Holiday Time With Lorre on TV

The holiday season is here, and as 2017 becomes 2018, Lorre fans have much to celebrate with plenty of Lorre movies on television and Turner Classic Movies.

All times shown are Eastern Standard.

Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.

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November, 2017

Just a handful of Lorre films this month, as Casablanca (1942) celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Nov. 12 (Sun), 3:45 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Casablanca (1942). The daytime theme is “Veterans Day”, and TCM celebrates with the classic wartime drama that won Peter Lorre a contract at the Warner Brothers studios. And today, as well as Wednesday, Nov. 15, Fathom Events joins TCM in showings of Casablanca in many movie theaters.

Nov. 20 (Mon), 2 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Today’s daytime theme on TCM is “Screwball Classics” with a showing of the dark comedy about two spinster sisters who poison lonely old men with a home-brew of elderberry wine, spiked with three kinds of poison.

Nov. 21 (Tues), 4:15 pm, MGM HD – Tales of Terror (1962).

Nov. 25 (Sat), 2:30 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Peter Lorre is one of many cameos in this all-star extravaganza about the Victorian London gentleman (David Niven) who bets he can circle the globe in 80 days.

Nov. 27 (Mon), 4:15 am, MGM HD – Tales of Terror (1962).

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December, 2017

A variety of Lorre movies this month on the Turner Classic Movies channel.

Dec. 1 (Fri), 10:15 am, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM's daytime theme is "Cary Grant", and among the movies today is the only film Cary Grant made with Peter Lorre.

Dec. 2 (Sat), 11:15 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1935). The prime-time theme on TCM is "Starring Colin Clive".

Dec. 5 (Tue), 6 am, TCM – M (1931). TCM salutes the birthday of director Fritz Lang, beginning with his first sound movie – as well as Peter Lorre's first sound movie.

Dec. 6 (Wed), Noon, MGM HD – Tales of Terror (1962).

Dec. 8 (Fri), 11:45 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The daytime theme on TCM is "World War II Dramas".

Dec. 11 (Mon), 4:45 pm, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). TCM's daytime theme is a salute to Sister Acts", and this Joan Fontaine movie follows her sister Olivia de Havilland's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

Dec. 14 (Thurs), 4:45 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM's daytime theme is "Epics", and Peter Lorre is one of many stars in cameo appearances as Victorian gentleman Fogg (David Niven) makes his way around the world to win a bet.

Dec. 16 (Sat), 4 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

Dec. 23 (Sat), 8:40 am, MGM HD – Tales of Terror (1962).

Dec. 29 (Fri), 6:15 am, TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946). TCM salutes make-up artist Perc (short for Percival) Westmore, of the famous Westmore family of make-up artists and wig-makers. Peter Lorre’s final horror movie at Warner Bros. was originally released on Christmas Day in 1946.

Dec. 30 (Sat), 4:15 am, MGM HD – Tales of Terror (1962).

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January, 2018

January means a new year and new opportunities for Lorre movies on TV. Charles Boyer is TCM's Star of the Month, and this month, TCM will show both of the movies Boyer made with Peter Lorre.

Jan. 4 (Thurs), 8 pm, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954)

Jan. 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). "Star of the Month" Charles Boyer plays best friend to Peter Lorre's character Fritz Bercovy, who romances and weds Brenda Marshall, one of the Sanger girls.

Jan. 14 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944).

Jan. 16 (Tues), 5:45 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "East/West Romance", and West meets and romances East when American promoter Fred Astaire meets Russian envoy Cyd Charisse, while three Russian commissars (Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, Joseph Buloff) are seduced by Paris.

Jan. 13 (Sat), 8 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954)

Jan. 18 (Thurs), 4 pm, MeTV channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (Mar. 16, 1960).

Jan. 18 (Thurs), 5:45 am, TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). "Star of the Month" Boyer finds himself working against Peter Lorre, and Katina Paxinou, in this spy drama set in London.

Jan. 25 (Fri), 1:30 am, MeTV channel – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "The Diplomatic Corpse" (Dec. 8, 1957).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies 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.

Purchase The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre from Amazon.

Happy viewing!

Fall into Fall With Lorre on TV

As the days grow shorter and summer moves into fall, Peter Lorre fans can find many Lorre movies on television and Turner Classic Movies.

