American times shown are Eastern Standard.
December, 2024
The Turner Classic Movies channel celebrates the birthday of Sydney Greenstreet with a morning and afternoon of films featuring Peter Lorre's most frequent co-star at Warner Brothers.
Dec 1 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).
Dec 7 (Sat), 8 pm, MeTV – The Comedy of Terrors (1964). Horror host Svengoolie presents this comedy-horror film about a New England undertaker (Vincent Price) who drums up business by speeding "customers" to the grave – with the help of his assistant (Peter Lorre).
Dec 18 (Wed), 1:35 am, Talking Pictures TV – The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942). "Cellar Club" hostess Caroline Munroe introduces this comedy-horror film about a scientist (Boris Karloff) who comes up with a machine to produce "supermen" for the war effort, with the help of the local jack-of-all-trades (Peter Lorre).
Dec 19 (Fri), 6 am, TCM – Quicksand (1950). TCM's "Star of the Month" in December is Mickey Rooney, with plenty of movies starring the talented actor – including the only movie he made with Peter Lorre.
Dec 27 (Fri), TCM – TCM celebrates the birthday of Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre's co-star in nine movies at Warner Brothers. The birthday line-up includes five of Peter's movies ~
- 10:15 am – The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- 12 noon – Background to Danger (1943)
- 3 pm – The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
- 4:45 pm – Three Strangers (1946)
- 6:30 pm – The Verdict (1946)
Sneak Peek at January, 2025
Kick off the new year with a handful of Lorre movies.
Jan 3 (Fri), TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). TCM turns the primetime spotlight on "Was it all a Dream?" with several movies with dream sequences, ending with the classic film noir about the newspaper reporter (John McGuire) who encounters a stranger (Peter Lorre) in a long white scarf and soon suspects he may be a murderer.
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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