#peter lorre pictures

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Peter Lorre, "Casablanca" (1942) and evocative shadows.

Source for top pic

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Peter Lorre, sweet darling ❤️❤️

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Granada Holmes & Watson!

Though if it hadn't been them, I could only hope to have been so fortunate as to have Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet on my side.

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Peter Lorre, "Passage to Marseille" (1944).

A gorgeous man will look good in anything. 😊

Source

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"Ta beauté forme un paysage que je ne peux me lasser de contempler"

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Peter Lorre's smug little face gets me every single time.

With Raymond Massey in "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1944). Source

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Beauté exquise ❤️ exquise esquisse ❤️ esquisse céleste ❤️🪽

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Peter Lorre: Monarch of Menace

"The story is the ground I walk on. If I know how to walk — understand the character I am playing — I must go in the right direction, and the character must be 'right,' convincing, interesting to the audience. If the ground crumbles under me, I am lost." -Peter Lorre, 1936

"A cordial, friendly chap, a bit past thirty, is this man who burst upon the consciousness of film-goers with his terribly realistic portrayal of the gruesomely warped creature in the German production, "M." Short, (he's about five-feet three), stocky, (his weight is about 160 pounds), Lorre has sandy-brown hair, brushed flat and close to his scalp from a part that makes a line as straight as a draughtsman's rule at the left side of his head. His is a beaming, smiling countenance..."

An adorable article. The errant quotes abound.

"Lorre's training for his art was most unusual, resulting from the application of his own very original idea."

and

"Three great psychologists have repeatedly tried to induce Lorre to abandon acting for psychology."

Are among the "Say what, now?" category.

From Screenland (May-Oct 1936).

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TAKE TWO, REVISED BY REQUEST

Peter Lorre should win all the things because of aforementioned reasons and these reasons too

Like just look at him

Scrungly in "Du haut en bas" (1933) where he plays a professional beggar:

Scrungly in "I'll Give a Million" (1938) where he plays the most endearing bum ever, matched perfectly with John Carradine as the most aristocratic bum ever:

Scrungly in "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." (1931) where he's a conniving editor and incidentally gets the girl:

last poll of the quarterfinals!

Gene Wilder (Bonnie and Clyde, The Producers)—Gene Wilder's first starring role was a pathetic little guy who was lured into committing crimes and panicked about it, then continued committing the same crimes in prison!

Peter Lorre (The Maltese Falcon, Arsenic and Old Lace, Casablanca)—to me he DEFINES scrungle hes the first person i think of every time the term comes up! i want to fold him up like a paper accordion and put him in my pocket. guy that spawned a million voice artists and impersonators. they made a ghost version of him for halloween cereal staple boo berry. bewitched by his nervous mania and tooth gap <3 (for the purposes of propaganda im linking a photo from his extremely short appearance in muscle beach party bc ive been obsessed w it for years and i couldnt find any video for it :/ anyway imagine youre frankie avalon spending the whole movie battling a bodybuilder faction thats taking over your beach and your girl and then you find out this fucking guy is their mastermind mystery leader and hes stronger than all the bodybuilders combined. like Huh. What.)

These are the the quarterfinals for the scrungly little guy contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you’re confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Gene:

"Excellently scrungly, even in his debut film. And the Producers requires no explanation. Big this energy":

Peter:

he's pretty much the archetype of the scrungly little guy. the blueprint. the example by which all other scrungly little guys are judged

The entire point of his iconic role in Casablanca (apart from introducing the central plot mcguffin) was to be LITTLE and SCRUNGLY to make Bogie look even cooler. And Maggot in Corpse Bride - the littlest scrungliest guy in that film - was a parody of him.

Between his big eyes, wheezy laugh, short stature, and expressive faces, Peter Lorre achieved icon status as the scrungliest, littlest guy in Hollywood. His scrungly little guy energy was often contrasted with the more typical masculinity of the leading man, but whether this contrast was meant to make him seem especially sinister, comedic, or pathetic, it always left an unforgettable impression!

The perfect sniveling character actor, “scrungly” is the first word that comes to mind when I think of him.

I'm sure somebody else has already submitted him (if not then ???) but he's a cute kind of scrungly little guy. He's got a distinctive nasal voice with an accent that is instantly recognizable and often imitated. His later horror movies are so much fun, especially when he's playing off of Vincent Price. He's so good at being unhinged, creepy, or manic, but also pathetic and sympathetic.

