Italian Cinema Schedules Lorre Fest

Lorre fans in Milan, Italy, can enjoy a special treat – a Peter Lorre film festival at Cinteca Milano MIC (Museo Interattivo del Cinema).

The festival begins Tuesday, August 30, 2022, and runs until Thursday, September 15. The full schedule is available on the cinema’s website.

The Lorre fest includes ~

Tuesday, August 30 ~
3:30 pm – Die Koffer des Hernn O.F. (1931)
5:30 pm – M (1931)

Wednesday, August 31 ~
3:30 pm – Das Doppelte Gesicht: Peter Lorre (The Double Face of Peter Lorre), documentary on Peter, with comments by his biographer Stephen D. Youngkin

Thursday, September 1 ~
5:30 pm – Der Verlorene (1951)

Friday, September 2 ~
5:45 pm – Bear the Devil (1954)

Saturday, September 3 ~
3:30 pm – Casablanca (1942)

Sunday, September 4 ~
3:30 pm – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
7:45 pm – The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Tuesday, September 6 ~
3:30 pm – Crime and Punishment (1935)

Wednesday, September 7 ~
5:45 pm – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Thursday, September 8 ~
3:30 pm – Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931)

Friday, September 9 ~
3:30 pm – Beat the Devil (1954)

Saturday, September 10 ~
3:30 pm – The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Sunday, September 11 ~
6 pm – Casablanca (1942)

Tuesday, September 13 ~
5:30 pm – M (1931)

Wednesday, September 14 ~
3:30 pm – Das Doppelte Gesicht: Peter Lorre

Thursday, September 15 ~
3:30 pm – Der Verrlorene (1951)
5:30 pm – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Admission is €7.50 for adults, and €6.00 children under 14 years old, university students, and film card holders. A 2022 film card is also available for €10.00. Tickets may be purchased online through the cinema’s website.

Cineteca Milano MIC is located at 121 Viale Fulvio Testi, in Milan, Italy.

The venue is well served by public transportation. More information is available on the website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the making of these films through interviews with many of the actors, directors, and behind-the-scenes crew who worked with Peter Lorre.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Historic Cinema Presents Lorre Classic

Lorre fans in Schroon Lake, New York, are in for a special treat on Monday, August 29, 2022 – a showing at the historic Strand Theatre of The Maltese Falcon (1941), hosted by Jeremy Arnold, Turner Classic Movies commentator, film historian, and author.

The program begins at 8 pm with an introduction of the movie by Mr. Arnold. Following the screening, he will sign purchased copies of his newest book, The Essentials Volume 2 – 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter (2020), which includes The Maltese Falcon.

Admission is $10 for everyone. Tickets may be purchased at the door, cash only.

The Strand Theatre is located at 1102 US-9 (Main Street) in Schroon Lake, New York.

Parking is available on the street in front of the cinema. Parking is also available in the shopping center across the street.

The historic Strand Theatre has been operating since the early 1940s. Much of the original architecture is still in place, with an Art Deco interior and vintage candy mechanics and movie posters. Owned since 1998 by Liz and Larry McNamara, the Strand is an entertainment venue in this small mountain town.

For more information, please contact the theater at 518-532-9077.

The Essentials Volume 2 – 52 More Must-See Movies and Why They Matter, by Jeremy Arnold, is available through Amazon.

Chicago Film Noir Fest Includes Lorre

On Friday, August 26, 2022, Alan K. Rode and the “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller bring the week-long Noir City Chicago to the Music Box Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, and included in the schedule will be Peter Lorre in The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

The Face Behind the Mask will begin at 9:15 pm on Monday, August 29. The film will be presented in 35mm, courtesy of Sony Pictures.

Noir City Chicago will run from Friday, August 26, to Thursday, September 1, 2022. The full schedule is available on the Music Box website.

Tickets for The Face Behind the Mask are $12 general admission, $11 for seniors (age 62 and older), and $9 for Movie Box members.

