Syracuse Cinephile Society Fest Includes Lorre

The Syracuse Cinephile Society, of Syracuse, New York, continues their spring 2017 season of Monday Night classic movies with a mystery double-feature of The Whistler (1944) and Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) on Monday, March 27, 2017.

All films in the series will be shown at the Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant, located at 689 North Clinton Street in Syracuse, New York. Parking is available in the lot beside the restaurant.

Directions to the Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant are available on the Cinephile Society's website.

The program will begin at 7:30 pm, but attendees who plan to come for dinner are recommended to arrive no later than 6:15 pm, in order to finish by 7:30 pm.

Admission to the Syracuse Cinephile Society event is $3 for Cinephile members, $3.50 for non-members.

The full schedule for the Monday Night Series is available on the Society’s website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the making of the Mr. Moto series, including interviews with Norman Foster, who directed Mr. Moto’s Last Warning and five other Moto films.

Although initially interested in playing the intrepid – and globe-trotting – Japanese importer for whom detecting is a hobby, Peter soon grew of the character. Continually addressed as “Mr. Moto” by the public, playing Mr. Moto in sketches on the radio variety series of the late 1930s, and getting few opportunities to appear in non-Moto projects at 20th Centuryi-Fox all added to Peter’s disappointment with the series.

In 2006 and 2007, 20th Century-Fox remastered and restored all eight of the Moto films, hired John Cork and his production company Cloverland to produce a unique documentary – including interviews with Stephen Youngkin – for each movie, and released the series in two DVD box-sets with additional extras.

Purchase Mr. Moto, Volume 1, from Amazon.

Purchase Mr. Moto, Volume 2, from Amazon.

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

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!

Mrs. G. Goes to College Comes to GetTV, March 2017

Lorre fans with access to the GetTV channel can look forward to something new from Peter’s television credits when Mrs. G. Goes to College joins the station’s line-up in late March, 2017.

The one-season TV comedy series – broadcast over CBS on Wednesday nights at 9:30 pm in the early 1960s – tells the story of Mrs. Sarah Green (Gertrude Berg), an older widow who decides to attend an unnamed university and live in a boarding house among her fellow students.

Also in the cast are Sir Cedric Hardwicke, as Prof. Crayton, her English instructor; Mary Wickes, as her landlady; Skip Ward, as her classmate Joe Caldwell; and a young Marion Ross (who later appeared on Happy Days in the 1980s), as Susan Green, Mrs. Green’s daughter.

As Dr. Kestner, Mrs. Green’s science instructor, Peter Lorre made two guest appearances on the program.

In “First Test”, originally shown on Oct. 11, 1961, Dr. Kestner makes a bet with his friend Prof. Crayton that Mrs. G. and her lab partner Joe Caldwell will fail their first exam in the Doctor’s class.

In “The Trouble with Crayton”, broadcast Dec. 6, 1961, Dr. Kestner conspires with Mrs. G. to help Prof. Crayton get some much-needed rest.

GetTV will first air these episodes on the following days and times ~

• ”First Test” – Tues., Mar. 21 – 6 am
• ”The Trouble with Crayton” – Thurs., Mar. 30 – 6 am

With the series added to the channel’s regular line-up, GetTV will air these episodes on future dates and times, as listed on the GetTV schedule.

Although not available commercially, Mrs. G. Goes to College may be purchased through Thomas Film Classics.

In the Appendix of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Lorre fans will find a complete-to-date list of Peter’s television credits, as well as lists of his radio work, his movies, and his stage and theater appearances.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased through Amazon.

Heritage House Shows Beat the Devil, Mar. 16, 2017

As part of their “Film Noir” series, held on the third Thursday of every month, the Heritage House Arts and Civic Center presents Beat the Devil (1954) – Peter Lorre’s final movie with pal Humphrey Bogart and director John Huston – on Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017.

The film will be shown at 2 pm and 7 pm.

