Paramount Theatre Film Fest Includes Lorre Classics

On Friday, May 24, 2024, the historic Paramount Theatre, located in Austin, Texas, kicks off its 50th year of summer classic film showings with Casablanca (1942), starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Lukas, and a number of character actors in support, including Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

Casablanca will be shown on a double bill with the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical Top Hat (1935), both in 35mm prints. The cinema invites moviegoers to come dressed as their favorite character from any classic film.

The doors open at 6 pm. The program begins at 7 pm with Casablanca. Top Hat follows at 9:15 pm after a brief intermission.

For the opening night, admission is $12 for adults. One ticket covers admission for both movies. Tickets may be purchased online through the Paramount Theatre website.

“Film Fan Membership” – Become a “Film Fan Member” and enjoy discounted tickets, free popcorn, and more. “Flix-Tix” – A pack of 10 tickets, good for the whole summer, is also available for the regular price of $90 or $75 for Film Fan Members More information about tickets is available on the cinema’s website.

The Paramount Theatre is located at 712 Congress Avenue, in Austin, Texas.

Parking is available in the 600 Congress Parking Garage, located at 600 Congress Avenue, off 7th Street, between Congress Avenue and Colorado Street, in Austin, Texas. More information about parking, as well as directions, is available on the cinema’s website.

The summer classic film festival begins Friday, May 24, 2024, and runs until Saturday, August 31. The full schedule is available on the Paramount Theatre website.

On Wednesday, August 14, Peter Lorre returns to the Paramount Theatre when The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) kicks off a week of movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Celebrating its 90th anniversary, the movie begins at 7:30 pm.

For more information, please call the Paramount at 512-472-5470.

Happy summer!

Lorre Comedy at Canadian Cinema

Lorre fans in the area of Toronto, Canada, can enjoy Peter on the big screen when the Paradise Theatre partners with the Toronto Film Society for a showing of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

The program begins at 2:30 pm, and the Toronto Film Society promises at least one “surprise short film”.

Ticket prices are $15 general admission, and $12.50 for students and seniors with valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the screening. Tickets may also be purchased online through Eventbrite. Nominal booking fees and HST will be added to each ticket purchased online.

Opening in 1910, the historic Paradise Theatre is located at 1006 Bloor Street, at the corner of Bloor Street and Westmoreland Avenue, in Toronto, Ontario, in Canada.

Green P parking (Carpark 84) is available directly behind the cinema, just north of Bloor Street West.

Spring into Summer with Lorre Movies on TV

May brings a handful of Peter Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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May, 2024

This month, TCM salutes Frank Borzage, who directed Peter Lorre in the MGM movie Strange Cargo in 1940. The Movies! Network presents an animated Peter.

May 5 (Sun), 12:45 pm, Movies! Network – Hollywood Steps Out (1941). In this cartoon from Warner Bros, Peter joins other caricatured actors in a night out at Hollywood's top nightspot.

May 9 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies! Network – Racketeer Rabbit (1946). In this Warner Bros cartoon, Bugs Bunny encounters an animated Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson as gangsters on the lam from the police.

May 16 (Thurs), 10:15 am, Turner Classic Movies – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM turns the daytime spotlight on Film Noir, including Peter's first film at the Warner Bros studio, his first movie with Humphrey Bogart, and his first movie with Sydney Greenstreet. He would go on to have a long association with both actors.

May 16 (Thurs), 4:15 am, Turner Classic Movies – Strange Cargo (1940). The primetime theme is "Director Frank Borzage", with an evening of movies directed by Borzage, including the only movie he made with Peter Lorre.

May 23 (Thurs), 9:35 am, Talking Pictures TV – Beat the Devil (1954).

May 26 (Sun), 2:10 am, Talking Pictures TV – Beat the Devil (1954).

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Sneak Peek at June, 2024

Big news for Lorre fans this month! TCM salutes Peter on his birthday with a morning of Lorre movies.

June 12 (Wed), 9:30 am, TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). The daytime theme is "The Scene of the Crime".

June 17 (Mon), 9:15 am, TCM – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). TCM turns the daytime spotlight on "Film Composers".

June 26 (Wed), TCM – Peter Lorre gets a birthday tribute with a morning of his movies, including ~

• 6 am – The Story of Mankind (1957)
• 8 am – Three Strangers (1946)
• 9:45 am – Hotel Berlin (1945)
• 11:30 am – They Met in Bombay (1941)
• 1:15 pm – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• 2:45 pm – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
• 4:15 pm – You'll Find Out (1940)
• 6 pm – M (1931)

June 28 (Fri), 10:15 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). TCM turns the daytime spotlight on "Foreign Adventures" with a day of movies set in other countries, including two Lorre films. First, Peter, Sydney Greenstreet, Hedy Lamarr, and Paul Henreid play spies in Lisbon, Portugal.

June 28 (Fri), 6:15 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM ends the daytime theme of "Foreign Adventures" with this classic set in the North African city.

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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!