December brings the holiday season Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Year's, but not many Lorre movies this year on the Turner Classic Movies channel.
All times shown are Eastern Standard.
Peter Lorre’s page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
December, 2021
The Star of the Month on TCM is Ingrid Bergman, and her only film with Peter Lorre kicks off December.
Dec. 1 (Wed), 10 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Casablanca (1942). As the passport racketeer Ugarge, Peter aids Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid in their escape from Casablanca.
Dec. 2 (Thurs), 9:50 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Dec. 3 (Fri), 7:50 am, FXM – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Dec. 28 (Tues), 4 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "50s Musicals", including the only MGM musical in which Peter Lorre sang and danced.
Sneak Peek at January, 2022
A new year and new opportunities to catch Lorre films on television!
Jan. 13 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – The Cross of Lorraine (1943). The primetime theme is “WWII POWs”, including this MGM World War II film about Grench soldiers who surrender too easily and find themselves imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
Jan. 30 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Many of these and other Lorre movies and television programs 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 many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~
Happy viewing!
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