SiriusXM Radio Airs Lorre Program

During the week of July 29, 2024, Radio Classics host Greg Bell will air an hour-long block of the old-time radio series Mr. and Mrs. North, including an episode hosted by Peter Lorre as a segment in his mid-1940s series Mystery Playhouse.

The Mr. and Mrs. North block includes “Frisbie Proves His Point” (January 17, 1945) and “Don’t Cru Wolf” (March 11, 1952).

“Frisbie Proves His Point” will air these dates and times ~

Monday, July 29 ~
11 pm – Pacific

Tuesday, July 30 ~
2 am – Eastern

Thursday, August 1 ~
5 pm – Pacific
8 pm – Eastern

Saturday, August 3 ~
7 am – Pacific
10 am – Eastern

The full schedule for the week of July 29 to August 4, 2024, is available on Greg Bell’s website.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics over channel 148. Subscribers may also listen to the programs over the internet or through the SiriusXM app on a Smart Phone or Smart Speaker. Not a subscriber? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

In the mid-1940s, Peter Lorre served as the main host for the Armed Forces Radio Service series Mystery Playhouse, which featured specially-edited episodes of such popular radio shows as The Whistler, Mr. District Attorney, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Peter would introduce each episode, often greeting the audience with his trademarked “Hello, Kreeps!” A visit to the Green Room for a preview of the next episode often ended each program, as Peter bid everyone, “Good night! Sleep tight!” and closed the doors of the Mystery Playhouse.

Mystery Playhouse programs were then shipped out on thick recording discs to American bases all over the world to be enjoyed by service men and women stationed overseas.

“Frisbie Proves His Point” originally aired on Mr. and Mrs. North on Wednesday, January 17, 1945. The episode now exists only as an entry in the AFRS series, including Lorre’s own Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode, “Death is a Joker” (June 10, 1944).

“And I still think I know that guy,” says Peter Lorre, introducing his own program on the Mystery Playhouse.

Happy listening!

MGM Anniversary Includes Lorre

From mid-July to mid-September, 2024, the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with a special series of MGM movies – including two Peter Lorre films.

In July, Mad Love (1935) will be shown on these days and times ~

• Saturday, July 20 – 9:20 pm
• Sunday, July 21 – 12:55 pm

And in August, Silk Stockings (1957) will be shown on these days and times ~

• Sunday, August 18 – 4:35 pm
• Monday, August 19 – 4:35 pm
• Wednesday, August 21 – 4:20 pm

Tickets are $13 for adults; $11 for AFI members (2 star and higher) and seniors age 65 and older; $8 for children age 12 and under; $10 for matinee showings Saturdays and Sundays before noon, and weekdays before 5 pm.

Tickets may be purchased at the AFI Silver box-office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the cinema’s website. A nominal service fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road, at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Parking is available in several public parking decks close to the theater. Most convenient is the Wayne Avenue garage, located at 921 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland. Parking at the Wayne Avenue garage is free all day on Sundays.

Directions to the cinema, as well as information about parking and public transportation, may be found on the AFI Silver website.

The celebration of MGM’s centennial began on Friday, July 12, 2024, and will run until Thursday, September 19, 2024. The list of movies in the series is available on the AFI Silver website.

Canadian Cinema Presents Lorre Classics

Lorre fans in the area of Toronto, Canada, will have two opportunities to catch Peter on the big screen when the Toronto Film Society partners with the Paradise Theatre for a showing of The Face Behind the Mask (1941) and Black Angel (1946) this summer.

On Monday, July 8, 2024, The Face Behind the Mask will be shown on a double-bill with Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face, 1960). The program will begin at 7 pm with a brief introduction and a door prize giveaway. The second movie will begin after a 10 to 15 minute intermission.

On Monday, August 19, 2024, Black Angel will be shown on a double-fill with The Window (1949). The program will begin at 7 pm with a brief introduction and a door prize giveaway. Black Angel will begin after a 10 to 15 minute intermission.

Both programs will be shown at the historic Paradise Theatre, 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.

General admission for each double-bill is $15, and $12.50 for seniors and students with proper ID. Tickets may be purchased at the box-office. Tickets may also be purchased online from EventBrite through a link on the Paradise Cinema website.

Summer Movies with Lorre

After a busy June, Lorre fans will have a quiet July with Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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July, 2024

TCM schedules a handful of Lorre movies in July, including one of Peter's television appearances from a 1950s anthology series.

July 6 (Sat), 9:30 am, Turner Classic Movies – Screen Directors Playhouse, "No. 5 Checked Out" (NBC, Jan 18, 1956). Ida Lupino directs Theresa Wright, Peter Lorre, and William Talman in this drama set in a remote cabin. NOTE: In Canada, the short They're Always Caught (1938) will be shown instead.

July 7 (Sun), 4:15 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 10 (Wed), 11 pm, TCM – The Raven (1963). TCM salutes director Roger Corman, who passed on May 9, 2024, with an evening of movies directed by Corman, including The Raven, the second of two Edgar Allan Poe themed movies he made with Peter Lorre.

July 14 (Sun), 12 noon, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 14 (Sun), 4:45 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 19 (Fri), 8:15 am, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). TCM turns the daytime spotlight on "Romantic Comedies", including this story of two jewel thieves (Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell) competing for a fabulous diamond pendant in Bombay, India, before going on the run and falling in love aboard Peter Lorre's tramp freighter to Hong Kong.

July 21 (Sun), 10:35 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 29 (Mon), 12:10 pm, Movies! Network – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

July 30 (Tues), 8:35 am, Talking Pictures TV – My Favorite Brunette (1947).

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Sneak Peek at August, 2024

TCM presents their annual "Summer Under the Stars" festival, saluting a different star each day in August, including two stars Peter Lorre worked with.

Aug 11 (Sun), 10 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The "Star of the Day" is Cary Grant, who stars in this comedy-horror film about two sweet old ladies whose "hobby" is murdering lonely old gentlemen with a poison-laced glass of elderberry wine. NOTE: In Canada, Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) will be shown instead.

Aug 28 (Wed), 6 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The "Star of the Day" is Marlene Dietrich, who joins Peter Lorre as one of the many stars making a cameo appearance in this all-star globe-trotting extravaganza about the Victorian English gentleman (David Niven) who makes a bet with his club members that he can circle the globe in 80 days.

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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!