded soldiers in veterans’ hospitals and donated his time to the Armed Forces Radio Services (AFRS), which sent radio programs overseas to American bases for the entertainment of men and women in service.

For the AFRS, Peter hosted the radio series Mystery Playhouse, which offered specially-edited episodes of various mystery and suspense radio shows, such as The Whistler, Mr. and Mrs. North, and many others. Peter recorded opening and closing segments and invited listeners into the Green Room for a preview of the next episode.

And occasionally, Peter’s movies would be shown to soldiers ahead of release to American cinemas. This was the case with Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), filmed in 1941, but not seen in theaters until 1944, when the Broadway play ended its run. However, bases, hospital ships, and other military venues were able to enjoy Arsenic and Old Lace before 1944.

Perhaps the Tybee Post theater was one of those venues . . . .

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.

Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.