Halloween with Lorre at Indiana Library

Spend Halloween night with Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff when the Bartholomew County Public Library, located in Columbus, Indiana, offers a free showing of the spooky comedy The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) on Thursday, October 31, 2019.

The movie begins at 6 pm in the Red Room.

Admission is free for everyone.

The Bartholomew County Public Library is located at 536 5th Street, between Franklin Street and Lafayette Avenue, in downtown Columbus, Indiana.

Parking is available in the lot beside the library. Enter the parking lot from either Franklin Street or 7th Street.

For more information, please contact the library at 812-379-1255.

Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff worked together in a total of four movies. They began with You’ll Find Out (1940), another horror-comedy in which they were joined by Bela Lugosi. After The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), they did not work together again until the horror-comedies at American International Pictures in the early 1960s, including The Raven (1963) and The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

Although Boris Karloff was known as a serious horror film actor, Peter was not. The movies they made together were more funny than frightening.

NCMA Film Event Includes Lorre

Halloween is the season of horror movies, and on Friday, October 18, 2019, the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh, North Carolina, continues its “Indoor Movies” film series with Mad Love (1935) one of the few horror films Peter Lorre appeared in during his long film career.

Shown in 35mm, Mad Love will begin at 8 pm in the SECU Auditorium, located in the East Building of the Art Museum. NCMA film curator Laura Boyes will introduce the film.

Admission is $7 for adults, and $5 for MCMA members, children age 7 to 18, and college students with ID.

Tickets may be purchased online through the Museum of Art website. Click the “Tickets” button on the Mad Love page of the venue website. Tickets purchased online may be printed at home or left for “will call” at the auditorium. Sales tax and transaction fees will be added to each online order.

The North Carolina Museum of Art is located at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Parking is available in the Blue Ridge lot, located on the right after entering the Museum complex. Additional parking is available behind the West Building, located on the left after entering the Museum complex. More information about parking, as well as directions to the museum and public transportation, is available on the venue’s website.

For more information, please call the North Carolina Museum of Art at 919-839-6262.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of Mad Love through interviews with Frances Drake, who played Yvonne Orlac, the object of Dr. Gogol’s (Lorre) desire.

Produced by MGM, Mad Love was Peter Lorre’s first American movie – but Peter agreed to be loaned to the studio only if Columbia Pictures, with whom he was under contract, would make Crime and Punishment (1935), a movie Peter was most interested in.

To play the brilliant surgeon Dr. Gogol, who cures wounded soldiers and deformed children, Peter Lorre allowed his head to be shaved bald. Images of the studio barber at work can be viewed in the “Photo Album” section of The Lost One website.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

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Lorre Films at the Harvard Film Archive

Peter Lorre fans in the area of Cambridge, Massachusetts, can enjoy a rare treat in October and November – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) and The Face Behind the Mask (1941) onscreen at the Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque.

Stranger on the Third Floor will be shown on Saturday, October 12, 2019, on a double-bill with Blind Alley (1939).

The Face Behind the Mask will be shown on Friday, November 8, 2019.

Each program begins at 7 pm.

These films are part of the series “The B-Film – Low-Budget Hollywood Cinema 1935-1959”, which began Friday, September 13, and ends on Monday, November 25, 2019. The full schedule is available on the Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque website.

Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for non-Harvard students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and senior citizens. Admission is free for Harvard students with a valid photo ID. Tickets may be purchased 45 minutes before show time on the lower level of the Carpenter Center. More information about tickets is available on the venue’s website.

The Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque is located at 24 Quincy Street, in the lower level of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Metered parking on Broadway and Harvard streets is free after 8 pm. The archive is also well-served by public transportation, including the MBTA Red Line. More information about parking, as well as directions to the Archive, is available on the venue’s website.

Citrus Heights Theater Hosts Bogart Fest

From 2013 to 2017, the Humphrey Bogart family held a film festival in Bogart’s honor in Key Largo, Florida. While a new location is currently being considered, the festival has been temporarily cancelled – but the Theatre In The Heights, located in Citrus Heights, California, carries on the annual tradition the weekend of October 11, 2019, with the 2019 Bogart Film Festival.

Bogart movies co-starring Peter Lorre will be shown on these dates and times ~

• Beat the Devil (1954) – Friday, Oct. 11, 8:30 pm
• Casablanca (1942) – Saturday, Oct. 12, 8:30 pm

Now in its second year, the Bogart fest begins Friday, Oct. 11, and ends on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. The full schedule is available on the venue’s website.

Admission to all movies in the festival is free for everyone. Reservations are not required, however seating is first-come, first-served.