Admission is free for everyone. Free popcorn will be served during each showing.

The Heritage House is located at 1428 Jenkins Road, on the grounds of Heritage Park, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Parking is available near the Heritage House.

Follow the Heritage House on Facebook to find out more about House events.

Ohio Library Schedules Classic Lorre Film

As part of its “Classic Movie Afternoon” series, the Sylvania Branch of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library system in Ohio presents The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.

The program will begin at 2 pm in the Meeting Room. Refreshments will be provided.

Admission is free for everyone.

The full schedule for the “Classic Movie Afternoon” series, from January to May, is available on the branch library’s website.

The Sylvania branch is located at 6749 Monroe Street in Sylvania, Ohio. Directions to the library are available on the branch's website.

Parking is available in the library’s parking lot.

For more information, please contact the library at 419-882-2089.

Restored Beat the Devil at New York City’s Film Forum

In an interview, Peter Lorre recalled Beat the Devil (1954) as “a delicious sardonic comedy” that was “a flop first in New York” because the studio opened it with “a blood-and-thunder campaign”. Hastily re-edited by director John Huston before its release, with a tacked-on opening voice-over by lead actor Humphrey Bogart and four minutes trimmed from its running time, the movie fell into public domain years ago and has been seen only in this form – until now.

A new restoration has gone back to the original 35mm camera negative, as well as other sources, to re-create the longer version. And the Film Forum, located in New York City, will screen the uncensored and unseen version of Beat the Devil, from Friday, Feb. 17, to Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.

Beat the Devil will be shown on the following dates and times ~

• Friday, Feb. 17 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, and 9:10 pm
• Saturday, Feb. 18 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, and 9:10 pm
• Sunday, Feb. 19 – 2:10 pm, 6:40 pm, and 8:40 pm
• Monday, Feb. 20 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, and 8:20 pm
• Tuesday, Feb. 21 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, and 9:10 pm
• Wednesday, Feb. 22 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, and 9:10 pm
• Thursday, Feb. 23 – 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:40 pm, 7 pm, and 9:10 pm

Admission is $14 for adults, and $8 for children under the age of 12. Seniors age 65 and older attending shows before 5 pm, Monday to Friday, may purchase tickets for $8. Tickets for Film Forum members are $8 for all showings.

Tickets may be purchased at the Film Forum box office. Tickets may also be purchased on-line through the Film Forum website. Click the “Buy Tickets” button on the Beat the Devil page. On-line registration is required to purchase tickets through the venue’s website. More information on tickets is available on the Film Forum website.

The Film Forum is located at 209 West Houston Street, between 6th Avenue and Varick Street, in New York City, New York.

Parking, both metered and non-metered, is available on many of the streets close to the Film Forum. Parking on 6th Avenue, 7th Avenue, and Varick Street is metered.

The Film Forum is well-served by subway and bus lines. Directions to the theater, as well as parking and public transportation information, are available on the venue’s website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses the chaotic making of Beat the Devil, the fifth and final movie Peter made with his old pal, Humphrey Bogart. Working on location in Italy, the two pranksters welcomed celebrity visitors such as George Sanders to the set, played practical jokes on cast-mates, and enjoyed the ping-pong-playing form of co-star Gina Lollabrigida.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in soft-bound and hard-bound editions, as well as Kindle and Nook.

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

Maltese Falcon Events at California Libraries

The National Education Association continues their "Big Read" events at several libraries in Southern California in 2017.

From Monday, February 6, to Saturday, May 27, events involving The Maltese Falcon, both the 1929 novel and the 1941 movie, will be held at these libraries – Manhattan Beach Library, Lancaster Library, Stevenson Ranch Library, Angelo M. Iacoboni Library, and Norwalk Library.

The Shakespeare At Play company will present a showing of the movie, with a discussion, at these libraries ~

• Lancaster Library – Monday, Feb. 13 – 6 pm
• Manhattan Beach Library – Wednesday, Feb. 22 – 6 pm
• Angelo M. Iacoboni Library – Thursday, Mar. 30 – 6 pm, with refreshments provided by the Friends of the Lakewood Libraries.

