Poe Birthday Salute Includes Lorre

Every week, Radio Classics channel host Greg Bell celebrates birthdays with special programming, and during the week of January 15, 2024, the spotlight shines on writer Edgar Allan Poe in two separate blocks of radio programs adapted from his work, including “The Black Cat” episode of Peter Lorre’s summer series Mystery in the Air.

The “Poe Man’s Radio Special” with Lorre will air these programs ~

• Inner Sanctum, “The Tell-Tale Heart” – August 3, 1941
• Mystery in the Air, “The Black Cat” – September 18, 1947
• The Weird Circle, “Murders in the Rue Morgue” – January 2, 1944
• Suspense, “The Pit and the Pendulum” – January 12, 1943

This Poe birthday block will air these dates and times ~

Monday, January 15 ~
3 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern
”The Black Cat” – 3:30 am Pacific, 6:30 am Eastern

Friday, January 19 ~
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern
”The Black Cat” – 5:30 pm Pacific, 8:30 pm Eastern

Saturday, January 20 ~
9 pm Pacific
”The Black Cat” – 9:30 pm Pacific

Sunday, January 21 ~
12 midnight Eastern
”The Black Cat” – 12:30 am Eastern

The full schedule of the week’s programming is available on Greg Bell’s website.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics 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? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

UCLA Hitchcock Program Includes Lorre

On Saturday, January 20, 2024, the Billy Wilder Theatre in Los Angeles, California, will present a program on director Alfred Hitchcock as part of the ongoing series “Archive Television Treasures”. “’Good Evening’: Alfred Hitchcock on Television” will explore his work as host and director of small screen dramas, including Peter Lorre in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, “Man From the South”.

The event includes ~

• Suspicion, “Four O’Clock” – September 30, 1957
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents, “Man From the South” – January 3, 1960
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “I Saw the Whole Thing” – October 11, 1962

The presentation begins at 7:30 pm.

Admission is free for everyone. Tickets are available at the theater box office, which opens one hour before the event.

The Billy Wilder Theater is located at the Courtyard Level of the Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Boulevard, at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles, California.

For more information, please call the theater at 310-206-8013.

Parking is available in the lot under the Hammer Museum. Enter the lot from Westwood Boulevard, just north of Wilshire Boulevard. Parking for the disabled is provided on levels P1 and P3. On Saturdays and Sundays, the fee is a flat rate of $3.

The venue is also well-served by public transportation.

More information about parking and public transportation, as well as directions, may be found on the venue’s website.

In the pages of The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, Stephen D. Youngkin discusses Peter Lorre’s long association with Alfred Hitchcock, beginning with Peter’s first English-speaking role in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934).

Lorre went on to co-star in a second Hitchcock film Secret Agent (1936), and appeared in two episodes of the Hitchcock TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “The Diplomatic Corpse” (December 8, 1957) and “Man From the South” (January 3, 1960).

The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre may be purchased in many brick-and-mortar shops, as well as these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

SiriusXM Radio Airs Lorre Classic

During the week of January 8, 2024, Radio Classics host Greg Bell celebrates the 85th anniversary of the Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater with a 2-hour block of episodes, including Peter Lorre in “The Maltese Falcon” over SiriusXM Radio.

The block includes “Between Americans” (Dec. 7, 1941); “The Maltese Falcon” (Sept. 20, 1943); “The Gay Divorcee” (March 6, 1944); and “Vivacious Lady” (Dec. 3, 1945).

“The Maltese Falcon” will air these dates and times ~

Monday, January 8 ~
5:30 pm Pacific
8:30 pm Eastern

Wednesday, January 10 ~
7:30 am Pacific
10:30 am Eastern

Saturday, January 13 ~
1:30 am Pacific
4:30 am Eastern

The full schedule for the week of January 8 to January 14, 2024, is available on Greg Bell’s website.

Originally airing over CBS on September 20, 1943, the episode reunited the cast of the classic 1941 movie The Maltese Falcon in their original roles – Humphrey Bogart as detective Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his client Brigid O’Shaughnessy, Sydney Greenstreet as “the Fat Man” Kasper Gutman, and Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics 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? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

New Year with Lorre Movies on TV

A new year begins with a handful of Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels, including Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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January, 2024

Just a few Lorre movies on the Turner Classic Movies channel this month.

