I love the huge ovations that stars like Peter Lorre get -- several years past their prime, and recognized as character actors rather than matinee idols; yet listen to that thunderous applause! The public really did seem to hold these folks in high regard and affection...imagine that happening today. Of course, there are practically NO character actors around today, and precious few "stars"...
Lorre was an incredible actor. I particularly like his work with Sidney Greenstreet and in Arsenic & Old Lace. A Scent of Mystery hasn't aged well, in fact, given there are plot points dependent on the "smellovision" aspect, it doesn't look like it's ever been released for home viewing (though I suppose someone could have constructed a "scratch & sniff" version, it was clearly just a gimmick.
@@lisamoroney3036 Why do you say that? Lorre was in some great pictures that doubtless a majority of the studio audience had seen and people love to see movie stars in person. I remember the first time I met someone I had seen in the movies: I was sure he just resembled the actor -- how could it really be him, but it was and he was amused that I could not believe it was him. A nice fellow who even today most people would recognize but probably not be able to name. Later on, I would run into all sorts of people, it just happens as you travel, but the first time was a big deal. And I still don't think I have actually met a star as big as Lorre was and would still be excited, just as I was as a little kid, to meet someone like him. I am trying to think of a living actor of his level, but I can't think of anyone: there are just too darn many actors and celebs nowadays. But when Lorre was a star, TV had not really kicked in and the total number of stars in Hollywood was probably much fewer than 1000. Now, between TV and Movies, could there be 10 or even 100 times that number of people, who, at least, had gotten their 15 minutes of fame?
They always presented themselves with great flair, dignity, wit, elegance, good humor and beautiful manners. A bittersweet reminder of all we have so sadly lost in a mere half century. I'm very glad I was around during this wonderful time in our history. Sad that these videos --- and our memories -- are all we have left of that grand era.
@@44032 Sad but informative documentary about Mr. Lorre... he had a bad personal manager that stole from him and forced him to take about any pix out there. He had multiple wives and kids to support. FYI: ruclips.net/video/NAJYGgrG_dE/видео.html He was very depressed and self medicated with alcohol and other things but maintained his professionalism until the end. He hated his last movie he was doing so much though, he uncharacteristically was bad mouthing the film while making it. He died of a heart attack several days after shooting completed.
I often thought Lorre should have received the Academy Award for his role in M sergio chavez. He was as you say, effective. He was also intense, sad and frightening at the same time. You could have sympathized with his "child molester" character if you listened to his plea, his dialogue, and understood his torment -- and then how that one citizen rose and addressed the mob. I won't say anymore. That was a great picture and Peter Lorre was magnificent.
@John LaStrada: he was so effective in that scene that I forgot I was listening to German and reading the subtitles. It "felt" like he was speaking to me in English. Just amazing.
@@davidbarnett9312 Agree. Lorre's performance in M, is among the greatest male acting performances, of all time. Just as Falconettis' Joan of Arc, is among the greatest female performances. A foreign language film and a silent one, and these turns still hold up.
So cool to see Peter Lorre as himself. It really kills me that they didn't record interviews with movie stars as much back then. And god, what I'd do to have a commentary from Lorre and Bogart or Lorre and Greenstreet or Price on one of their movies!
I agree. I'm something of a devotee, when it comes to classic film, esp noir. I would welcome the chance to read, hear or watch interviews with guys like Lorre, Bogie, Ryan, etc and actresses like Mary Astor, Ann Sheridan, Audrey Totter etc... I certainly read and watch all that I can.
+MKu MKu "M" was amazing. Terrifying as hell, but amazing. And Peter . . . what an actor, what a performance. I got chills when he first appeared onscreen, when it was just his shadow against the telephone pole, even before he said his first line. He was truly one of the great ones. There aren't actors like him anymore, and there should be. Bring back the old ways!
+TheaterRaven I love seeing these greats: Peter Lorre, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, James Stewart, Jack Benny, etc etc. lol even Colonel Sanders! (who my mom met in an elevator when she was little) Today's "celebs" CERTAINLY DO NOT COMPARE!
