Lorre Drama Over SiriusXM

On the satellite radio provider SiriusXM, horror and drama continue during the week of October 31, 2022 – including Peter Lorre’s Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode, “Death is a Joker” on the Radio Classics channel.

The two-hour block of spooky old-time radio tales include ~

• Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Death is a Joker” (June 10, 1944)
• Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Dead Man’s Vengeance” (Oct. 7, 1944)
• The Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (Mar. 6, 1933)
• The Witch’s Tale, “Devil’s Number” (Dec. 12, 1935)

“Death is a Joker” will air the following dates and times ~

Monday, Oct. 31, 2022 –
9 pm Pacific

Tuesday, Nov. 1 –
12 midnight Eastern

Thursday, Nov. 3 –
7 am Pacific
10 am Eastern

Sunday, Nov. 6 –
1 pm Pacific
4 pm Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, October 31, through Sunday, November 6, 2022, is available on the website of Radio Classics host Greg Bell.

The SiriusXM airs the Radio Classics channel 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? A 30-day trial may be purchased for $1 through the SiriusXM radio website.

During World War II, the Armed Forces Radio Services (AFRS) supplied radio programs to American military men and women serving overseas. Regular series with commercials edited out, as well as commercial-free original programs, were sent out on thick vinyl records to military bases around the world. Mystery Playhouse was comprised of episodes of various suspense and thriller mystery series, such as Mr. and Mrs. North and Sherlock Holmes, as well as anthology series, such as Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Whistler, and Mollė Mystery Theatre.

As one of several hosts of Mystery Playhouse, Peter Lorre introduced episodes with the greeting, “Hello, Kreeps!” and his usual dry sense of humor. A visit to the Green Room and a preview of the next Mystery Playhouse entry usually closed the program.

Originally broadcast on Inner Sanctum Mysteries, “Death is a Joker” now survives only as an episode of the AFRS program Mystery Playhouse – and hosted by Peter Lorre, who has the unique opportunity to introduce himself in his own program!

Happy listening!

Film Society Screens Lorre Classic in Wisconsin

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022, the Green Bay Film Society will present Peter Lorre’s first sound movie, M (1931), as part of the Weidner Downtown Series.

The film will be shown at the historic Tarlton Theatre, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The program begins at 7 pm. The doors open at 6 pm.

Admission is free for everyone.

The Tarlton Theatre is located at 405-409 West Walnut Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Parking is available in the lot near the venue.

More information about the screening is available on the Weidner Center website.

SiriusXM Schedules Lorre Program

Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell will include an episode of Peter Lorre’s 1947 summer mystery series Mystery in the Air during the Bela Lugosi birthday block throughout the week of October 17, 2022.

“The Mask of Medusa” (September 4, 1947) will air on these dates and times ~

• Tuesday, October 18 – 3:30 am Pacific, 6:30 am Eastern
• Thursday, October 20 – 7:30 pm Pacific, 10:30 pm Eastern
• Saturday, October 22 – 11:30 am Pacific, 2:30 pm Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, October 17, through Sunday, October 23, 2022, is available on Greg Bell’s website.

The satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs the Radio Classics channel 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? A 30-day trial may be purchased for $1 through the SiriusXM radio website.

New Jersey Bookshop Screens Poe Films

Get in the spirit of Halloween with Peter Lorre and Edgar Allan Poe when second-hand bookshop Act 2 Books screens a Poe double-feature in their Outdoor Theater on Saturday, October 15, 2022, in Flemington, New Jersey.

The Edgar Allan Poe Fright Night begins at 7 pm with Tales of Terror (1962), starring Vincent Price in three Poe stories – “Morella”, “The Black Cat” (co-starring Peter Lorre), and “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” (co-starring Basil Rathbone).

The Pit and the Pendulum, also starring Vincent Price, immediately follows Tales of Terror.

Admission is free for everyone. Bring chairs and blankets as the October evening will be chilly! Act 2 Books will supply complimentary popcorn.

Act 2 Books is located at 24 Central Avenue in Flemington, New Jersey.