Jan 8 (Mon), 1:30 pm, Turner Classic Movies – The Constant Nymph (1943). The Daytime Theme is "Starving Artists", including this romantic role for Peter Lorre in the first of two movies he made with Charles Boyer.

Jan 10 (Wed), 1:20 am, Talking Pictures TV – Island of Doomed Men (1940). Join Caroline Munroe in the Cellar Club for this thriller with Peter Lorre as the sadistic owner of an island of convicts forced to work in his diamond mine.

Jan 11 (Thurs), 11:50 am, Movies! Network – The Chase (1946).

Jan 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The primetime theme is "The Power of Film", including the WWII classic starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Peter Lorre.

Jan 18 (Thurs), 5 pm, Great American Family channel – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (March 16, 1960).

Jan 25 (Thurs), 5:05 pm, Talking Pictures TV – The Chase (1946).

Jan 28 (Sun), 3:45 pm, Turner Classic Movies – Silk Stockings (1957). Peter Lorre sings and dances in this Fred Astaire musical from MGM.

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Sneak Peek at February, 2024

From February 9 to February 29, and March 1 to March 10, TCM celebrates 31 Days of Oscar, including the Lorre movies that have won or received nominations for Academy Awards.

Feb 1 (Thurs), 12 noon, TCM – They Met in Bombay (1941). TCM celebrates the birthday of Clark Gable, including the second of two movies he made with Peter Lorre at MGM.

Sneak Peek at March, 2024

Mar 7 (Thurs), 8 pm, TCM – Casablanca (1942). TCM celebrates Day 28 of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this World War II classic, which won Best Picture of 1943.

Mar 9 (Sat), 11 am, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). TCM celebrates Day 30 of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this classic who-dunnit, which was nominated for Best Picture in 1942.

Mar 10 (Sun), 8 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). TCM celebrates the final day of their annual "31 Days of Oscar" with this all-star extravaganza, which won Best Picture of 1957.

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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!

Merry Christmas from Peter Lorre and SiriusXM Radio

Throughout December, old-time radio host Greg Bell airs Christmas-themed episodes of many old-time radio series on the Radio Classics channel over the satellite radio service SiriusXM – and among the westerns, thrillers, and comedies, Lorre fans will find Peter’s Suspense episode, “Back for Christmas” (1943).

During the week of Monday, December 18, 2023, “Back for Christmas” will air these days and times ~

Tuesday, Dec. 19 ~
1:30 am Pacific, 4:30 am Eastern

Thursday, Dec. 21 ~
3:30 pm Pacific, 6:30 pm Eastern

Sunday, Dec. 24 ~
3:30 am Pacific, 6:30 am Eastern

The two-hour block includes ~

• Dark Fantasy, “House of Bread” (December 26, 1941)
• Suspense, “Back For Christmas” (December 23, 1943)
• Mysterious Traveler, “Christmas Story” (December 25, 1951)
• Romance of the Ranchos, “Christmas at Mission San Gabriel” (December 24, 1941)

The full schedule of the week’s programming is available on host Greg Bell’s website.

This version of the John Collier story originally aired December 23, 1943. “Back for Christmas” was Peter’s fourth of six appearances before the microphone of the anthology series, airing over CBS every Thursday night.

Peter plays Hubert Schumacher, a Swiss professor of botany who digs a Devil’s Garden as a bed for rare orchids in the cellar of his estate. While his overbearing wife Hermione plans their trip to America and Hubert’s lecture tour, Hubert makes plans of his own – involving a new Mrs. Schumacher and the disposal of Hermione.

Plans go awry . . . . on all fronts.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics 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? SiriusXM offers special trial deals through their website.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Christmas with Lorre Movies on TV

Finish out the year of 2023 with a handful of Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels, including Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.

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December, 2023

Cary Grant is the "Star of the Month" on the Turner Classic Movies channe, and Eddie Muller welcomes Peter to "Noir Alley".

Dec 1 (Fri), 2:30 pm, Turner Classic Movies – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). TCM kicks off a month-long salute to Cary Grant, including this dark comedy about a theater critic (Grant) who finds out his two sweet elderly aunts (Jean Adair and Josephine Hull) are poisoning lonely old gentlemen and burying them in the cellar.