All times shown are Eastern Standard.

Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.

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August, 2017

August means “Summer Under the Stars” on the Turner Classic Movies channel, but this year, only one actor in the spotlight includes Lorre movies.

Aug. 9 (Wed), 4:30 am, Movies! Network channel – Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938). An early entry in the popular movies series.

Aug. 17 (Thurs), 1:30 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). Today is Rosalind Russell Day, and the Russell films today include the only movie she made with Peter.

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September, 2017

A handful of Lorre movies continues this month on the Turner Classic Movies channel.

Sept. 1 (Fri), 10 pm, TCM – Muscle Beach Party (1964). TCM throws an "End of Summer Beach Party' as summer unofficially ends and fall begins. Peter Lorre’s only appearance in American International Pictures’ successful "Beach Party" movie series was playing in theaters at the time newspapers were running Peter’s obituary on his passing at age 59 on March 23, 1964, and his funeral two days later.

Sept. 3 (Sun), 5 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939).

Sept. 12 (Tues), 3:45 am, TCM – Beat the Devil (1954). TCM salutes Jennifer Jones as September's "Star of the Month" with this comic take-off on The Maltese Falcon (1941). Jones takes the Mary Astor role, a woman who tends to lie rather than tell the truth – until the very end.

Sept. 12 (Tues), 4 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939).

Sept. 13 (Sun), 4:30 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939).

Sept. 14 (Thurs), 6:15 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM's daytime theme is "A Good Cry" – and Lorre fans may well feel like a good cry as his character Ugarte is dragged from Rick's cafe, under arrest for murder.

Sept. 18 (Mon), 4 am, MeTV – 77 Sunset Strip, "5" (originally broadcast Sept. 20, 1963). The 1963 season of this mystery adventure series opened with a 5-part episode titled "5" and featured many top stars as guests. Peter Lorre appeared in Part 1, as "The Gypsy". MeTV will broadcast all five episodes this week – Part 2, Sept. 19 (Tues); Part 3, Sept. 20 (Wed); Part 4, Sept. 21 (Thurs), and Part 5, Sept. 22 (Fri), each at 4 am.

Sept. 19 (Tues), 1 am, MeTV – Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "Man from the South" (originally broadcast Mar. 13, 1960).

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October, 2017

October brings Halloween, and Halloween brings Peter’s first horror movie in the United States.

Oct. 2 (Mon), 2 pm, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). The daytime theme is "Joan Monday", with a day of films starring or featuring an actress named "Joan", including Joan Fontaine in her first film with Peter Lorre. Years later, the two would work together in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Oct. 9 (Mon), 2 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). TCM's daytime theme "Cole Porter" includes this musical remake of Ninotchka (1939), with a singing and dancing role for Peter Lorre, as one of a trio of Soviet commissars seduced by the charms of Paris.

Oct. 12 (Thurs), 7 am, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). TCM's daytime theme "Hotel Happenings" begins with this Warner Bros. film set in a fine hotel in Berlin in the final days of World War II.

Oct. 17 (Tues), 4 pm, THIS TV channel – Tales of Terror (1962). Peter Lorre appears in "The Black Cat", the second of three stories adapted from Poe, and each starring Vincent Price.

Oct. 21 (Sat), 8:30 am, GetTV – Peter Lorre: The Master of Menace (1996). Originally shown on the Arts and Entertainment channel's series Biography, this one-hour documentary features interviews with Stephen D. Youngkin, author of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), and many actors and directors who worked with Peter throughout his career.

Oct. 22 (Sun), 4 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942).

Oct. 25 (Wed), 8 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). TCM's daytime theme is "Joan Fontaine".

Oct. 29 (Sun), 2 pm, THIS TV channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

Oct. 29 (Sun), 12 midnight, THIS TV channel – Tales of Terror (1962).

Oct. 31 (Tues), 10 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). Happy Halloween! TCM celebrates Halloween with a full day of horror movies. MGM introduced Peter Lorre to American audiences in 1935 in this horror film about a brilliant Parisian doctor (Lorre) whose love for actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake) leads him to perform a daring operation to save her concert pianist husband Stephen’s (Colin Clive) hands – with disastrous results.