Parking is available on the street in front of the bookshop.

For more information, please check the bookshop’s Facebook page or call the bookshop at 908-968-3711. The event’s rain date is Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Bogart Fest Includes Lorre

For the fifth year, the community theater Theatre in the Heights, located in Citrus Heights, California, presents a three-day Humphrey Bogart Film Festival over the weekend of October 7-9, 2022.

Casablanca (1942) will be shown on Saturday, October 8, at 8 pm.

The full schedule of Bogart movies is available on the venue’s website.

The Bogart film festival is free for everyone, and reservations are not required. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Popcorn and drinks will be provided. And for those interested in a Bogart-themed cocktail, the Theatre in the Heights will open up the Bogart gin purchased from previous Bogart fests, held annually in Key Largo, Florida, from 2013 to 2017.

Theatre in the Heights is located in Suite G of the strip mall at 8215 Auburn Boulevard in Auburn, California. Parking is available in the lot adjoining the mall.

For more information, please contact the theater at (916) 509-3445.

Lorre on TV in October 2022

Plenty of Halloween treats for Lorre fans are on movie schedules in October, including the Turner Classic Movies channel and other channels.

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.


October, 2022

October means Halloween and horror – including some of the horror and suspense movies in Peter Lorre's filmography.

Oct. 2 (Sun), 12 noon, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). A Halloween tale about a dramatic critic (Cary Grant) who, just before he leaves on his honeymoon with the minister's daughter (Priscilla Lane), discovers his aunts have their own little secret – they poison lonely old gentlemen coming to their home in Brooklyn.

Oct. 4 (Tues), 8:35 am, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 4 (Tues), 8 pm, Turner Classic Movies channel – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). The primetime theme is "Pick Your Poison", and the evening of movies involving poisons of various kinds kicks off with this classic about the elderly aunts and their poisoned elderberry wine.

Oct. 4 (Tues), 8 pm, Canadian TCM – Confidential Agent (1945). Lorre fans in Canada can catch this film, instead of Arsenic and Old Lace.

Oct. 5 (Wed), 12:20 am, Talking Pictures Television – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

Oct. 6 (Thurs), 6 am, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). A Lorre double-feature begins with this film considered the first film noir.

Oct. 6 (Thurs), 9:05 am, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

Oct. 7 (Fri), 10 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 9 (Sun), 8 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940). A Lorre double-feature begins with this film considered the first film noir.

Oct. 9 (Sun), 9:25 pm, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

Oct. 10 (Mon), 1:25 am, Movies!Network – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

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

Oct. 12 (Wed), 1 am, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 13 (Thurs), 10 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "Musical France", including this Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse musical with a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.

Oct. 13 (Thurs), 4:25 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 16 (Sun), 8 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944).

Oct. 16 (Sun), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Oct. 17 (Mon), 4:45 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935). Every Monday in October, TCM turns the spotlight on "Creepy Cinema", and tonight's theme is "People on the Verge", including a Lorre double-feature. Note – The Canadian TCM will show Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 17 (Mon), 6 am, TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1947). "People on the Verge" concludes with this film in which a severed hand that only Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre) can see goes on a rampage in an old Italian villa.

Oct. 19 (Wed), 7:30 am, Antenna TV – The Jack Benny Program, "The Peter Lorre / Joanie Summers Show" (Jan. 22, 1963).

Oct. 20 (Thurs), 1:45 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 20 (Thurs), 3:10 pm, Movies!Network – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

Oct. 22 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 23 (Sun), 4 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 24 (Mon), 2:15 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942). The daytime theme is "Sabotage", including this World War II film in which Peter and a gang of Nazis in New York City plot to blow up an American battleship.

Oct. 27 (Thurs), 11:55 pm, Movies!Network – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 29 (Sat), 1:15 pm, Movies!Network – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 29 (Sat), 8 pm, KQED PBS, San Francisco – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 31 (Mon), 1:10 pm, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).