Dec 2 (Sat), 12 midnight, TCM – Black Angel (1947). Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir", brings to his Saturday night "Noir Alley" this mystery film starring Peter Lorre, Dan Duryea, and June Vincent.

Dec 3 (Sun), 10 am, TCM – Black Angel (1947). Miss last night's midnight showing of Eddie Muller's "Noir Alley"? Here's the Sunday morning replay.

Dec 9 (Sat), 8 pm, MeTV – The Raven (1963). Saturday night horror host Svengoolie presents this American International Pictures horror-comedy, starring Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, and Boris Karloff – as well as a young Jack Nicholson.

Dec 14 (Thurs), 12:30 am, Talking Pictures TV – Beat the Devil (1954).

Dec 20 (Wed), 4 pm, MeTV – Wagon Train, "The Alexander Portlass Story" (NBC, March 16, 1960).

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Sneak Peek at January, 2024

Kick off a fresh new year of Lorre films on television in January.

Jan 2 (Tues), 6 am, TCM – Quicksand (1950). In the wee hours of January 2 to the early morning of January 3, TCM salutes Mickey Rooney with several Rooney films, including the only movie he made with Peter Lorre.

Jan 8 (Mon), 1:30 pm, TCM – The Constant Nymph (1943). TCM's Daytime Theme is "Starving Artists", including the first of two films Peter made with Charles Boyer.

Jan 11 (Thurs), 4:30 am, TCM – Casablanca (1942). The primetime theme is "The Power of Film", including the WWII classic starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, and Peter Lorre.

Jan 28 (Sun), 3:45 pm, TCM – Silk Stockings (1957). The Fred Astaire musical comedy featuring a singing and dancing Peter Lorre.

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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 makes an excellent Christmas gift for the Lorre fan in your life! Find it on these online merchants ~

• Amazon U.S.
• Amazon Canada
• Amazon U.K

Happy viewing!

Holiday Season with Lorre Movies on TV

November begins the holiday season and a handful of Lorre films on the Turner Classic Movies channel, as well as other channels, including Talking Pictures TV.

American times shown are Eastern Standard.


November, 2023

Catch a few Lorre films on TCM, the Movies!Network, and Britain's Talking Pictures TV.

Nov 5 (Sun), 2:35 am, Movies! Network – Quicksand (1950). Peter Lorre and Mickey Rooney co-star in this independent film about an auto mechanic (Rooney) who sinks into a life of crime.

Nov 12 (Sun), 10:45 am, Talking Pictures TV – Double Confession (1950).

Nov 15 (Wed), 1:30 pm, TCM – You'll Find Out (1940). The TCM daytime theme is "Old Dark Houses Mysteries" with a day or horror and mystery films set in spooky houses, including the Kay Kyser musical-comedy set in an isolated mansion where Kay and his band are hired to play for a debutant's 21st birthday party, attended by Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi.

Nov 17 (Fri), 1:30 pm, TCM – The Maltese Falcon (1941). The TCM daytime theme is "Film Noir Heavies", including this film noir classic featuring two heavies who became a screen team in the early 1940s – Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

Nov 22 (Wed), 2 pm, TCM – Around the World in 80 Days (1956). The daytime theme is "All-Star Casts", including this extravanganza about the Victorian gentleman (David Niven) who bets he can travel around the world in 80 days and encounters the biggests stars in Hollywood during his journey.

Nov 26 (Sun), 6 am, Talking Pictures TV – My Fvourite Brunette (1946).


Sneak Peek at December, 2023

Here's a look at Lorre films on TCM in December.

Dec 1 (Fri), 2:30 pm, TCM – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). In December, TCM's "Star of the Month" is Cary Grant, including this dark comedy about a theater critic (Grant) who finds out his two sweet elderly aunts (Jean Adair and Josephine Hull) are poisoning lonely old gentlemen and burying them in the cellar.

Dec 2 (Sat), 12 midnight, TCM – Black Angel (1946). Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir", brings to his Saturday night "Noir Alley" this mystery film starring Peter Lorre, Dan Duryea, and June Vincent.

Dec 3 (Sun), 10 am, TCM – Black Angel (1946). Missed the midnight showing of "Noir Alley"? Here's the Sunday morning replay.

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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!