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Many of these and other Lorre movies 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.

Purchase The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre from Amazon.

Happy viewing!

Spring into Spring and Summer with Lorre on TV

As the days grow longer and spring moves into summer, Peter Lorre fans can find many Lorre movies on television and Turner Classic Movies.

All times shown are Eastern Standard.

Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.

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March, 2017

Eddie Muller, “The Czar of Noir” and president of the Film Noir Foundation, kicks off in March a special series of film noir movies to be shown every Sunday at 10 am on the Turner Classic Movies channel. And TCM turns the spotlight on “March Malice” with a week-long series of dramas, a different theme each day.

Mar. 5 (Sun), 10 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – The Maltese Falcon (1941). Eddie Muller introduces his film noir series “Noir Alley” with the classic hard-boiled detective movie, Peter’s first film at Warner Bros.

Mar 12 (Sun), 8 am, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941).

Mar. 15 (Wed), 11 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The daytime theme is “Femme Fatales”, and no “femme” is more “fatale” than Mary Astor’s Brigid O’Shaughnessy, who works against her former associates Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) and Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet) to obtain the fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette.

Mar. 21 (Tues), 11 am, TCM – M (1931). “March Malice”, and the theme today is “Serial Killers”. Peter Lorre attracted attention in his first sound movie as Hans Beckert, the child murderer of Berlin.

Mar. 21 (Tues), 6 am, GetTV channel – Mrs. G. Goes to College, “First Test”. Originally broadcast Oct. 11, 1961, “First Test” is the first of two episodes in which Peter appeared as Dr. Kestner, science instructor at an unnamed university.

Mar. 23 (Thurs), 6 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). “March Malice” continues and today’s theme is “Nazis”. Although Peter played Nazis in movies during the 1940s, Conrad Veidt is the Nazi in question this time – while Peter’s character Ugarte gets the action going when he leaves two valuable exit visas with saloon owner Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart).

Mar. 29 (Wed), 4 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1961).

Mar. 30 (Thurs), 6 am, GetTV channel – Mrs. G. Goes to College, “The Trouble with Crayton”. Originally broadcast Dec. 6, 1961, this episode was the second and final appearance of Peter Lorre as Dr. Kestner, Mrs. G.’s science instructor at an unnamed university.

Mar. 30 (Thurs), 9:25 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1961).

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April, 2017

This month, Lorre fans can enjoy one of Peter's TV episodes, in addition to several movies.

April 8 (Sat), 11 am, MeTV channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story". Originally broadcast March 16, 1060.

April 12 (Wed), 11:05 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1961).

April 15 (Sat), 6:15 am, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944).

April 15 (Sat), 9:40 am, MGM HD channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964). The MGM channel presents a day of Vincent Price movies, "Death and Taxes: Vincent Price Movie Marathon", in honor of the day Americans' income taxes are due.

April 15 (Sat), 11:20 am, MGM HD channel – The Raven (1963). The Vincent Price marathon continues with this comic adaptation of the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

April 17 (Mon), 5:30 am, TCM – Screen Director’s Playhouse, "No. 5 Checked Out". Originally broadcast over NBC on Jan. 18, 1956.

April 18 (Tues), 6 am, TCM – M (1931). The daytime theme of "The Madness Within" begins with Peter Lorre in his first sound movie as Hans Beckert, a man tortured by his inner demons to murder children in Berlin.

April 19 (Wed), 1:15 pm, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

April 21 (Fri), 6 am, Get TV – Mrs. G. Goes to College, "First Test". Originally broadcast Oct. 11, 1961.

April 24 (Mon), 9:20 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

April 24 (Mon), 11 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM wishes Shirley MacLaine a happy birthday with a day of her movies, including this all-star extravaganza with Peter Lorre as a Japanese steward aboard a ship bound for Yokohama.

April 25 (Tues), 8:15 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

April 26 (Wed), 7:35 am, MGM HD channel – The Raven (1963). The MGM channel features a morning of movies starring Vincent Price, who co-starred with Peter in five movies in the mid-1950s to early 1960s.

April 27 (Thurs), 4:20 am, MGM HD channel – The Raven (1963). The MGM channel features a morning of movies starring Vincent Price, who co-starred with Peter in five movies in the mid-1950s to early 1960s.