Sneak Peek at November, 2022

November brings a number of Lorre movies on both American and United Kingdom television channelss, including these ~

Nov. 5 (Sat), 6 am, Talking Pictures TV channel – Double Confession (1950).

Nov. 9 (Wed), 10 am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944) TCM celebrates the birthday of Hedy Lamarr, including the only movie she made with Peter Lorre – a World War II spy drama with Lorre and Lamarr as spies working in neutral Lisbon.

Nov. 10 (Thurs), 2:45 pm, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1940). The daytime theme is "Jewel Thieves", including this caper with Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell as con artists after a fabulous pendant – and Peter Lorre as the opportunistic Chinese skipper of a tramp steamer they take refuge on.

Nov. 19 (Sat), 2 pm, TCM – Mad Love (1935).

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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!

Casablanca On-Screen in Two Cinemas

Peter Lorre’s war-time classic Casablanca (1942) will be on-screen at two cinemas this week – the Starlight Cinemas chain in southern California, and the Carolina Theater in Durham, North Carolina.

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Starlight Cinemas – California

As part of their “Cinema Classics” series, Starlight Cinemas will show Casablanca on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in the following theaters ~

• Starlight Dos Lagos 15 – 2710 Lakeshore Drive, Corona, California
• Starlight Cinema City Theatre – 5635 East La Palma Avenue, Anaheim, California

Casablanca will begin at 7 pm at each venue.

Admission is $7 for all seats.

Tickets may be purchased at the box-office or online through each cinema’s website.

The Starlight Dos Lagos 15 is located at 2710 Lakeshore Drive in the Shops at Dos Lagos mall in Corona, California. Parking is available in the lot near the cinema.

The Starlight Cinema City Theatre is located at 5635 East La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, California. Parking is available in the lot near the cinema.

And on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, these two cinemas will show The Maltese Falcon (1941) at 7 pm.

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Carolina Theater – Durham, N. Carolina

As part of its “Retro Film Series”, the Carolina Theater, located in Durham, North Carolina, will show Casablanca on a double-bill with Out of the Past (1947) on Friday, September 23, 2022.

Casablanca will begin at 7 pm, with Out of the Past following.

Admission is $10 for the double-feature.

Tickets may be purchased at the box-office or online through the cinema’s website. Nominal fees and taxes will be charged for any ticket purchased online.

The historic Carolina Theater, opening in 1926, is located at 309 West Morgan Street in downtown Durham, North Carolina.

Parking is available in the Durham Centre Parking Garage, located at 300 West Morgan Street, across the street from the Carolina Theater. More information on parking, as well as directions to the Carolina Theater, is available on the theater’s website.

And on Friday, November 11, 2022, the Carolina Theater will show The Maltese Falcon (1941) on a double-bill with The Big Sleep (1946) as part of their “Retro Film Series”. The program begins at 7 pm with The Big Sleep, followed by The Maltese Falcon.

Lorre Disney Classic Onscreen at Galveston Beach

Movie fans catching a late summer camp-out at the Dellanera RV Park in Galveston, Texas, can enjoy the Walt Disney classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) on Saturday, September 17, 2022, as part of the “Movies on the Beach” summer series.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – starring James Mason, Kirk Douglas, Peter Lorre, and Paul Lukas – will begin after sundown at 8:30 pm.

The movie is free, however, those parking at the beach will be charged the regular admission price of $15 per car.

Dellanera RV Park is located at 10901 San Luis Pass Road in Galveston, Texas. In addition to day parking, the RV park provides 65 full hook-ups with service utilities, water, sewer, electricity, picnic tables, and barbecue pits. The beach includes picnic sites and a pavilion with showers, laundry, and a gift shop.

“Movies on the Beach” is sponsored by the Galveston Park Board of Trustees. Other beach venues for the series are Stewart Beach, East Beach, and Seawolf Park.

Maryland Nostalgia Event Includes Lorre

The annual Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention, held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, from September 15 to 17, 2022, features many celebrities of film and television, classic movies and TV episodes – and this year, Der Verlorene (The Lost One, 1951), the only movie directed, co-written, and co-produced by Peter Lorre.

