Tag Archives: Peter Lorre

Sinister Cinema: Talking About the Falcon

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Don

If you’ve got a few bucks to donate to a good cause, this coming Saturday, February 8 at 6:30p.m., the Novato Theater Film Club is showing the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon — the classic version. The good cause: … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, News, Willeford | Tagged Bogie, Castro Theatre, Hamilton Field, Noir City, Novato Theater, Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet |

Hollywood Beat: Lorre Noir

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Don

If you dig noir (and who doesn’t?) and appreciate the art of woodcuts, check out Loren Cantor’s blog Woodcuttingfool straight from Hollywood — the image above is of the great Peter Lorre in Fritz Lang’s M, and the blurb on Lorre … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, News | Tagged Bacall, Boris Karloff, Fritz Lang, Hillside Strangler, Jack Palance, Loren Cantor, Peter Lorre |

Sinister Cinema: Lorre Noir

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Don

Valentine’s Day again — one of the birthdays of noir. In 1930 — 81 years ago today — Knopf released the first edition of The Maltese Falcon in hardcovers. As I maintain in the short essay “San Francisco Noir” (and to my … Continue reading →