American times shown are Eastern Standard.
January, 2024
Just a few Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel this month.
Jan 8 (Mon), 1:30 pm, Turner Classic Movies – The Constant Nymph (1943). The Daytime Theme is "Starving Artists", including this romantic role for Peter Lorre in the first of two movies he made with Charles Boyer.
Jan 10 (Wed), 1:20 am, Talking Pictures TV – Island of Doomed Men (1940). Join Caroline Munroe in the Cellar Club for this thriller with Peter Lorre as the sadistic owner of an island of convicts forced to work in his diamond mine.
Jan 11 (Thurs), 11:50 am, Movies! Network – The Chase (1946).
Jan 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The primetime theme is "The Power of Film", including the WWII classic starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Peter Lorre.
Jan 18 (Thurs), 5 pm, Great American Family channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (March 16, 1960).
Jan 25 (Thurs), 5:05 pm, Talking Pictures TV – The Chase (1946).
Jan 28 (Sun), 3:45 pm, Turner Classic Movies – Silk Stockings (1957). Peter Lorre sings and dances in this Fred Astaire musical from MGM.
Sneak Peek at February, 2024
From February 9 to February 29, and March 1 to March 10, TCM celebrates 31 Days of Oscar, including the Lorre movies that have won or received nominations for Academy Awards.
Feb 1 (Thurs), 12 noon, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). TCM celebrates the birthday of Clark Gable, including the second of two movies he made with Peter Lorre at MGM.
Sneak Peek at March, 2024
Mar 7 (Thurs), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM celebrates Day 28 of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this World War II classic, which won Best Picture of 1943.
Mar 9 (Sat), 11 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM celebrates Day 30 of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this classic who-dunnit, which was nominated for Best Picture in 1942.
Mar 10 (Sun), 8 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM celebrates the final day of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this all-star extravaganza, which won Best Picture of 1957.
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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