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Peter Lorre’s page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.
October, 2022
October means Halloween and horror – including some of the horror and suspense movies in Peter Lorre's filmography.
Oct. 2 (Sun), 12 noon, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). A Halloween tale about a dramatic critic (Cary Grant) who, just before he leaves on his honeymoon with the minister's daughter (Priscilla Lane), discovers his aunts have their own little secret – they poison lonely old gentlemen coming to their home in Brooklyn.
Oct. 4 (Tues), 8:35 am, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 4 (Tues), 8 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The primetime theme is "Pick Your Poison", and the evening of movies involving poisons of various kinds kicks off with this classic about the elderly aunts and their poisoned elderberry wine.
Oct. 4 (Tues), 8 pm, Canadian TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). Lorre fans in Canada can catch this film, instead of Arsenic and Old Lace.
Oct. 5 (Wed), 12:20 am, Talking Pictures Television – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).
Oct. 6 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). A Lorre double-feature begins with this film considered the first film noir.
Oct. 6 (Thurs), 9:05 am, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 7 (Fri), 10 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 9 (Sun), 8 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). A Lorre double-feature begins with this film considered the first film noir.
Oct. 9 (Sun), 9:25 pm, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 10 (Mon), 1:25 am, Movies!Network – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Oct. 10 (Mon), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Oct. 12 (Wed), 1 am, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 13 (Thurs), 10 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "Musical France", including this Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse musical with a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.
Oct. 13 (Thurs), 4:25 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
Oct. 16 (Sun), 8 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944).
Oct. 16 (Sun), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Oct. 17 (Mon), 4:45 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). Every Monday in October, TCM turns the spotlight on "Creepy Cinema", and tonight's theme is "People on the Verge", including a Lorre double-feature. Note – The Canadian TCM will show Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
Oct. 17 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1947). "People on the Verge" concludes with this film in which a severed hand that only Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre) can see goes on a rampage in an old Italian villa.
Oct. 19 (Wed), 7:30 am, Antenna TV – The Jack Benny Program, "The Peter Lorre / Joanie Summers Show" (Jan. 22, 1963).
Oct. 20 (Thurs), 1:45 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
Oct. 20 (Thurs), 3:10 pm, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).
Oct. 22 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
Oct. 23 (Sun), 4 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 24 (Mon), 2:15 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942). The daytime theme is "Sabotage", including this World War II film in which Peter and a gang of Nazis in New York City plot to blow up an American battleship.
Oct. 27 (Thurs), 11:55 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).
Oct. 29 (Sat), 1:15 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 29 (Sat), 8 pm, KQED PBS, San Francisco – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Oct. 31 (Mon), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).
Sneak Peek at November, 2022
November brings a number of Lorre movies on both American and United Kingdom television channelss, including these ~
Nov. 5 (Sat), 6 am, Talking Pictures TV channel – Double Confession (1950).
Nov. 9 (Wed), 10 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944) TCM celebrates the birthday of Hedy Lamarr, including the only movie she made with Peter Lorre – a World War II spy drama with Lorre and Lamarr as spies working in neutral Lisbon.
Nov. 10 (Thurs), 2:45 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1940). The daytime theme is "Jewel Thieves", including this caper with Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell as con artists after a fabulous pendant – and Peter Lorre as the opportunistic Chinese skipper of a tramp steamer they take refuge on.
Nov. 19 (Sat), 2 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1935).
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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