Lorre Lovers, Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Peter

Peter Lorre fans in the Amherst and Hamburg areas in New York state will be able to spend Valentine’s Day with Peter through showings of Casablanca (1942).

At the Screening Room in Amherst, NY, Casablanca will be shown twice on Valentine’s Day at 7 pm and 9:15 pm. Additional screenings will be on these dates and times:

• Friday, Feb. 15 – 7 pm
• Saturday, Feb. 16 – 7 pm

Tickets for Casablanca are $6 and are available at the box-office on a first-come basis, beginning 30 minutes before the movie begins.

The Screening Room is located within the Northtown Plaza, in the Northtown Plaza Business Center, at 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst, NY. The Business Center faces N. Bailey Avenue, behind the Arthur Murray Dance Studio. Parking is available on the N. Bailey side of the building.


At the Hamburg Palace in Hamburg, NY, Casablanca will be shown on Valentine’s Day at 7 pm.

Admission is $5.50 for adults, and $4.50 for children and seniors.

The Hamburg Palace is located at 31 Buffalo Street, in Hamburg, NY. Directions to the theater are available on the Hamburg Palace website.

Parking is available at the cinema.

For more information, please contact the theater at (716) 649-2295.

Secret Agent, Casablanca at the AFI Silver

Lorre fans will have an opportunity to catch two Peter Lorre movies at the American Film Institute theater in Silver Spring, MD, this weekend when both Secret Agent (1936) and Casablanca (1942) will be shown.

In honor of Alma Reville – Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock – and her contribution to her husband’s work, the AFI presents Mr. and Mrs. Hitchock, a series of Hitchcock movies from Feb. 3 to Apr. 10, 2013. Included in the retrospective is Secret Agent (1936), for which Alma Reville received on-screen credit as one of the screenwriters.

Casablanca is among the Special Engagements at the AFI.

Secret Agent will be shown on the following dates and times:

• Saturday, Feb. 16 – 1 pm
• Sunday, Feb. 17 – 5:25 pm
• Wednesday, Feb. 20 – 7:15 pm

Casablanca will be shown on these dates and times:

• Saturday, Feb. 16 – 7:15 pm
• Sunday, Feb. 17 – 3:15 pm
• Monday, Feb. 18 – 5:15 pm

Tickets are $11.50 for general admission; $9 for seniors 65 years and older, students, and the military (with proper ID); and $7 for children 12 and under. For AFI members, admission is $8.50. AFI Member Passes will be accepted for all movies in both series.

Tickets for may be reserved on-line through the AFI Silver website. Click the “Buy Tickets” button, then scroll to the title Secret Agent or Casablanca, click the link and select a show date and time. Tickets reserved on-line must be claimed at the box office with the same credit card used to make the reservation. The AFI Silver accepts American Express, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards.

Tickets may also be purchased at the AFI Silver box office, which opens 30 minutes before the first film of the day.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road, at the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue, in Silver Spring, MD. Directions to the cinema may be found on the AFI Silver website.

Parking is available in several public parking decks close to the theater. Most convenient is the Wayne Avenue garage, located at 921 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Parking at the Wayne Avenue garage is free on weekends and after 8 pm on weekdays. More information on parking can be found on the AFI Silver website, under Parking.

M at the Detroit Film Theatre, Jan. 26

As part of their DFT 101 classic film series, the Detroit Film Theatre will screen M (1931) on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013.

The program begins at 4 pm.

Admission is $5 for all seats, and free for members of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Tickets may be purchased on-line through the DIA website. Pick up tickets at the Will Call office at the DIA.

The Detroit Film Theatre is located within the Detroit Institute of Arts at 5200 Woodward Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan. Directions to the DIA are available on the museum’s website.

Parking is available in a number of locations near the DIA. The Cultural Center Lot offers secure self-parking on John R. Street, directly behind the museum, for a cost of $5 daily. Other self-parking locations at Wayne State University include the Welcome Center, Structure #8, Visitor Lot #59, and Lot #35. Valet parking is available at the Farnsworth Street entrance during museum hours. More information about parking may be found on the DIA website.

In The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Lorre biographer Stephen Youngkin details the making of M, including the remembrances of people who worked on the film or visited the set, such as Peter’s brother Andrew. A remastered version of M is available on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion, including the French-language version and the long-lost English-language version.

Film Noir Series Includes 2 Lorre Films

The Providence Public Library’s Film Noir Series “Crime: Pulp, Art and Hollywood” will include two Peter Lorre movies this season – M (1931) and The Maltese Falcon (1941).

On Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, M will be shown. On Thursday, Mar. 14, The Maltese Falcon is the feature.

Movies will be shown in the Auditorium, located on the third floor of the library. The program begins at 6 pm. All movies are free and open to the public. Sign-up for the series on-line through the library’s website.

Film writer and director Ron Hagell will lead a discussion on each movie in the series. Mr. Hagell, who holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts, has taught screenwriting around the world, including such institutions as University of London and Frankfurt University.

The Providence Public Library is located at 150 Empire Street in Providence, Rhode Island. Directions may be found on the library’s website.

Parking is available close to the library along Washington Street in the following locations: Hilton Providence Garage, adjacent to the Dunkin’ Donut Center; Intown Parking, 131 Washington Street; and Dunkin Donut Center Parking, 165 Washington Street. Discount parking is available at the Providence Hilton Parking Garage – $3 for 3 hours for most programs; bring your ticket with you for validation at the library.

