Movies: Peter Lorre

Featurette about the demise, during the early 1940s, of the once-popular Mr. Moto B-films series that starred Peter Lorre....

In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government....

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Recovered Zulueta short....

When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase....

This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the basis for this edition. It includes a look at the French-language version of M but was produced bef...

Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for generations of cinephiles. However, at the time, whilst such success meant recognition, it also weighed on th...

This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of how this film was made with interviews by musical director Andre Previn and sup...

When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked....

By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre “Trocadero”. Unfortunately, she knows nothing about music and it doesn’t help that all four musicians are in love with her. Jessie doesn’t reciprocate their...

An Austrian silent comedy crime film....

Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in theaters in the UK in 1961 -- supporting the movie Wild in the Country with Elvis Prestley...