The lost one : a life of Peter Lorre
Often typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame first as a featured player and later as a character actor who trademarked his screen performances with a delicately strung balance between good and evil. His portrayal of the grisly child murderer in Fritz Lang's masterpiece M (1931) catapulted him to international fame. Today, the Hungarian-born actor is also recognized for his riveting performances in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Casablanca (1942). The first full biography of this major actor draws upon more than three hundred interviews, including conversations with directors Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, John Huston, Frank Capra, and Rouben Mamoulian. Author Youngkin examines Lorre's pivotal relationship with German dramatist Brecht, his experience as an émigré from Hitler's Germany, his battle with drug addiction, and his struggle with the choice between celebrity and intellectual respectability.--From publisher description
Print Book, English, ©2005
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., ©2005
Biography
xiii, 613 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780813123608, 9780813136066, 0813123607, 0813136067
58807422
"Who are you, really?"
Facemaker
M is for morphine
Escape to life
Softly, softly, catchee monkey
Being slapped and liking it
Insider as outsider
The swamp
Smoke gets in your eyes
Elephant droppings
The mask behind the face
Mimesis