Tuesdays with Lorre: They Met in Bombay (1941)

Tuesdays with Lorre: They Met in Bombay (1941)

It’s a crapshoot looking at lesser known studio films.  Occasionally you find a diamond in the rough, or even a sleeper classic. More often you stumble across mediocrity. I can’t say They Met in Bombay is really bad. I’d like to think it’s the worst film I’ll watch in my quest to view previously…
Tuesdays with Lorre: Passage to Marseille (1944)

Tuesdays with Lorre: Passage to Marseille (1944)

While during production Casablanca was considered a disaster in the making, it did OK at the box office and is still remembered fondly by a few film buffs today. So it's unsurprising that Warners decided to pimp that success with this rather similar venture, doing all they could to recreate the magic. Unsurprisingly, the…
Tuesdays with Lorre: Black Angel (1946)

Tuesdays with Lorre: Black Angel (1946)

I had noted that a few libraries in our system had bought some Warners’ DVD-Rs starring Peter Lorre, including a couple of films I have long wanted to see. So I checked through the system and ordered in whatever Lorre movies were available that I hadn’t seen yet. I really like Peter Lorre. Somebody…