Popcorn and drinks will be provided. For Bogart fans interested in a Bogart-themed cocktail, the festival organizers will open the Bogart Gin they bought at previous Bogie fests.

Theatre In The Heights is located at 8215 Auburn Boulevard, in Suite G of a strip mall along Auburn Boulevard in Citrus Heights, California.

Parking is available in the mall parking lot.

For more information, please call the theater at 916-509-3445.

The Conspirators at Toronto Film Fest

The Toronto Film Society kicks off its Fall / Winter Monday Night Film Buffs series with the Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet movie The Conspirators (1944) on Monday, October 7, 2019.

The Conspirators will be shown on a double-bill with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939), starring Warren William and Ida Lupino.

The program begins at 6:30 pm with The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, followed by The Conspirators, with a 15-minute intermission between films.

Memberships in the Toronto Film Society are available in a variety of price levels. The “Trial Membership” may be purchased at the door before any screening. The Trial Membership is $18 for adults and $15 for students with valid student ID. More information about memberships is available on the Toronto Film Society website.

The Conspirators and The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt, as well as other movies in the festival, will be shown at the Innis Town Hall Theatre, located at 2 Sussex Avenue, within Innis College on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada.

Parking is available in several parking garages near the venue. Closest is the garage located at 371 Bloor Street West, in Toronto, Canada. More information about parking is available on the University of Toronto website.

Now in its 72nd season, the Monday night series begins on Monday, October 7, 2019, and will run each month until Monday, April 27, 2020. The full schedule is available on the Film Society’s website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the on-screen duo of Lorre and Greenstreet. The two actors appeared in a total of nine movies while Peter Lorre was under contract at Warner Bros.

The Conspirators was their sixth movie together. The two actors also performed on radio together, as guests on the comedy shows of the 1940s, as well as recreating some of their movies, such as The Maltese Falcon (1941) and The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). A list of their radio appearances is available in the book’s Appendix.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

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Lorre Fest at the Aero Theatre

Peter Lorre fans in the area of Santa Monica, California, can spend every Tuesday afternoon enjoying a Lorre movie at the Aero Theatre, when the Aero presents their series “Tuesdays with Lorre” throughout the month of October, 2019.

Shown in 35mm, each film will begin at 1 pm. “Tuesdays with Lorre” includes ~

• October 1 – M (1931)
• October 8 – The Maltese Falcon (1941), plus Looney Tunes cartoon Racketeer Rabbit (1946), with Bugs Bunny and caricatures of Peter Lorre and Edward G. Robinson
• October 15 – The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
• October 22 – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• October 29 – Mad Love (1935)

Screenings in the series are free for Cinematheque members. Tickets to each screening are $6 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the Aero box-office or online through Fandango. To purchase online, click the box labeled “Tickets” on the page for each movie.

The Aero Theatre is located at 1328 Montana Avenue, at 14th Street, in Santa Monica, California.

Parking is available free and at meters along Montana Avenue and other streets near the Aero. Please check posted signs. North of Montana Avenue, parking is generally limited to two hours until 7 pm.

The Aero is also well-served by public transportation. More information about parking, as well as directions to the cinema, are available on the venue's website.

For more information, please call the Aero at 310-260-1528.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of each of these movies through interviews with many people who worked with Peter before and behind the camera, including directors Fritz Lang and John Huston, and actresses Andrea King and Frances Drake.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.

Film Lecture Series Includes Lorre

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, the Gene Siskel Film Center will feature Peter Lorre’s first sound movie M (1931) in their series “Viewing Positions”.

The program begins at 6 pm and includes a lecture by Fred Camper, artist and long-time art and movie critic for the Chicago Reader.

Admission is $5 for Film Center members, and $12 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, which opens an hour before the first show of the day. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Film Center website. A nominal fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The Gene Siskel Film Center is located at 164 North State Street, between Lake and Randolph streets, in the heart of the theater district in Chicago, Illinois.

Validated parking is available at the InterPark Self-Park, located at 20 East Randolph Street, across the street from Macy’s, in Chicago, Illinois. Tickets may be validated at the Film Center box office. After 6 pm, limited street parking is available along Lake Street and Wabash Avenue in Chicago. More information about parking, as well as directions to the Film Center, is available on the venue’s website.

According to the Film Center website, the “Viewing Positions” series uses a variety of movies to “demonstrate the different relationships that films establish with the viewer, and the thematic, cultural, and ideological implications of those differences.” The series is presented in cooperation with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism.

The series began Friday, August 30, 2019, and continues to Tuesday, December 10. The full schedule is available on the Gene Siskel Film Center website.