Northbrook Public Library Screens 3 Lorre Films

As part of their Wednesday classic film series, the Movie Club of the Northbrook Public Library will present three movies co-starring Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart in January:

• Jan. 16 – Passage to Marseille (1944), 1 and 7:30 pm
• Jan. 23 – The Maltese Falcon (1941), 1 and 7:30 pm
• Jan. 30 – Beat the Devil (1953), 1 and 7:30 pm, but not yet confirmed

The Movie Club program begins at 12:30 pm each Wednesday in the library’s Auditorium with premiums and trivia. The movie follows at 1 pm. Refreshments are provided by Starbucks and Sunset Foods. Admission is free, and the public is welcome.

An additional screening is presented at 7:30 pm each Wednesday evening.

The Northbrook Public Library is located at 1201 Cedar Lane, in Northbrook, Illinois. Parking is available on the library grounds. For more information, please call the library at (847) 272-6224.

Although all three of these movies are available on DVD, the Movie Club plans to show Passage to Marseille on 16mm and The Maltese Falcon and Beat the Devil on 35mm.

In the authorized Lorre biography The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen Youngkin details the making of these films, as well as the on- and off-screen friendship of Peter and Bogie, through interviews with many of the directors and actors who worked with both men at the Warner Brothers studio.

Lorre on TV This Spring

2013 begins with several Peter Lorre movies on Turner Classic Movies during January, February, and March. 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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January, 2013

Jan. 5 (Sat.), 3 am, Turner Classic Movies channel – M (1931).

Jan. 11 (Fri.), 12:30 pm, TCM – Background to Danger (1943).

Jan. 11 (Fri.), 2 am, Antenna TV – The Jack Benny Show, originally broadcast Jan. 22, 1963.

Jan. 14 (Mon.), 2:45 pm, TCM – The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942).

Jan. 19 (Sat.), 9 am, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941).

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February, 2013

February brings TCM’s annual “31 Days of Oscar” festival, with each day devoted to a different movie star.

Feb. 2 (Sat.), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). A weekend of Oscar nominees and winners from the Warner Bros. studio brings Casablanca, which took the award “Best Picture of 1943”.

Feb. 2 (Sat.), 10 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). Had his part been larger, Peter Lorre might have been nominated “Best Supporting Actor” in his first film at Warners. However, his co-star Sydney Greenstreet, with whom Peter would make another 8 movies, did receive the nomination in that category – but lost to Donald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley.

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March, 2013

Mar. 2 (Sat.), 8 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). “31 Days of Oscar” concludes with a weekend of United Artists movies, including this all-star extravaganza, winner of “Best Picture of 1956”.

Mar. 25 (Mon.), 4 pm, TCM – The Big Circus (1959).

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Many of these and other Lorre movies are now available on DVD and VHS – some 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.

Happy viewing!

The Maltese Falcon On-Screen in Decatur, Georgia

As part of their Golden Classic Films series, the Friends of the Decatur Library will screen The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at the DeKalb County Public Library.

The program will begin at 2 pm.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The DeKalb Library is located at 215 Sycamore Street, in Decatur, Georgia. Parking is available at the library.

For more information, please call the library at (404) 370-3070.

The making of The Maltese Falcon is recounted in the pages of the authorized Peter Lorre biography The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005). The movie was Peter’s first at Warner Bros. – and the first of five movies he would make with his co-star Humphrey Bogart.

Hyde Park Library Screens The Maltese Falcon

As part of their “Shadow of THE FALCON” series, the Hyde Park Library will present The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

The program begins at 2 pm. Admission is free to the public.

The Hyde Park Library is located at 2 Main Street, at the corner of Main Street and Route 9, in Hyde Park, NY. Directions to the library may be found on the library’s website.

For more information, please contact the library at (845) 229-7791.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, the biography of Peter Lorre, author Stephen Youngkin recounts the making of The Maltese Falcon in the summer of 1941.

Not only was it the first movie Peter made with Humphrey Bogart, who would become his best friend – but it was also the movie on which Peter met Karen Verne, a young German actress who would soon be under contract to Warner Bros., work with Peter in another Warner film All Through the Night (1942) and in 1945, become the second Mrs. Lorre.

Casablanca On-Screen at the Center for Jewish History

On Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, the Center for Jewish History will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Casablanca (1942) with a screening of the classic movie and a discussion led by film historian Noah Isenberg.

The program begins at 6 pm.

Admission is $8 for the general public, and $5 for Center members, seniors, and students. Tickets may be purchased online through the Center’s website.

The Center for Jewish History is located at 15 West 16th Street, in New York City, NY. For more information, please call (212) 294-8301.

The Center is easily reached by public transportation. If arriving by car, the Center is able to offer visitors discounted parking at the following locations: Creative Parking LLC, located at 16 West 16th Street; and Universal Parking LLC, located at 55 West 14th Street. More information may be found on the Center website, under “Getting to the Center”.

Peter Lorre was among the many Jews working before and behind the cameras on Casablanca – a roster that included the director Michael Curtiz and screenwriters Philip and Julius Epstein and Howard Koch. Noah Isenberg recently published in the Wall Street Journal an article on the making of Casablanca, Nov. 24, 2012.

Arsenic and Old Lace at the Lansing Public Library

On Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, the Friends of Lansing Library will sponsor a showing of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) at the Lansing Public Library.

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

Admission is free, but patrons must register for the event through the library’s website or by calling (708) 474-2447. The event is sponsored by Friends of Lansing Library.

The Lansing Public Library is located at 2750 Indiana Avenue, in Lansing, Illinois. Parking is available at the library. For more information, please contact the library at (708) 474-2447.

In his book The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005), Stephen Youngkin details the making of Arsenic and Old Lace. The movie was released in the fall of 1944, but filmed in 1941 on the Warner Brothers lot. Not yet under contract to the studio, Peter Lorre was cast in the film after completing The Maltese Falcon and All Through the Night. Peter would work on several more films before the studio would add him to their stable of contract players – and Peter would enter the most productive period of his career with radio and stage appearances in addition to movies.