Halloween on SiriusXM Includes Lorre

During the week of Monday, October 30, 2023, the Radio Classics channel continues its celebration of Halloween with horror and Halloween-themed radio shows, including Peter Lorre’s Inner Sanctum Mysteries episode “Death is a Joker”.

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” (October 7, 1944)
• The Witch’s Tale, “Graveyard Mansion” (March 6, 1933)
• The Witch’s Tale, “Devil’s Number” (December 12, 1935)

“Death is a Joker” will air on these days and times ~

Tuesday, October 31 ~
11 pm Pacific

Wednesday, November 1 ~
2 am Eastern

Friday, November 3 ~
7 am Pacific
10 am Eastern

The full schedule for the week of Monday, October 30, through Sunday, November 5, 2023, is available on the website of Radio Classics host Greg Bell.

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.

Originally broadcast on Inner Sanctum Mysteries on June 10, 1944, “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 of introducing himself on his own program!

Happy listening – and happy Halloween!

Lugosi Birthday Block Includes Lorre

Halloween is on the way, and during the week of October 16 to October 22, 2023, Greg Bell will host the birthday of horror legend Bela Lugosi on the Radio Classics channel, airing over the satellite radio provider SiriusXM.

And the Lugosi celebration has a treat for Lorre fans, too – an episode of Peter’s 1947 summer series Mystery in the Air.

The Lugosi birthday block includes ~

• Suspense, “The Doctor Prescribed Death” – February 2, 1943
• Mystery in the Air, “The Mask of Medusa” – September 4, 1947
• The Abbott and Costello Show, with guest Bela Lugosi – May 5, 1948
• The Mel Blanc Show – March 18, 1947

The programs will air on these dates and times ~

Monday, October 16 ~
3 am Pacific, 6 am Eastern

Friday, October 20 ~
5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern

Saturday, October 21 ~
9 pm Pacific

Sunday, October 22 ~
12 midnight Eastern

The full schedule of the week’s programming is available on host Greg Bell’s website.

Satellite radio provider SiriusXM airs Radio Classics 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 three-month trial is also available for one dollar, plus fees and taxes, through the SiriusXM radio website.

Peter Lorre worked with Bela Lugosi in the horror-comedy You’ll Find Out (1940), starring bandleader Kay Kyser. With Boris Karloff, Lorre and Lugosi played villains out to murder a young debutante before her 21st birthday in order to get control of her aunt’s estate. Hired to entertain at the debutante’s birthday party, Kay and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge band foil the trio’s plans.

On September 25, 1940, Kay Kyser hosted Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, and Boris Karloff on his weekly radio show, Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

Sadly, that program has apparently been lost – but You’ll Find Out is available on DVD, as well as occasional showings on the Turner Classic Movies channel.

Lorre Classic in Frederick, Maryland

As part of their “Wonder Book Classic Film Series”, the historic Weinberg Center, located in Frederick, Maryland, will screen The Maltese Falcon (1941) on Thursday, October 12, 2023.

The movie begins at 7:30 pm.

Admission is $7 for adults; $5 for children, FAC members, military service members, seniors age 62 and older, and students; and $4 for City employees.

Tickets may be purchased at the Weinberg Center box-office. Tickets may also be purchased online through the Weinberg Center website. On The Maltese Falcon webpage, click the “Buy Tickets” button. A nominal fee will be added to each ticket purchased online.

The Weinberg Center is located at 20 West Patrick Street in the heart of historic Frederick, Maryland.

Parking is available at several parking decks in downtown Frederick. Closest to the Weinberg Center are the Court Street garage and the West Patrick garage. Parking information, as well as directions to the venue, are available on the Weinberg Center website.

The Weinberg Center opened in 1926 as the Tivoli, an elegant theater that could present both silent movies (accompanied by the cinema’s Wurlitzer organ) and stage shows. And in 1940, Jack Warner, head of Warner Bros Studio, had a hand in the installation of air conditioning to the Tivoli.

After falling into disrepair in the 1950s, the Tivoli was purchased by Dan and Alyce Weinberg, and today, the Weinberg Center presents classic movies and a variety of live performances throughout the year, including the “Wonder Book Classic Film Series”, sponsored by Wonder Book, a local bookshop offering new, used, rare, and collectibles items, such as Peter Lorre radio shows on vinyl records and films on DVD.

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