April 30 (Sun), 6 am, MGM HD channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

April 30 (Sun), 11:05 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

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May, 2017

Clark Gable is the Star of the Month on the Turner Classic Movies channel, and the line-up includes both of the movies he made with Peter Lorre.

May 2 (Tues), 6 am, Get TV channel – Mrs. G. Goes to College, "The Trouble with Crayton", originally broadcast Dec. 6, 1961.

May 8 (Mon), 9 am, MGM HD channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

May 9 (Tues), 9:30 pm, TCM – Strange Cargo (1940). An evening of movies with TCM "Star of the Month" Clark Gable and frequent leading lady Joan Crawford, includes the first movie Peter Lorre made with Gable.

May 10 (Wed), 1:45 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). Movies starring Clark Gable continues, including the second and final film Peter made with TCM's "Star of the Month".

May 21 (Sun), 2 pm, TCM – Muscle Beach Party (1964). Peter Lorre’s only appearance in American International Pictures’ successful “Beach Party” movie series was playing in theaters at the time newspapers were running Peter’s obituary on his passing at age 59 on March 23, 1964, and his funeral two days later.

May 23 (Tues), 12:30 pm, TCM – The Verdict (1946). "Revenge" is the daytime theme on TCM. In this locked-room murder mystery, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet made their final film appearance together.

May 25 (Thurs), 11 am, MGM HD channel – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

May 28 (Sun), 2:30 pm, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). Over the three-day Memorial Day weekend holiday, TCM salutes war-time movies. Today's daytime theme is "Spy Movie Classics".

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June, 2017

The Turner Classic Movies channel includes Peter's first English-speaking film, the 1934 Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much.

June 2 (Fri), 3:30 pm, TCM – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). The first of two movies Peter made with British director of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

June 20 (Tues), 3:45 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Originally film in the fall of 1941, Arsenic and Old Lace was released when the Broadway production ended its run. And by then, Peter Lorre was a contract player at Warner Bros.

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July, 2017

The Turner Classic Movies channel includes a handful of Peter's movies.

July 7 (Fri), 9:30 pm, TCM – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). TCM turns the spotlight on British director Alfred Hitchcock, including the first movie he made with Peter Lorre.

July 13 (Thurs), 6:15 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). In his first America movie, Peter plays the brilliant Dr. Gogol, whose love of an actress (Frances Drake) drives him to do anything to win her love – including grafting onto the wrists of her husband (Colin clive) the hands of a knife-throwing murderer.

July 16 (Sun), 6:30 am, Movies! Network – Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937). The first of eight mystery films in which Peter played the Japanese detective Kentaro Moto.

July 27 (Thurs), 4:15 am, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). In this all-star extravanda directed by Irwin allen, Peter appears as Emperor Nero, who strums a lyre while Rome burns.

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Many of these and other Lorre movies 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.

Purchase The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre from Amazon.

Happy viewing!

Holiday Season and New Year with Lorre on TV

As the days grow shorter and the holidays approach, Peter Lorre fans can find many Lorre movies on television and Turner Classic Movies.

All times shown are Eastern Standard.

Peter Lorre's page on the TV Guide Channel website lists the Lorre films scheduled on various television channels over a 2-week period.

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November, 2016

November offers two showings of Peter’s first English-speaking film, as well as some of his later movies.

Nov. 3 (Thurs), 2:45 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). The daytime theme is “Conspiracy Films”, and among them is Peter’s first English-speaking role and his first Alfred Hitchcock movie.

Nov. 5 (Sat), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Nov. 6 (Sun), 6 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Nov. 21 (Mon), 6 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938).

Nov. 22 (Tues), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Nov. 23 (Tues), 9:05 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Nov. 27 (Sun), 10 pm, TCM – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). Today’s primetime theme is “Bon Voyage” – set sail aboard the Seaview for a voyage to save the earth in this Irwin Allen disaster movie.

Nov. 28 (Mon), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Nov. 29 (Tues), 7:15 am, TCM – The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). “Hitchcock-a-Thon” is today’s daytime theme, and a second showing of Peter’s first movie with Hitchcock directing kicks off a day of Hitchcock movies.

Nov. 29 (Tues), 10:50 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Nov. 30 (Wed), 6:30 am, Movies! Network – Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938).