I like Peter Lorre's roles and characters in his long career. Including in Germany and in cartoons. 😀 Thanks WML for the many different people you promoted.
Fun episode ! He was known to be a very heavy smoker & was even smoking when he walked out to take his seat ! He certainly put on a lot of weight as the years went by. Wonderful character actor ! Thanks so much for sharing with us ! :-)
"I know I can trust you, Rick! I know you despise me...so I know I can trust you!" (still one of the best 'lines' ever written, and delivered by the only man who could say them and be believed as 'real') I notice there has never been another like him, andit was a great loss to movies when Lorre left us.(it's funny...no more 'Lorre's' or 'Karloff's' and the other 'Greats' who though long gone have never been replaced)
Peter is great. I love 'Casablanca'. It's simply an all-around solid good film worth many viewings. The only downside for me was Peter's brief role in it. I am disappointed every time his part ends.
mxylpx Are you seriously defending second hand smoke which kills 40,000 people per year in the US alone? www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm I may be boor, but at least I don’t smoke; the elegant John Charles Daly is a Boer. If you care to respond I’ll happily give you the last word, but try not to glorify repugnant smoking. In 60 years the proportion of smokers has decreased by two thirds; let’s get it lower.
The panel is fantastic, as is the host. Some of the questions are wonderful - "If I were carrying this product down the street, would people laugh?" Love the way Peter knew he was busted, and fessed up before someone else stated his name.
Peter Lorre was unique, with his wild eyes and very distinctive voice. He was very compelling when he would play a character who was losing his grip on reality. I liked him in The Maltese Falcon when Bogart had to smack him around a little bit.
Anthony Schliesman Steve Allen was a brilliant guy, but I found it hard to look past his prejudices. He hated rock and roll and routinely made fun of musicians and singers in the genre. He seemed to have a bona fide contempt for the modern 50s pop star. It's difficult because I really like Steve Allen's comedy. I always laugh, but I'm also always aware that he held contempt for the efforts of other talented people.
You have to look at it from his viewpoint. He was raised on the great jazz music of the 30's and 40's performed by talented musicians. To him these rock and roll hillbillies that could barely play 3 chords and sang off key were justifiably objects of derision. I am saying this as one who loves rock and roll.
'Casablanca' was awarded Best Picture Oscar in 1944, but Lorre and the other surviving stars of the film had no idea how beloved- how iconic- it would remain in the hearts of classic movie fans!
44? uh, I think it was released for the American 1941 audience, just before the US entered the war. Lorre was "advised" in Germany by Goebbles himself to get TF out of town.
@@louisliu5638 Thanks, Luis. Actually we're both wrong. Casablanca was nationally released on January 23, 1943. It won the Academy Award that year-1943, not 1944.
He was always a good improviser. He was the first host of the Tonight Show, before Johnny Carson, and had another variety show as well. He played piano and was a good actor, starring as jazz bandleader Benny Goodman in The Benny Goodman story. And I think it was on his show that he introduced a young Frank Zappa, who showed him how he uses a bicycle as a musical instrument.
Oren Lyons was also a champion lacrosse player, and went on to become a tribal elder, professor, and a very distinguished international advocate of indigenous rights. He's still alive, and 90 years old this year.
As a kid, I went to a smellivision movie that used scratch and sniff cards. A number would appear on the screen, and you would scratch the card associated with the number. It was quite disgusting at times 😵
Dorothy is so annoying with her “look who I know” questions. “Did you get pushed into a swimming pool at Lucille Balls dinner party by Henry Fonda, while Judy Garland sang a duet with Dean Martin, and get pulled out by Es5er Williams and Jimmy Stewart?” 🙄
I agree that some tv and movies went down hill in just a few years. The whole industry just do not care what they produce. Horrible some shows and the use of words that are used, and it sometimes every other word, and it comes out of women’s mouth also. Horrible the entertainment now.
