June 18, 2025

East Meadow Library Hosts Lorre Program

On Friday, June 20, 2025, longtime movie fan Keith Crocker will host a showing of The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) at the East Meadow Public Library, located in East Meadow, New York.

The presentation will begin at 1 pm in the library’s Community Room.

Admission is free for everyone. Registration is required. Attendees may register on the library’s website by clicking on the blue button “Begin Registration” on the page for this event.

The program is part of the series “Pop Culture Films with Keith Crocker”, held regularly at the library.

The Beast with Five Fingers stars Peter Lorre as Hilary Cummins, a librarian to a reclusive concert pianist (Victor Francen) in an Italian villa at the turn of the century. When the pianist dies in a fall down the staircase, Hilary starts to see the pianist’s hand roaming around the villa, murdering anyone who attempts to change the pianist’s will. Director Robert Florey had worked with Peter earlier in The Face Behind the Mask (1940).

The East Meadow Public Library is located at 1886 Front Street, in East Meadow, New York.

Parking is available in the parking lot behind the library.

Unable to attend Keith Crocker’s program? The Beast with Five Fingers is now available on Blu-Ray, with many extra features, including audio commentary by film historian Steve Haberman. Order it from Amazon – United States.

June 8, 2025

Lorre Movies on Television in June

Summer is here, but even though June brings Peter Lorre's birthday on June 26, only a handful of Lorre movies are scheduled on the Turner Classic Movies channel, the Talking Pictures TV channel in England, and Movies! Network in the United States.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.



June, 2025

A Lorre double-feature on TCM is the only event on television this month.

June 9 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). The daytime theme is "Sister Sister", featuring a day of movies starring alternately sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland, including the first movie Joan Fontaine made with Peter Lorre.

June 9 (Mon), 2 am, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). The primetime theme is "Director Peter Godfrey", featuring an evening of movies directed by Godfrey, including the only movie he directed featuring Peter Lorre.



Sneak Peek at July, 2025

TCM's July schedule includes only a couple of Lorre movies.

July 1 (Tues), TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Happy Canada Day from TCM! The classic movie channel salutes actors from Canada, including Raymond Massey, born in Toronto, Canada, who plays the murderous nephew of two sweet, charming little old ladies in this dark comedy.

July 17 (Thurs), TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). TCM presents a day of "Strange Events" – movies with the word "Strange" in their titles.



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!