The Lost One:
A Life of
Peter Lorre
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Excerpt:
Chapter 3
Peter Lorre's
Credits
(A Sample)
Critics Are
Saying . . .
Interview
With
The Author
What's New!
World/Inferno
Friendship
Society
Peter Lorre:
The Man,
The Actor
Biographical
Sketch
Photo Album
Poster Art
FAQ
DVD — VHS
Radio Programs
Frequently Asked Questions:
- How tall was Peter Lorre?
- Was Peter Lorre Jewish?
- How many films did Peter Lorre make with Sydney Greenstreet? (continued from Page 2)
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Continued from Page 2 – How many films did Peter Lorre make with Sydney Greenstreet?
The scene in question is the Southside Tavern, where Bette Davis waits for her ex-fiancé George Brent. Playing the jukebox loudly, she annoys the customers – six men at the bar who are trying to listen to a boxing match over the radio. These screenshots illustrate the sequence.
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Bette Davis sways to a tune on the jukebox, while the tavern’s patrons try to listen to the radio. The tables in the background are empty. |
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Realizing Brent has stood her up, Davis pays her bill and storms out, to the relief of the patrons and the barkeeper. |
In the one-minute scene is an uncredited Walter Huston, playing the Southside Tavern’s barman, and likely cast in the cameo for good luck in his son John’s film – just as he had been in The Maltese Falcon.
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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 online merchants.