For more information, please call the Film Center at 312-846 2800.

Casablanca at 2019 FAB Fest

The 2019 FAB Fest (Film, Art, Book) brings the weekend’s events to an end with a showing of Casablanca on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, in Lakewood, Washington.

The doors open at noon. Among the activities are a showing of Brooklyn (2015), local author and humorist Dorothy Wilhelm, artist Ron Snowden, book signings, and art and photography exhibits.

At 7 pm, flutist Jeannie Hill will perform “As Time Goes By”, the signature tune of Casablanca, followed by the movie in 4k resolution and digital sound.

Admission to all films and event is free for everyone. Free raffle tickets are available, too, with prizes including DVDs, books, and watercolor pens.

The FAB Fest is held at McGavick Conference Center, located in Building 23 on the campus of Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Boulevard SW, in Lakewood, Washington.

Free parking for visitors is available in the lot in front of the McGavick Conference Center. More information about parking, as well as directions, is available on the festival website.

Cary Grant Salute Includes Lorre

London’s British Film Institute continues its salute to actor Cary Grant with showings of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), the only film Grant made with Peter Lorre.

Arsenic and Old Lace will be shown on these dates and times ~

• Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 – 5:40 pm
• Tuesday, Sept. 17 – 8:35 pm

The series “Cary Grant: Britain’s Greatest Export” continues every Tuesday through Sept. 24, 2019. The 8-week evening course explores the background, career, and legacy of one of classic cinema’s best-loved stars. The remaining schedule is available on the BFI website.

Admission is open to non-members of the BFI, as well as members. Non-members will be charged a per-ticket booking fee of £1 for each ticket sold, to a maximum of £3 per transaction.

Evening and weekend prices are £10.50 for BFI members, £12.50 for non-members, and £6 for children 16 and under. For senior citizens (age 60 and above), students, unwaged and disabled visitors who are also BFI members, admission is £8.20, and for non-members £10.20.

More information about ticket prices may be found on the BFI website.

Tickets may be purchased through the BFI box office, located in the main foyer. Tickets may also be purchased on-line through the BFI website. From the page about Arsenic and Old Lace, click the “Buy” button beside the date and time of choice. A Booking Fee will be added to all online purchases.

The BFI Southbank is located on Belvedere Road, on the South Bank of the Thames in London, England. Directions to the BFI are available on the cinema’s website.

Parking is available at the Hayward Gallery, National Theatre, and Jubilee Gardens. The BFI is also well served by public transportation. The closest underground station is Waterloo. Exit Waterloo by the South Bank exit. More information about public transportation is available on the venue’s website.

Dinner with Mr. Moto in San Francisco

Peter Lorre fans in the area of San Francisco, California, can enjoy a special treat in September, 2019 – a showing of Danger Island (1939) with dinner at Foreign Cinema, the “dinner and a movie” restaurant in the Mission District.

Showings of Danger Island will continue through Monday, September 16, 2019.

Dinner is served from 5:30 pm until 10 pm on Sundays through Wednesdays, and from 5:30 pm until 11 pm on Thursdays through Saturdays, but the 35mm print of Danger Island will not be shown until dusk each night, when it’s dark enough to see the movie against the giant back wall facing the outdoor courtyard area of the restaurant.

Foreign Cinema is located at 2534 Mission Street, between 21st and 22nd streets, in San Francisco, California.

Parking garages within walking distance of Foreign Cinema include Mission Bartlett Garage and California Parking. Mission Bartlett Garage is closest, located at 3255 21st Street. California Parking is located at 2351 Mission Street.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin discusses the making of the Mr. Moto series, including interviews with Peter’s stunt double Harvey Parry, actor Chick Chandler, and writer/director Norman Foster.

Peter Lorre first played the intrepid and enigmatic Kentaro Moto in Think Fast, Mr. Moto in 1937 and continued on through an additional seven movies, “B” pictures designed as the bottom half of a double-bill. Initially pleased to play a hero instead of another villain at 20th Century-Fox, Peter soon became bored with the series.

Danger Island was the final movie to be filmed, but was released as the seventh in the series. Unlike the others, “Mr. Moto” was not part of the title. To ensure moviegoers realized Danger Island was in the Moto series, the title card reads “Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto in Danger Island” – and ever since then, the film’s title has been erroneously given as Mr. Moto in Danger Island.

Including on the Foreign Cinema’s website.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased from Amazon U.S., Amazon Canada, and Amazon U.K, as well as other booksellers.

Click on any of these links, and the order page will open.