Classic scrungly hollywood golden age little guy who was friends with Humphrey Bogart and still played some of the wettest most sniveling characters ever committed to celluloid (complimentary) there is a deep despair and darkness in many of his characters that enhances his scrungly

To be clear, I am one of those people who will argue that Lorre is one of the most underrated film actors, but the POINT is that he's also just a scrungly delight. A delightfully pocket-sized man. Somehow endearing even when he is being actively amoral (see esp. Casablanca. "I found myself much more reasonable!") The faces he makes while doing the Russian cossack dance with a butter knife between his teeth in Silk Stockings make me laugh just thinking about them.

Wikipedia described his typical characters as "timidly devious", lots of weird little villains and evil sidekicks that are pretty horrifying but still manage to be sort of pathetic and the very definition of "poor little meow meow". His look and voice and mannerisms are so iconic they're still imitated

Cartoons for the next century have and will continue to include Peter Lorre-esque characters when needed to up the scrunge factor (see Bugs Bunny and so many more).

Youtube link for characters inspired by Lorre [editor's note: I'm not actually sure how many of these characters are directly, verifiably influenced by Peter Lorre, so take with a grain of salt. tw for suicide depiction.]

I think Arsenic and Old Lace is his quintessential "scrungly" performance. He's so put-upon and tired...all he wants is sleep and some schnapps! I love the way his shoulders fall slowly when he thinks he's caught (he looks like a sad puppy!), only to gleefully sprint out the door when he realizes how dumb those police officers are.

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Let’s find Peter Lorre!

Caricature by Al Hirschfeld (1954) for the Fifth Avenue Cinema in New York City of various Hollywood actors from the first half of the 20th century.

I do believe Peter Lorre is located in the middle of the left side, below Edward G. Robinson:

Among those pictured are:

Adolphe Menjou Alec Guinness Anna Magnani Bela Lugosi Ben Turpin Bette Davis Bing Crosby Bob Hope Boris Karloff Buster Keaton Charles Boyer Charles Laughton Charlie Chaplin Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx Clara Bow Clark Gable Douglas Fairbanks Edward G Robinson Erich von Stroheim Fernandel Fred Astaire Gary Cooper George Arliss Gerard Philipe Gina Lollobrigida Gloria Swanson Greta Garbo Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd Hedy Lamarr Ingrid Bergman Jean Gabin Jean Harlow Jimmy Durante Joan Crawford John Gilbert Judy Garland Katharine Hepburn Laurence Olivier Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish Lionel Barrymore Lon Chaney Louis Jouvet Mae West Marie Dressler Marilyn Monroe Marlene Dietrich Mary Pickford Maurice Chevalier Michel Simon Michele Morgan Mickey Mouse Mickey Rooney Myrna Loy Norma Shearer Orson Welles Peter Lorre Raimu Rita Hayworth Rudolph Valentino Shirley Temple Spencer Tracy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy Stepin Fetchit Theda Bara Vivien Leigh Wallace Beery Warner Oland WC Fields William Powell William S Hart

Have some more Hirschfeld - Peter Lorre caricatures:

Peter Lorre in "Crime and Punishment," drawn June 1936

Peter Lorre in "M", 4/9/33

Peter Lorre & pals in the "You'll Find Out" trade ad, 1940

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Beauté envoûtante...

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Peter Lorre and Paul Lukas in the Warner Bros commissary, around 1943. They were starring in separate pictures - Peter in "Passage to Marseilles" and Paul in "Watch on the Rhine," though later they were both in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

I don't know for certain if both pictures were taken by the same photographer - I'd like to think they were, or these poor lads had a swarm of cameras pointed in their faces - but the second one won an award!

This medal was presented to Floyd McCarty for a "Candid Photograph of Peter Lorre, For Outstanding Achievement / Class B / 1943."

I love both pictures for their different perspectives even as I can see why the second one impressed the judges. It captures Peter's mirth and delight in talking with someone he finds interesting. I'd love to know what point he's making at that precise moment. I don't know much about Paul Lukas, but have read that he too was Hungarian-born.

(Incidentally, the top one is often listed as being a 1944 photo.)

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Bless you for saying this!

Peter, of course, would have given interviewers even more disparaging descriptors - the fried eggs one comes to mind - and I get that it's his own particular sense of humor.

But damn. Peter, baby, your eyes captivate and compel even through a scan of a photo on a screen; even through all these years.

put those big brown eyes away dude now is NOT the time

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Peter Lorre in "Tales of Terror" (1962).

Those eyes of his have all the sorrow of the world.