May 6, 2022

Library Movie Schedule Includes Lorre

As part of their film series “Silver Screen Classic Movies”, the Auburn Public Library, located in Auburn, California, will present Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), starring Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond, Massey, and many more, on Saturday, May 7, 2022.

The film will be shown at 12 noon, 3:30 pm, and 7:30 pm in the Beecher Room.

The program is free, and anyone may attend.

The Auburn Public Library is located at 175 Almond Street in Auburn, California.

Parking is available on the street near the library.

The “Silver Screen Classic Movies” series is shown the first Saturday of each month at the Auburn Public Library. The schedule for 2022 is available on the library’s website.

More information about the library is available on the Placer County website.

May 1, 2022

Lorre Movies in May 2022

May begins with a handful of Peter Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, and other channels – plus some of Peter's television appearances.

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.


May, 2022

This month, the Turner Classic Movies channel takes viewers "around the world in 80 movies", including a few co-starring Peter.

May 3 (Tues), 8:15 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). TCM turns the spotlight on "The Americas" in this month's filmic journey "Around the World in 80 Movies", including a stop in Las Vegas and a cameo with Peter Lorre at the blackjack table.

May 3 (Tues), 11:20 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

May 17 (Tues), 4:45 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Continuing the journey "Around the World in 80 Movies", TCM turns the spotlight on "Africa", including a stop in Casablanca, with Peter Lorre as a dealer in black market exit visas.

May 18 (Wed), 11:30 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM celebrates the birthday of director Frank Capra, including this comedy classic about two elderly sisters in Brooklyn who serve poisoned elderberry wine to elderly single gentlemen.

May 20 (Fri), 11:55 am, Starz Encore – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, Mar. 16, 1960). Peter plays the Alexander Portlass, a British professor in search of Montezuma's treature.

May 21 (Sat), 11 am, MeTV channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, Mar. 16, 1960).

May 25 (Wed), 7 am, Antenna TV channel – The Jack Benny Program (CBS, Jan. 22, 1963).




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!