Granted, it's formulaic, which is part of the show's charm, but I think it's also legalistic in that they never wanted a challenger to claim later that they were confused about how to play, and many of them seem a bit confused anyway, as is to be expected from nonprofessionals on TV.
Martin Gable is by far the most refined gentleman I have ever seen... being a homunculus he must have been teased mercilessly when he was a child, but he overcame it and grew up to be a great man!
Indeed... he knew of no other kind. Steve Allen was multi-talented, a wonderful wit, accomplished musician, writer, host... he did it ALL, and with equal proficiency. I never watched ANYTHING that he was a part of without enjoying the experience more than I otherwise would have.
@@ianbentley7276 Indeed ! Thank heavens for the internet & great sites like wiki & imdb, where tantalizing trivia can be found at the push of a button ! THANKS for your comment !! :-)
@@jubalcalif9100 in actual fact it was james cagney who Ustinov named, getting mixed up, but i dead read in a mag many years ago, that Peter Lorre was the greatest living actor.
I remember watching the movie M with my mom when it was played on TV. The idea of a serial killer who preyed on little girls absolutely freaked me out. I think I was about 8 when I saw it, have never watched it since, but still have vivid memories of some of the scenes. A great actor will do that to you.
10:26 Longines is/was a watch originated in Switzerland; might not be now, but it was then. Steve Allen's line might have produced the loudest laugh I can recall from Arlene - and she had many.
@@jaqatlantic yeah because talented, kind, funny, supportive loving husbands are a dime a dozen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. They were BOTH lucky. I'm thinking of starting the Martin Gabel fan club. If only he wasn't dead.
Henry Quenin, there was the Kate Hepburn - William F. Buckley mid-Atlantic accent, nearly gone now. Refined people can still distinguish themselves with excellent diction.
Sad that Peter Lorre got so addicted to morphine due to a gallbladder condition. Had mine removed a few years ago and it was no big deal. Super sad to hear it basically killed him.
A favorite song of mine, Al Stewart's, "Year of the Cat." "...She goes strolling through the crowds like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime..." Priceless!
'Smellovision', poor bastard, with all that great film work behind him, including the wonderful work in Weimar German movies which were so in advance of American movies of the time, reduced to cheap gimmickey movies just to earn a living. Sad.
+Jaymes Guy Several divorce settlements and a problem with alcohol can bring anyone to the point in their lives that Mr. Lorre had reached by this time. In my opinion, his performances in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" sustain themselves as two of the best in the history of motion pictures.
@@tuforu4 I know it's a little late to comment, but why would they have a museum in Algiers (?), for a film made in a Warner Bros studio in the USA. The only scene NOT made on the film lot was at a nearby airport, for the ending! In fact, it wasn't going to be called Casablanca originally... I cannot recall the, but "Rick's" was in the title?!
Lorre had been a slim, athletic figure in the mid-'40s but he's clearly a wreck in this video of a show recorded some 15 years on and about 4 years before he was found dead.
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I love the huge ovations that stars like Peter Lorre get -- several years past their prime, and recognized as character actors rather than matinee idols; yet listen to that thunderous applause! The public really did seem to hold these folks in high regard and affection...imagine that happening today. Of course, there are practically NO character actors around today, and precious few "stars"...
Lorre was an incredible actor. I particularly like his work with Sidney Greenstreet and in Arsenic & Old Lace. A Scent of Mystery hasn't aged well, in fact, given there are plot points dependent on the "smellovision" aspect, it doesn't look like it's ever been released for home viewing (though I suppose someone could have constructed a "scratch & sniff" version, it was clearly just a gimmick.
Cast mates of shows today are called stars. They are not " Stars, " they are cast members.
