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Peter Lorre
Poster Art
Critics Are
Saying . . .
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Metro advertised Lorre’s Dr. Gogol as
"THE SENSATION that TOPS THEM ALL!" -- namely the Phantom of the Opera, the
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dracula and Frankenstein. "To the great character creations of
screen history . . . add the most amazing of them all! Peter Lorre (the Brilliant Star of
'M' and 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'), as the
mysterious Dr. Gogol . . . feared by men . . . fascinating to women . . . achieves the acting
triumph of years! . . . Not since Lon Chaney, has the screen seen a performance to top this,
for soul-shattering thrills!"
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Mad Love -- MGM, 1935, directed by Karl Freund, with Peter
Lorre as "Dr. Gogol", a brilliant Parisian surgeon.
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An American one-sheet poster for Mad Love (1935), from the
book Graven Images (1992) by Ronald V. Borst. Isabel Jewell, whose name
is included here and on all publicity for the film, appeared in a scene that was shot,
but cut from the final print. She plays a prostitute who picks up Stephen Orlac's
(Colin Clive) stepfather; her pimp is prevented from robbing the old man when a
shadowy figure throws a knife into the elder Orlac's back.
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Another American one-sheet poster for the original release of
Mad Love, 1935. From the book Graven Images (1992) by Ronald
V. Borst.
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An American insert poster for Mad Love, 1935. From the book
Graven Images (1992) by Ronald V. Borst.
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An American insert poster for Mad Love, 1935. From the book
Graven Images (1992) by Ronald V. Borst.
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An American half-sheet poster for Mad Love (1935). From the
book Graven Images (1992) by Ronald V. Borst.
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An American six-sheet poster for Mad Love (1935). From the
book Graven Images (1992) by Ronald V. Borst.
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Columbia publicists weren't above selling
Crime and Punishment as a murder mystery. Poster artwork featured a
very sinister looking Lorre, along with Raskolnikov's confession that "for the first time I felt
the impulse to commit murder!!" The red and white 3-sheet is one of the few posters that
did not showcase Columbia's new star.
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Crime and Punishment -- Columbia, 1935, directed by Josef
von Sternberg, with Peter Lorre as "Roderick Raskolnikov", a university
graduate and student of murder.
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A trade ad for the American release of Crime and Punishment
(1935).
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A rare three-sheet vertical poster for Crime and Punishment,
advertising the film's original American release in 1935.
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An American lobby card for Crime and Punishment (1935),
with Marian Marsh as "Sonya" and Peter Lorre as "Raskolnikov". Courtesy of
Mike Hawks.
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Secret Agent -- Gaumont-British, 1936, directed by Alfred
Hitchcock, with Peter Lorre as "the General", an assassin working for British
Intelligence.
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A one-sheet poster advertising the American release of
Secret Agent (Gaumont-British, 1936).
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A lobby card for the film's 1936 American release, depicting the
climactic train sequence with Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, and
Robert Young.
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In 1936, Peter Lorre and Columbia Studios
parted ways. It was a mutual decision. Harry Cohn had put the trophy actor, fresh from
Europe, on his shelf and took him down for the occasional loan-out. Lorre sought greener
pastures -- in this case, a variety of solid roles -- elsewhere. Studio boss Darryl Zanuck
brought the actor to 20th Century-Fox.
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Crack-Up -- 20th Century-Fox, 1937, directed by Malcolm
St. Clair, with Peter Lorre as "Baron Rudolf Maximillian Taggart", alias "Colonel
Gimpy", the leader of a band of spies.
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An American insert poster advertising Crack-Up (1937).
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A one-sheet poster for the film's release in Sweden as
I Främmande Makts Tjänst (In the Service of a Foreign Power),
1937.
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An American lobby card for Crack-Up (1937), with Thomas Beck,
Peter Lorre, and Brian Donlevy in the cockpit of a plane during the movie's tense final
moments. Courtesy of Mike Hawks.
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Nancy Steele is Missing -- 20th Century-Fox, 1937, directed
by George Marshall, with Peter Lorre as "Professor Sturm", cellmate to the
kidnapper of Nancy Steele.
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An American one-sheet poster advertising the release of
Nancy Steele is Missing (1937).
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An American title card for the film's 1937 release, advertising the lead
actors Walter Connolly and June Lang (on the lower left), Victor McLaglen, and
Peter Lorre. Courtesy of Mike Hawks.
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Except where noted, all images are from the collection of Stephen Youngkin.
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The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre
by Stephen Youngkin -- now in its second printing and
winner of the Rondo Award for "Best Book of 2005" -- is available in bookstores
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The Films of Peter Lorre
(1982), also by Youngkin, is out of print, but copies may be
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