Library book clubs will discuss the Hammett novel on these dates and times ~

• Manhattan Beach Library – Monday, Feb. 6 – 6:30 pm
• Stevenson Ranch Library – Saturday, Mar. 4 – 2 pm
• Norwalk Library – Saturday, Apr. 8 – 12 noon, and refreshments are included.

The complete schedule of Big Read Events at these libraries is available on the Southern California Library website.

The Angelo M. Iacoboni Library is located at 4990 Clark Avenue, in Lakewood, California. For more information, please call the library at 562-866-1777.

The Lancaster Library is located at 601 W. Lancaster Boulevard, in Lancaster, California. For more information, please call the library at 661-948-5029.

The Manhattan Beach Library is located at 1320 Highland Avenue, In Manhattan Beach, California. For more information, please call the library at 310-545-8595.

The Norwalk Library is located at 12350 Imperial Highway, in Norwalk, California. For more information, please call the library at 562-868-0775.

The Stevenson Ranch Library is located at 25950 The Old Road, in Stevenson Ranch, California. For more information, please call the library at 661-255-2707.

Lorre on Harrisburg IMAX Screen

Peter Lorre fans in Central Pennsylvania are in for a special treat in the month of February – Casablanca (1942) will be shown in the IMAX theater of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Beginning Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, and running until Sunday, Feb. 26, the Whitaker Center will present several Oscar-winning movies. The full schedule is available on the venue’s website.

Casablanca will be shown on the following days and times ~

• Feb. 4, Saturday – 7:30 pm
• Feb. 10, Friday – 7:30 pm
• Feb. 18, Saturday – 7:30 pm
• Feb. 24, Friday – 7:30 pm

Admission is $9.50 for adults age 18 to 54, and $8 for Military personnel, Juniors age 3 to 17, and Seniors age 55 and older. Members of the Whitaker Center can receive a $2 discount on each ticket. Tickets may be purchased at the Whitaker Center box office. Tickets may also be purchased on-line through the venue’s website. Scroll to Casablanca on the "Oscar-Winning Films Series" page and click the "Buy Tickets" button.

The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is located at 222 Market Street, between the indoor shopping mall Strawberry Square and the Hilton Hotel in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Parking is available in the Walnut Street Parking Garage, located at 215 Walnut Street, in downtown Harrisburg. Parking is also available at meters on the streets near the Whitaker Center. Meters are free after 7 pm, Monday through Saturday, and all day on Sundays.

For more information, pleas contact the Whitaker Center at 717-214-2787.

Amherst Screening Room Presents Lorre Films

In tribute to director Alfred Hitchcock, The Screening Room, located in Amherst, New York, will show Peter Lorre’s first English-speaking movie The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday, Jan. 20, 21, and 25, 2017.

The film will begin at 7:30 pm on all three days.

Admission for The Man Who Knew Too Much is $6 for all seats. Tickets may be purchased at the box office, beginning about 30 minutes before the show. The Screening Room accepts most major credit cards.

Formerly located in the Northtown Plaza Business Center, The Screening Room has moved to the Boulevard Mall, located at 1265 Niagara Falls Boulevard, in Amherst, New York.

The Screening Room’s entrance is outside the mall on the Alberta Drive side of the Boulevard Mall, near the Macy’s department store – in Suite 207, formerly the location of the Funny Bone Comedy Club. More information, including a store directory, is available on the Mall’s website.

Parking is available throughout the Boulevard Mall.

For more information, please call The Screening Room at 716-837-0376.

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Spend Valentine’s Day with Peter at The Screening Room with special showings of Casablanca (1942) in a week-long celebration of the film's 75th anniversary!

A Night in Casablanca ~ Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 ~

Advance tickets are on sale now for A Night in Casablanca – dinner and a showing of Casablanca on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.