@@lisamoroney3036 Why do you say that? Lorre was in some great pictures that doubtless a majority of the studio audience had seen and people love to see movie stars in person. I remember the first time I met someone I had seen in the movies: I was sure he just resembled the actor -- how could it really be him, but it was and he was amused that I could not believe it was him. A nice fellow who even today most people would recognize but probably not be able to name. Later on, I would run into all sorts of people, it just happens as you travel, but the first time was a big deal. And I still don't think I have actually met a star as big as Lorre was and would still be excited, just as I was as a little kid, to meet someone like him. I am trying to think of a living actor of his level, but I can't think of anyone: there are just too darn many actors and celebs nowadays. But when Lorre was a star, TV had not really kicked in and the total number of stars in Hollywood was probably much fewer than 1000. Now, between TV and Movies, could there be 10 or even 100 times that number of people, who, at least, had gotten their 15 minutes of fame?
@@animalntelligence3170 idk why I commented that . I think it was a mistake.
Passed
“Are you in fact a very sad-eyed, innocent villain in pictures?”
“Yes, I’m afraid I am.”
he was one of the greatest actors of all time.
Fat too. Fat as that stove over there.
Notice how he kisses the hands of both ladies. The elegant era of classy Hollywood stars who didn't feel the need to preach politics!
@@stevenjoyal6565 He was a European gentleman of the old school.
"Well Mr. Pfister, how's your sister" love Steve Allen. This show has got to be the best from that era, and I never get tired watching it.
"Well Mr. Pfister, how's your sister" = very funny indeed.
I don’t either and he was really on his game that night!
😂❤
They always presented themselves with great flair, dignity, wit, elegance, good humor and beautiful manners. A bittersweet reminder of all we have so sadly lost in a mere half century. I'm very glad I was around during this wonderful time in our history. Sad that these videos --- and our memories -- are all we have left of that grand era.
+Hyramess Hiramess YES!! like the Connie Francis song, "I was born too late!"
Extremely well said and to the point. The good old days are gone.
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It didn't even take a half century... It's not like one day a half century later, people started to change.
Beautifully described, and so true.
Ha, man, Peter Lorre's voice... one of the most iconic in movie history, surely.
You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !! :-)
He became less intimidating when he got fat and developed bags under his eyes. But he still had that voice.
I love lorre!
@@44032 Sad but informative documentary about Mr. Lorre... he had a bad personal manager that stole from him and forced him to take about any pix out there. He had multiple wives and kids to support.
FYI: ruclips.net/video/NAJYGgrG_dE/видео.html
He was very depressed and self medicated with alcohol and other things but maintained his professionalism until the end. He hated his last movie he was doing so much though, he uncharacteristically was bad mouthing the film while making it. He died of a heart attack several days after shooting completed.
I love Mr. Peter Lorre. He proofed you don't need to be pretty to be success in Hollywerid. But he was a great actor. Classic
Well, he was really cute when he was younger, though XD
he is 1 of my favor actors.
He's my favorite, too. I find him very inspiring
true, I find him oddly beautiful
I have really enjoyed Peter Lorre's movies, He was a very humble actor, but very effective actor.
i recall reading a film mag probably in the 60s (i'm 69) and distinctly recall orson welles saying lorre was the greatest living actor.
I often thought Lorre should have received the Academy Award for his role in M sergio chavez. He was as you say, effective. He was also intense, sad and frightening at the same time.
You could have sympathized with his "child molester" character if you listened to his plea, his dialogue, and understood his torment -- and then how that one citizen rose and addressed the mob. I won't say anymore. That was a great picture and Peter Lorre was magnificent.
@John LaStrada: he was so effective in that scene that I forgot I was listening to German and reading the subtitles. It "felt" like he was speaking to me in English. Just amazing.
"M" is one of the great movies of all time and Lorre was superb. The questions asked then are still being asked today.
@@davidbarnett9312 Agree. Lorre's performance in M, is among the greatest male acting performances, of all time. Just as Falconettis' Joan of Arc, is among the greatest female performances. A foreign language film and a silent one, and these turns still hold up.
