August 3, 2022

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 ChannelTales 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).





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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