Tickets are $30 each and include a buffet-style spaghetti dinner with a Moroccan twist from My Tomato Pie, wine, soft drinks, Moroccan coffee, and admission to the film, plus taxes and gratuity. Tickets for this event must be purchased in advance at the box office or online through the Screening Room website. Tickets will not be available at the door.

Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Dinner will be served at 7 pm. The movie will begin at 8 pm.

Anniversary Showings ~ Feb. 10 to Feb. 18 ~

Casablanca will also be shown on these days and times ~

• Feb. 10, Friday – 7:15 pm – $6
• Feb. 11, Saturday – 7:15 pm – $6
• Feb. 12, Sunday – 12 noon – $6
• Feb. 14, Tuesday – 7:15 pm – $6
• Feb. 18, Saturday – Time to be announced – $6

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In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin describes the making of Casablanca, a film to which Peter attached little importance. Working only four days on the movie, Peter later claimed he made more money playing the roulette wheel on the “gambling room” set than he did before the cameras. Nonetheless, his performance led to a contract with Warner Bros. and a period of professional and personal success.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in eBook format for the Kindle and Nook, as well as soft-bound and hard-bound editions.

Students! Classes Include Lorre Films!

Peter Lorre fans in the areas of Flagstaff, Arizona, and Bridgton, Maine, will have an opportunity on January 24 and 27, 2017, to attend classes on classic Lorre films – M (1931) and The Maltese Falcon (1941).

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M, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona ~

NAU’s College of Arts and Letters film series continues the spring installment of its popular Tuesday night film series with a free showing of M in the Cline Library on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017.

The program, which includes a cartoon and post-film discussion, will begin at 7 pm in the library’s Assembly Hall, located on the first floor near the public entrance. Local film experts will introduce M, and series organizers Paul Helford and Paul Donnelly will lead a discussion immediately following the movie.

Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

The Cline Library is located at 1001 S. Knoles Drive, at the corner of Knoles Drive and McCreary Road, in Flagstaff, Arizona. A map of the University is available on the library's website.

Parking lot P16 is directly across the street from the Cline Library. Lot P13 is behind the library. The College of Arts and Letters Film Series has been designated as a free parking event. To qualify for the free permit, which must be downloaded for each movie, attendees must be a community member and register with NAU Parking. Instructions for obtaining a free parking are available on the NAU website.

For more information, please contact the library at 928-523-2173.

The film series will run from Tuesday, Jan. 17, to Tuesday, May 2, 2017. The full schedule is available on the Cline Library website.

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The Maltese Falcon, Senior College, Bridgton, Maine ~

In Bridgton, Maine, winter term is now in session at the Senior College, and on the schedule for Friday, Jan. 27, is The Maltese Falcon (1941).

The program begins at 10 am. Margaret Reimer will present the class, discussing film noir and the movie’s characters.

Class will be held at the Magic Lantern Theater Pub, located at 9 Depot Street in downtown Bridgton, Maine. Parking is available at the pub.

Senior College is a hometown Bridgton program designed for anyone 50 years or older residing in Bridgton or the nearby Lakes Region communities in Maine. Students may take a class or two for $5 each, or become a Senior College member for $20 and take any winter session class for free.

Class registration forms are available at the Bridgton Library, located at 1 Church Street, in Bridgton, Maine. Forms are also available on the Senior College website. Instructions for enrollment in Senior College are available on the Senior College website.

For more information, please contact Kappy Sprenger, Senior College Registration, at 207-647-5593.

Classes will run from Tuesday, Jan. 17, to Thursday, February 9, 2017. The complete schedule is available on the Senior College website.

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No word on textbooks for these classes – but an outstanding work would be The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, by Stephen D. Youngkin, who recounts the making of both M and The Maltese Falcon through interviews with directors Fritz Lang and John Huston, among others.

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre is available in hard-back and soft-bound editions, as well as the Kindle and Nook.