The first segment with Mr. Pfister is one of the funniest ever! Steve Allen was at his best. 😂❤
So cool to see Peter Lorre as himself. It really kills me that they didn't record interviews with movie stars as much back then. And god, what I'd do to have a commentary from Lorre and Bogart or Lorre and Greenstreet or Price on one of their movies!
i recall reading a film mag probably in the 60s (i'm 69) and distinctly recall orson welles saying lorre was the greatest living actor.
I agree. I'm something of a devotee, when it comes to classic film, esp noir. I would welcome the chance to read, hear or watch interviews with guys like Lorre, Bogie, Ryan, etc and actresses like Mary Astor, Ann Sheridan, Audrey Totter etc... I certainly read and watch all that I can.
Bacall mentions in her book that Bogie and Lorre was friends 🎉
Love Peter Lorre. And broke out smiling when he gives it away.
So did I...! Great actor!!
Peter Lorre was a legend. Steve Allen had a great laugh.
He's funny..."Watch the cheesy hotels".
18:03--I love how Peter gets the reception he deserves, raucous "Bravo, bravissimo!"-style applause. He was a great, one-of-a-kind talent. :)
+TheaterRaven he was really good in 'Arsenic and Old Lace'
+Brian Collins
Then you haven't seen _M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder_.
+MKu MKu "M" was amazing. Terrifying as hell, but amazing. And Peter . . . what an actor, what a performance. I got chills when he first appeared onscreen, when it was just his shadow against the telephone pole, even before he said his first line. He was truly one of the great ones. There aren't actors like him anymore, and there should be. Bring back the old ways!
+TheaterRaven
I love seeing these greats: Peter Lorre, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, James Stewart, Jack Benny, etc etc.
lol even Colonel Sanders! (who my mom met in an elevator when she was little)
Today's "celebs" CERTAINLY DO NOT COMPARE!
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I like Peter Lorre's roles and characters in his long career. Including in Germany and in cartoons.
😀
Thanks WML for the many different people you promoted.
Lorre was a very distinguished stage actor in his native Germany and his forced departure was a blessing for stage and screen the world over.
Fun episode ! He was known to be a very heavy smoker & was even smoking when he walked out to take his seat ! He certainly put on a lot of weight as the years went by. Wonderful character actor ! Thanks so much for sharing with us ! :-)
The weight was a result of needed medication for medical issues....
The movie M is one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. Even though it was released in 1931, it still holds up.
"I know I can trust you, Rick! I know you despise me...so I know I can trust you!" (still one of the best 'lines' ever written, and delivered by the only man who could say them and be believed as 'real') I notice there has never been another like him, andit was a great loss to movies when Lorre left us.(it's funny...no more 'Lorre's' or 'Karloff's' and the other 'Greats' who though long gone have never been replaced)
So true!
Peter is great. I love 'Casablanca'. It's simply an all-around solid good film worth many viewings. The only downside for me was Peter's brief role in it. I am disappointed every time his part ends.
I too wish Peter Lorre's role in "Casablanca" had lasted longer !!
@@jubalcalif9100 They weren't sure if he committed suicide or was shot trying to escape.
I think his popularity probably led to more substantial roles like the one in Maltese Falcon.
Lorre was elegant and very mischievous!
mxylpx Cannot apply the word elegant to a smoker. Disgusting habit, now and fifty years ago. Thank goodness there is no smell-o-vision
@@stevekru6518 Can not assign the word to such a self-righteous boor like you.
mxylpx Are you seriously defending second hand smoke which kills 40,000 people per year in the US alone? www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm I may be boor, but at least I don’t smoke; the elegant John Charles Daly is a Boer. If you care to respond I’ll happily give you the last word, but try not to glorify repugnant smoking. In 60 years the proportion of smokers has decreased by two thirds; let’s get it lower.
@@stevekru6518It's 3 years ago but why a comment about smoking 😮 you could do better ...
The panel is having so much fun this episode!
No Bennett Cerf
If I am not mistaken, I believe the movie was "Arsenic and Old Lace" with Peter Lorre.
The panel is fantastic, as is the host. Some of the questions are wonderful - "If I were carrying this product down the street, would people laugh?" Love the way Peter knew he was busted, and fessed up before someone else stated his name.