General Admission and Senior tickets may be purchased at the box office. General Admission tickets may also be purchased online through the Music Box website. Nominal booking fees and an entertainment tax will be charged for each ticket purchased online.

A festival pass is also available – $90 for general admission, and $85 for Music Box members.

The Music Box Theatre is located at 3733 N. Southport Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois.

Parking near the Music Box Theatre is limited. Meters are available on Southport Avenue. Free street parking is available on and west of Ashland Avenue and north of Irving Park. Both streets are just blocks from the cinema. More information on parking, as well as directions to the Music Box, is available on the venue’s website.

For more information, please contact the cinema at (773) 871-6604.

Film Foundation Offers Virtual Lorre Screening

Lorre fans with an internet connection can enjoy a free virtual screening online of The Chase (1946), followed by Detour (1945), when The Film Foundation opens “The Restoration Screening Room” with a double-feature of restored prints on Monday, August 8, 2022.

The program begins at 7 pm, local time. Live chat will be open during the screening. The presentation, including special features about the films and the restoration process, will take place during a 24-hour window.

Viewers may register for the screening through the Restoration Screening Room website.

Famed director Martin Scorsese founded the non-profit Film Foundation to preserve cinema. On the second Monday of every month, the Foundation opens the virtual theater, available through any web browser, to programs on restored classic, silent, and independent movies and documentaries from around the world.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive restored The Chase from a 35mm nitrate composite duplicate negative from a collector in France, and dupe picture and track negatives from MGM. Combining these incomplete elements, UCLA used digital tools to restore a short section of the movie.

The restored print of The Chase is also available on Blu-Ray, with audio commentary by filmmaker Guy Maddin.

Lorre on TV in August 2022

Every August, the Turner Classic Movies channel airs the "Summer Under the Stars" festival, devoting each day to a particular actor. This year, only one actor's day includes a Lorre film.

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.


August, 2022

"Summer Under the Stars" with Lorre on the Turner Classic Movies channel – as well as many other TV channels.

Aug 5 (Fri), 6 am, Fox Movie Channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Aug 5 (Fri), 7 am, Antenna TV Channel – The Jack Benny Program (CBS, Jan. 22, 1963). Peter Lorre guest-stars as a killer who has a plastic surgeon change his face to look like Jack Benny's.

Aug 10 (Wed), 1:30 am, MeTV Channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Man From the South" (CBS, March 13, 1960). Peter Lorre guest-stars as a gambler who makes an unusual bet for high stakes with a couple in Las Vegas.

Aug 17 (Wed), 2 am, Talking Pictures TV Channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 19 (Fri), 1 pm, Talking Pictures TV – I Was an Adventuress (1940).

Aug 20 (Sat), 7:15 am, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). Joan Crawford is the star today, and her line-up includes the only movie she made with Peter Lorre.

Aug 26 (Fri), 11 pm, Talking Pictures TV – Tales of Terror (1962).

Aug 31 (Wed), 2:10 am, Talking Pictures TV – The Raven (1963).


Sneak Peek at September, 2022

Peter Lorre's closest friend Humphrey Bogart is TCM's "Star of the Month", and all four of the movies they made together at Warner Bros. will be shown, as well as several other Lorre films.

Sept 1 (Thurs), TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The primetime theme is "Bogie and Huston", including the classic hard-boiled detective film that introduced Peter to Bogart.

Sept 4 (Sun), TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Sept 8 (Thurs), TCM – All Through the Night (1942). The primetime theme is "Super Sleuth", and in their second on-screen pairing, Bogart plays a "Broadway bigshot" in search of the murderer of a family friend and soon gets mixed up with Nazis led by Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre.

Sept 9 (Fri), 10:55 pm, Talking Pictures TV Channel – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

Sept 15 (Thurs), TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944).

Sept 16 (Fri), TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). TCM celebrates the 100th birthday of Janis Paige.

Sept 17 (Sat), TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943).

Sept 21 (Wed), TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Sept 22 (Thurs), TCM – Casablanca (1942).

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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 ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!