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The Lost One:
A Life of
Peter Lorre
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British actor Stephen Greif portrays an older Peter Lorre on BBC Radio. |
Afternoon Play, “Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre” – May 10, 2010, BBC Radio 4, 2:15 to 3 p.m., BST
In September of 1963, Peter Lorre found himself involved in a strange court case – a young German immigrant named Eugene Weingand sought to legally change his name to “Peter Lorie, Jr” because, he said, his own name was too difficult to pronounce and his friends thought he looked like the famous actor. When the application was denied, the case went to the Superior Court for the State of California, where Lorre himself gave testimony.
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Kenneth Collard plays Eugene Weingand on BBC Radio. |
Written by Michael Butt and produced by Toby Swift, “Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre” uses actual trial transcripts, supplied by Lorre biographer Stephen Youngkin. But more significantly, the play explores Lorre’s reaction to the theft of his name, as well as the direction his life has taken, in the twilight years of his acting career.
The cast includes British actor Stephen Greif as “Peter Lorre”; Kenneth Collard as “Eugene Weingand”; Peter Marinker as “Lester Salkow”, Lorre’s agent; Helen Longworth as “Helen Hafner”, a Lorre fan; John Rowe as “Judge Burnett Wolfson”, Nathan Osgood as “Jack Paar” and “Barclay”; Kerry Shale as “Robert Shutan”, Lorre’s attorney; and John Chancer as “Curtis Gemmil”, Weingand’s attorney.
Originally broadcast Sept. 1, 2008, over BBC Radio 4, “Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre” will be repeated May 10, 2010. For one week following transmission, the program will be available through the BBC Radio 4 website's iPlayer.
The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre (2005) by Stephen Youngkin – now in its third printing and winner of the Rondo Award for "Best Book of 2005" – is available in bookstores everywhere, as well as these on-line merchants.
The Films of Peter Lorre (1982), also by Youngkin, is out of print but copies may be purchased through Amazon and Barnes & Noble below. Interested in Lorre's radio and television performances? Check out Radio Showcase and Movies Unlimited. Netflix has Lorre movies for rent.
University Press of Kentucky
Powell's Books
Overstock.com
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
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US fans: Amazon.com |
Canadian fans: Amazon.ca |
UK fans: Amazon.uk |
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US fans: Amazon.com |
The Films of Peter Lorre Barnes & Noble Bookstores 
Radio Showcase |
US fans: Amazon Gift Certificate |
Canadian fans: Amazon Gift Certificate |
Movies Unlimited |
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