Arlene always had the best wardrobe!
Peter Lorre was unique, with his wild eyes and very distinctive voice. He was very compelling when he would play a character who was losing his grip on reality. I liked him in The Maltese Falcon when Bogart had to smack him around a little bit.
Steve Allen was a quick witty comedian. He endeared himself to the WML audience right here on this episode.
Mr. Lorre was one of the truly great actors.
"You've gotta watch those cheesy hotels."
Gold.
Steve Allen was brilliant, I always enjoy his appearances. He was on fire that night!
Reluctant Dragon And Jane Mansfield isn't bad either.?
Anthony Schliesman Steve Allen was a brilliant guy, but I found it hard to look past his prejudices. He hated rock and roll and routinely made fun of musicians and singers in the genre. He seemed to have a bona fide contempt for the modern 50s pop star. It's difficult because I really like Steve Allen's comedy. I always laugh, but I'm also always aware that he held contempt for the efforts of other talented people.
+alumbo That may be true, though (at least here) he's not above mockery --
/watch?v=pdgtlErraFc
/watch?v=MHsXi_lM_z4
You have to look at it from his viewpoint. He was raised on the great jazz music of the 30's and 40's performed by talented musicians. To him these rock and roll hillbillies that could barely play 3 chords and sang off key were justifiably objects of derision. I am saying this as one who loves rock and roll.
Love Peter Lorre, what an amazing man☺
'Casablanca' was awarded Best Picture Oscar in 1944, but Lorre and the other surviving stars of the film had no idea how beloved- how iconic- it would remain in the hearts of classic movie fans!
44? uh, I think it was released for the American 1941 audience, just before the US entered the war. Lorre was "advised" in Germany by Goebbles himself to get TF out of town.
@@louisliu5638 Thanks, Luis. Actually we're both wrong. Casablanca was nationally released on January 23, 1943. It won the Academy Award that year-1943, not 1944.
Damn, Steve Allen is quick.
He was always a good improviser. He was the first host of the Tonight Show, before Johnny Carson, and had another variety show as well. He played piano and was a good actor, starring as jazz bandleader Benny Goodman in The Benny Goodman story. And I think it was on his show that he introduced a young Frank Zappa, who showed him how he uses a bicycle as a musical instrument.
Oren Lyons was also a champion lacrosse player, and went on to become a tribal elder, professor, and a very distinguished international advocate of indigenous rights. He's still alive, and 90 years old this year.
Great to hear.
Peter Lorre, legend.
I wholeheartedly agree! 👏👏👏👏
I always remember reading in a magazine in the late 50s that he was the greatest living actor.
He was no Franklin Pangborn but I agree he was a fine actor !!
As a kid, I went to a smellivision movie that used scratch and sniff cards. A number would appear on the screen, and you would scratch the card associated with the number. It was quite disgusting at times 😵
I can imagine. I've been to smell-o-vision theaters where nobody had a card (or needed one).
Dorothy is so annoying with her “look who I know” questions. “Did you get pushed into a swimming pool at Lucille Balls dinner party by Henry Fonda, while Judy Garland sang a duet with Dean Martin, and get pulled out by Es5er Williams and Jimmy Stewart?” 🙄
The 'hand kissing' what a lovely gesture.
"British Isles", it really was a long time ago.
I agree that some tv and movies went down hill in just a few years. The whole industry just do not care what they produce. Horrible some shows and the use of words that are used, and it sometimes every other word, and it comes out of women’s mouth also. Horrible the entertainment now.
I like the way “Mr Daly” always asks if the guests knows how we keep score as if it is complex.
Granted, it's formulaic, which is part of the show's charm, but I think it's also legalistic in that they never wanted a challenger to claim later that they were confused about how to play, and many of them seem a bit confused anyway, as is to be expected from nonprofessionals on TV.
@@jonathanzimmer7078Much like Miranda Rights.
