fyi, a biography of lorre has been published this year. the title is the lost one: a life of peter lorre, and the author is stephen d. youngkin.
i read a review of it in a magazine, and the name of the mag and reviewer escape me now. the review made the point that hollywood misused his talents. iirc, he ended up a morphine addict.
Harry is right about the Lorre biography -- "The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen D. Youngkin. Official website: http://www.PeterLorreBook.com -- you can find information on the book and Peter himself there, plus tons of photos.
One point, however: Peter became addicted to morphine as a young man, due to a botched gall bladder operation. Unfortunately, he was never able to get off the drug completely, although he did have periods when he was clean and healthy.
He was such a terrific creepy character. And I always loved Marty Feldman's homage to him in "Young Frankenstein."
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ReplyDeletefyi, a biography of lorre has been published this year. the title is the lost one: a life of peter lorre, and the author is stephen d. youngkin.
ReplyDeletei read a review of it in a magazine, and the name of the mag and reviewer escape me now. the review made the point that hollywood misused his talents. iirc, he ended up a morphine addict.
sad.
but he was effective in m and the maltese falcon.
Harry is right about the Lorre biography -- "The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre" by Stephen D. Youngkin. Official website: http://www.PeterLorreBook.com -- you can find information on the book and Peter himself there, plus tons of photos.
ReplyDeleteOne point, however: Peter became addicted to morphine as a young man, due to a botched gall bladder operation. Unfortunately, he was never able to get off the drug completely, although he did have periods when he was clean and healthy.
You can read all about it in "The Lost One".