The Lost One will be shown on Thursday, September 15, at 6 pm, and on Saturday, September 17, at 11 am. All movies and TV episodes will be shown in the Movie Room.

The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention will be held at the Hunt Valley Delta Marriott, located at 245 Shawan Road in Hunt Valley, Maryland. A special convention rate is available at the Marriott. Contact the hotel directly and mention the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention to get the discounted rate. Parking at the hotel is free.

Daily admission to the event is $20 for everyone. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

Now in its 17th year, the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention (MANC) will run from Thursday, September 15, to Saturday, September 17, 2022. The event includes a vendor room, celebrities signing autographs and sitting on Q&A panels, and programs on various entertainment topics, in addition to the movie, cartoons, and television screenings. The Seminar schedule and the Movie Room schedule are available on the MANC website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), Stephen D. Youngkin devotes a full chapter, Chapter 8, "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", to the troubled making of Der Verlorene, including interviews with actors and crew who worked before and behind the cameras with Peter. Translating the title as The Lost One, Peter co-wrote and co-produced the movie, as well as directing himself in the lead role.

Unfortunately, Der Verlorene was a failure in Germany. Peter considered the experience a closed chapter in his life and returned to the United States, where he resumed his career in American movies and radio, as well as the new industry of television.

Since 1983, however, Der Verlorene has attracted more interest with numerous showings in a variety of venues. No doubt Peter Lorre would be very pleased at the attention his only directorial effort has received since his passing in 1964.

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

Lorre on TV in September 2022

Many Lorre films are scheduled for the Turner Classic Movies channel in September. Plus some treats coming up in October for Lorre fans!

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.


September, 2022

Peter Lorre's closest friend Humphrey Bogart is TCM's "Star of the Month", and among the Bogart movies shown every Thursday will be the four films he made with Peter at Warner Bros.

Sept. 1 (Thurs), 10 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The primetime theme is "Bogie and Huston", including the classic hard-boiled detective film that introduced Peter to Bogart.

Sept. 4 (Sun), 1:30 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Sept. 8 (Thurs), 10 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942). The primetime theme is "Super Sleuth", and in their second on-screen pairing, Bogart plays a "Broadway bigshot" in search of the murderer of a family friend and soon gets mixed up with Nazis led by Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre.

Sept. 9 (Fri), 10:55 pm, Talking Pictures Television – The Face Behind the Mask (1941).

Sept. 13 (Tues), 7:40 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Sept. 15 (Thurs), 4 am, TCM – Passage to Marseille (1944).

Sept. 16 (Fri), 4 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). TCM celebrates the 100th birthday of Janis Paige.

Sept. 17 (Sat), 6 am, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943).

Sept. 18 (Sun), 1:45 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950).

Sept. 21 (Wed), 11:50 pm, TCM – Hollywood Canteen (1944).

Sept. 22 (Thurs), 11:30 am, Fox Movie channel – Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961).

Sept. 22 (Thurs), 10:15 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942).


Sneak Peek at October, 2022

October brings Halloween and horror, including some of the horror films in Peter Lorre's filmography.

Oct. 5 (Wed), 12:20 am, Talking Pictures Television – The Comedy of Terrors (1964).

Oct. 13 (Thurs), 10 am, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The daytime theme is "Musicals Set in France", including this Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse musical with a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.

Oct. 16 (Sun), 8am, TCM – The Conspirators (1944).

Oct. 17 (Mon), 4:45 am, TCM – Mad Love (1935).

Oct. 17 (Mon), 4:45 am, Canadian TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 18 (Tues), 6 am, TCM – The Beast with Five Fingers (1947).

Oct. 18 (Tues), 8 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

Oct. 18 (Tues), 8 pm, Canadian TCM – Confidential Agent (1945).

Oct. 22 (Sat), 12 noon, TCM – Stranger on the Third Floor (1940).

Oct. 24 (Thurs), 2:15 pm, TCM – All Through the Night (1942).

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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!