So funny with The Swiss Timekeeper 😂💯
Mr. Peter Lorre was only 55 years young here. Wow!!
Martin Gable is by far the most refined gentleman I have ever seen... being a homunculus he must have been teased mercilessly when he was a child, but he overcame it and grew up to be a great man!
j.d. di giusto - What is a homunculus?
@@shirleyrombough8173 little man made of clay that gets brought to life by magic
I always found him obnoxious and pompous!
But John Longines isn't Swiss - um yes it is..
Arlene is the complete opposite- refined but real !
@@donlove3741 Correct. Swiss made since 1832.
Mr. Pfister seemed like such a sweet man.
Peter Lorre was one of the best actors. Remember him in "M", to mention only one of his films.
Smella-vision clearly never took off.
Great puns Steve Allen
Indeed... he knew of no other kind. Steve Allen was multi-talented, a wonderful wit, accomplished musician, writer, host... he did it ALL, and with equal proficiency. I never watched ANYTHING that he was a part of without enjoying the experience more than I otherwise would have.
21:58 Dorothy-"Wanna bet?" She hated to be wrong.
She probably tried to bet the undertaker that she wasn't dead.
She loved having the camera on her.
Steve Allen is pretty darn funny here.
Ripper Corner Quick Witted.
How do they get ssuch quick wit?
Steve Allen was funny everywhere.
Peter Lorre..... Humphrey Bogart & Sydney Greenstreet.......
Trifecta
My favorite Peter Lorre movie was 'Face behind the Mask'....where he had a leading role, and what great acting!!!
Longines IS a Swiss watch company, not sure why the panel thought it wasn't. At least the game was honest.
i once heard peter ustinov say that peter lorre was the world's greatest living actor.
He was no Rondo Hatton but he certainly was one very talented thespian !!
@@jubalcalif9100 well at least i've learned who he was, thanks to wiki
@@ianbentley7276 Indeed ! Thank heavens for the internet & great sites like wiki & imdb, where tantalizing trivia can be found at the push of a button ! THANKS for your comment !! :-)
@@jubalcalif9100 in actual fact it was james cagney who Ustinov named, getting mixed up, but i dead read in a mag many years ago, that Peter Lorre was the greatest living actor.
@@jubalcalif9100 i heard the ustinov comment on the parkinson show in UK
That is the first time I've heard the rules of the game explained. Thank you Mr. Daly!!
these was the great days in many ways
You notice they don't fall all over each other kissing and hugging.
Me.Lorre is one of my favorite actors
APPLAUSE WELL DESERVED/HE MADE UNSYMPATHETIC CHARACTERS SYMPATHETIC AWESOME TALENT/ HIS STYLE I'VE BEEN TOLD IS EPIC REALISM
The Greatest generation was so polite!
In those days men were gentlemen
I loved the way they kissed the back of ladies hands
Happy days
Peter Lorre was in in a great Twilight Zone episode with Steve McQueen
Actually, that was an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (from 1960 and titled "The Man from the South").
“Well, what do you know about that!” 😂❤
Steve, always a laugh riot, is in rare form.
This was a great forum for new companies to get free mention of their products.
I remember watching the movie M with my mom when it was played on TV. The idea of a serial killer who preyed on little girls absolutely freaked me out. I think I was about 8 when I saw it, have never watched it since, but still have vivid memories of some of the scenes. A great actor will do that to you.
how formal...all the men with bow ties
Steve Allen was cute and so wry humored, I wish he were on the panel alot more.
So strange to see someone smoking on TV.
I was thinking the same thing ! But it was quite common, well into the 60s !
You must be very young.
Johnny Carson and his guests frequently did.
In a few early wml episodes John Daly himself is smoking a cigarette.
Dorathy always had good things to say about the panel she introduced.
Lorre was a guest star on one of the Jack Benny shows.
This is on RUclips if anyone is interested.
RIP DOROTHY K. GOD BLESS YOU
It should be noted that Chaplin once referred to him as "the greatest living actor."
