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, trademarking his screen performances with a delicately strung balance between good and evil. His portrayal of the child murderer in Fritz Lang's masterpiece M (1931) catapulted him to international fame. Lang said of Lorre: "He gave one of the best performances in film history and certainly the best in his life." Today, the Hungarian-born actor is also recognized fo

Author: Stephen D. Youngkin
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 09/30/2005
Pages: 680
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.47lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.42w x 1.76d
ISBN: 9780813123608

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 40
Library Journal 08/01/2005 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 07/11/2005 pg. 79
Library Journal 08/15/2005
Choice 02/01/2006 pg. 1024

About the Author

Stephen D. Youngkin is coauthor of The Films of Peter Lorre and Peter Lorre: Portrait des Schauspielers auf der Flucht. He appeared as an expert biographer on the German television documentary Das Doppelte Gesicht (The Double Face) and A&E's Biography tribute to Peter Lorre.

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