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December, 2016

Lorre fans, get set to open a big day of Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel – just two days after Christmas!

Dec. 6 (Tues), 3:45 pm, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). TCM salutes Agnes Moorehead on her birthday with a day of Moorehead movies, including this Dan Daily and Cyd Charisse musical in which she plays Dailey's mother.

Dec. 17 (Sat), 10:45 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Dec. 18 (Sun), 7:35 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Dec. 20 (Tues), 11:10 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec. 21 (Wed), 9:45 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec. 27 (Tues), 9:15 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944). Today, TCM salutes Sydney Greenstreet with a day of Greenstreet movies. And since Syd was Peter's co-star in nine movies at Warner Bros., five of the movies shown today also include Peter in the cast – starting with this World War II espionage movie in which Lorre and Greenstreet team up as Allied agents working together in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dec. 27 (Tues), 1 pm, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944). "Greenstreet Day" continues with another World War II movie that teamed Peter with his best friend Humphrey Bogart a final time under Peter’s Warner Bros. contract. This time, Peter and Syd work against each other.

Dec. 27 (Tues), 3 pm, TCM – Background to Danger (1943). "Happy birthday, Sydney G." continues with another World War II espionage film, again with Peter and Sydney working against each other.

Dec. 27 (Tues), 4:30 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). Sydney's birthday celebration continues with a movie where Peter and Sydney had no scenes together – but Peter's performance won Lorre a contract with Warner Bros.

Dec. 27 (Tues), 6:15 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). "Sydney Greenstreet Day" ends with the movie that began his film career – as well as his on-screen partnership with Peter Lorre.

Dec. 27 (Tues), 8 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM turns the spotlight on "The Golden Years", a look at aging and elderly characters in movies. In this case, a comedic look – a dark comedy about two elderly ladies and an extremely poisonous carafe of elderberry wine.

Dec. 28 (Wed), 11:20 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Dec. 29 (Thurs), 9:40 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

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January, 2017

A new year – and new opportunities to enjoy Peter Lorre films on television!

Jan. 2 (Mon), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 3 (Tues), 8:35 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 7 (Sat), 8 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).

Jan. 7 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

Jan. 8 (Sun), 1:15 pm, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Jan. 9 (Mon), 11:40 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Jan. 18 (Wed), 9 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954). The Movies! Network celebrates "Hump Day" (Wednesday) with a full day of Humphrey Bogart movies, including the final film Bogie made with his old pal Peter Lorre and director John Huston.

Jan. 20 (Fri), 1:10 pm and 3 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 21 (Sat), 6 pm, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).

Jan. 26 (Thurs), 4:30 am, Movies! Network – Beat the Devil (1954).

Jan. 27 (Fri), 9:10 am and 3 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Jan. 28 (Sat), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Jan. 29 (Sun), 9:55 am, Fox Movie channel – Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962).

Jan. 30 (Mon), 12:30 pm, TCM – Hotel Berlin (1945). TCM presents movies co-starring Helmut Dantine, and here in Hotel Berlin, he plays Martin Richter, whose scenes include an effective moment with Peter, playing Professor Johannes Koenig.

Jan. 30 (Mon), 3:45 pm, TCM – The Story of Mankind (1957). "Co-Starring Helmut Dantine" continues with this star-studded battle between Satan (Vincent Price) and the Spirit of Mankind (Ronald Coleman), directed by Irwin Allen, with Dantine as Marc Antony and Peter Lorre as Emperor Nero.

Jan. 30 (Mon), 8 pm, TCM – Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). "Classic Las Vegas" is TCM's primetime theme.

Jan. 30 (Mon), 4 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

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February, 2017

Turner Classic Movies begins their annual "31 Days of Oscar" film festival on Wednesday, Feb. 1 – and this year, the schedule runs A to Z. Although Peter Lorre never won an Oscar, never was nominated for an Oscar, several of his movies were Oscar winners, and several will be shown this month.

Feb. 1 (Wed), 2:15 am, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Feb. 5 (Sun), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).

Feb. 6 (Mon), 6:45 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943).

Feb. 16 (Thurs), 6:15 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies 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 is available in hard-back and soft-bound editions, as well as the Kindle and Nook.

Happy viewing!