10:26 Longines is/was a watch originated in Switzerland; might not be now, but it was then. Steve Allen's line might have produced the loudest laugh I can recall from Arlene - and she had many.
is it possible... would you mind including the original air date?
Steve Allen was SO funny during the time with the Swiss Olympic timer!
Have to wear long jeans while skiing.
He was Mr. Moto.
I want to bring back hand kissing.
Hand kissing and ass kissing go hand in ass!!! lol
When stars were stars....these days they are giving rappers stars on Hollywood blvd....
Oddly , as i was watching this i happened to be drinking Florida orange juice !
Arlene Francis was hot.
One of the hottest. And she got distinctly hotter as she got older, in my view. Martin Gabel, her husband, was one of the luckiest men then alive.
@@jaqatlantic yeah because talented, kind, funny, supportive loving husbands are a dime a dozen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. They were BOTH lucky. I'm thinking of starting the Martin Gabel fan club. If only he wasn't dead.
Arlene Francis is just gorgeous in this episode. I always loved her ❤️
Wow, the American accent was so different back then, more refined.
Henry Quenin, there was the Kate Hepburn - William F. Buckley mid-Atlantic accent, nearly gone now. Refined people can still distinguish themselves with excellent diction.
Sad that Peter Lorre got so addicted to morphine due to a gallbladder condition. Had mine removed a few years ago and it was no big deal. Super sad to hear it basically killed him.
Rick..Rick, you can't do this to me!
Rick sticks his neck out for no one !!
Holy Smokes!!!! The Native American guy is Oren Lyons!
And quite a gentleman.
Petter Lorre was a guest on the Jack Benny program and I thought it was very funny 🤣
This show must have been near his Death. Was a fan going to his very early years and was sorry he ended with the issues he had
oren lyons is now a chief and a professor at the university of buffalo
Good for you
Классный актёр! Видел почти все фильмы с его участием!!!
That's easy for you to say.
LFTL yes, it only if the horse is a palomino.
He was mentioned in the al stewart song "year of cat."
maria, yes, i forgot about that wonderful song.
Yes! Very good!
A favorite song of mine, Al Stewart's, "Year of the Cat." "...She goes strolling through the crowds like Peter Lorre, contemplating a crime..." Priceless!
"You've got to watch those cheesy hotels." Lol
All tv shows ought to have dates
February 1960.
Thank u
'Smellovision', poor bastard, with all that great film work behind him, including the wonderful work in Weimar German movies which were so in advance of American movies of the time, reduced to cheap gimmickey movies just to earn a living. Sad.
+Jaymes Guy
Several divorce settlements and a problem with alcohol can bring anyone to the point in their lives that Mr. Lorre had reached by this time. In my opinion, his performances in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" sustain themselves as two of the best in the history of motion pictures.
+Michael Mantle his problems with morphine didnt help either
i went to Casablanca and no museum of any memory of that great film.
he didn't seem saddened by it, why should you be?
@@tuforu4 I know it's a little late to comment, but why would they have a museum in Algiers (?), for a film made in a Warner Bros studio in the USA. The only scene NOT made on the film lot was at a nearby airport, for the ending! In fact, it wasn't going to be called Casablanca originally... I cannot recall the, but "Rick's" was in the title?!
He was great in arsenic and old lace
Steve. Allen had such a wonderful wit!
He was full of it.
If Bennett had said "you have to wear Longines when go skiing" he would have been loudly groaned upon.
Joe Postove long jeans
@@nelsonricardo3729 I GOT it! It was terrible! Which is actually the standard for a good pun.
Peter with that cigarette......priceless.
Lorre had been a slim, athletic figure in the mid-'40s but he's clearly a wreck in this video of a show recorded some 15 years on and about 4 years before he was found dead.
Great show!
`omg! smoking!
Kilgallan: "Have you and I ever waltzed at the Waldorf?" What an effete question!
she was a Biatch
I own a talking dog
The Man, the Myth, and the Legend shows up at 18:00.
This program aired Sunday, February 14, 1960.