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396 “cinema genius”: I. Allen, interview.
397 “Playing a clown … definition of acting”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
397 “Hey, this is … time to me”: I. Allen, interview.
398 “had 10% of … to do it”: Mature, interview.
398 “Could I have a little yellow bird”: Zastupnevich, interview.
398 “To me he … with Peter’s part”: Bennett to author, April 19, 1975.
399 “It is an … of the show”: Bosley Crowther, “Scent of Mystery,” NYT, Feb. 19, 1960.
399 “an intentional light-hearted … maintain an image”: Michael Todd Jr. to author, Sept. 13, 1976.
400 “Fifteen years ago … the small one”: Scent of Mystery, draft screenplay, June 1959, author’s collection.
400 “very jokey, very … Oh, no, Monsieur”: Elliott, interview.
400 “One evening in … like colossal hiccups”: Cardiff, Magic Hour, pp. 236–37.
401 “No one … doctor proved right”: Todd to author, Nov. 10, 1976.
401 “Of course, he … running for him”: Cardiff, Magic Hour, p. 237.
401 “I didn’t die … change my outlook”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
401 “I play a … like many pictures”: Slocum, “The Peter Lorre Nobody Knows.”
401 “Except for the … is downright atrocious”: NYT, Feb. 19, 1960.
401 “Whiff gags”: Philip K. Scheuer, “Movies Square Off in Battle of Odors,” LAT, Jan. 10, 1960.
401 “the Muzak of … an undertaking parlor”: Margaret Harford, “A Whiff of Showmanship,” Los Angeles Mirror-News, Jan. 26, 1960.
403 “It was just … was his fun”: Avalon, interview.
403 “The hell with realism”: Colliver, Seaview, p. 27.
403 “Mr. Lorre, as … the most sense”: Howard Thompson, “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” NYT, July 20, 1961.
403 “I get to … she’s all mine”: “Vital Statistics on Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” 20th Century–Fox publicity release, MHL AMPAS.
404 “He had a … delightful utterance”: Joseph Newman to author, Dec. 12, 1974.
404 “He had a … every round inch”: Eden, interview.
404 “a director’s actor”: Newman to author.
404 “Goldner … that PARTICULAR character”: Joseph Newman Oral History, MHL AMPAS.
404 “Peter believed in … with open heart”: I. Allen, interview.
404 “And I think … mean a thing”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
405 “Before Peter shoots … for his lines”: Veigel, interview.
405 “I’ll grab a … me at all”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
405 “caricature of a … is simply tired”: A.H. Weiler, “Five Weeks in a Balloon,” NYT, Aug. 27, 1962.
405 “I know my … a little vest”: Zastupnevich, interview.
405 “From an actor’s … it that way”: Bennet, in Peary, Close-Ups, pp. 334–35.
405 “There was a … doubt about it”: Buttons, interview.
406 “Just the mere … thousand, or more”: Arkoff, interview, Jan. 29, 1981.
406 “In one of … pseudointellectual”: Arkoff, Flying through Hollywood, p. 110.
407 “Pepsi Cola Gothic”: Vincent Canby, “Bye, Bye, Beach Bunnies,” NYT, March 2, 1969.
407 “lighten up … an extra factor”: Arkoff, interview, Jan. 29, 1981.
407 “to be consistently down-beat”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
407 “Even though there … of the past”: Moritz, interview.
408 “I wanted to … the creative process”: Corman, interview.
408 “all of the … their own characters”: Jameson, interview.
408 “more of a … fashioned their roles”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
408 “most spontaneous and … the three actors”: Corman, interview.
408 “lots of independence to improvise”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
408 “Peter abhorred dullness … away with it”: Lester Salkow, interview.
408 “Peter said he … back to it”: Corman, interview.
408 “Poe type of sardonic humor”: New York Morning Telegraph, Oct. 18, 1962.
408 “But don’t think … then be terrified”: “Top Terror Actor, Real-Life Prankster, Gets to Be Self in Hilarious Terror Comedy,” Comedy of Terrors, pressbook, 1964.
408 “Cast as a … the character human”: Rose Pelswick, “Mr. Lorre’s an Amiable Menace,” New York Journal-American, Sept. 2, 1962.
408 “Peter took a … fit him better”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
408 “elfin Thurber touch to the murderous tale”: James Powers, “‘Poe’s Tales of Terror’ A Class Horror Picture,” HR, June 4, 1962.
408 “There was so … out of them”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
409 “Peter’s mad background”: ibid.
409 “into a mask … do something nasty, Tales of Terror”: draft screenplay, undated, author’s collection.
409 “I don’t eat … not a cow”: Sanford, interview.
409 “He ate everything … funny little confession”: Meadow, interview.
410 “I’m very little, but I’m solid”: “Peter Lorre, Shadow & Substance.”
410 “a rather rude … that feels good”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
410 “I have to … for my child”: Ebinger, “Blandine—,” p. 169.
410 “Do I look … you’re pretty fat”: Parry, interview.
410 “How long have … pieces of wood”: Kanter, interview.
411 “his poems, songs … questions and answers”: Louis Calta, “Theatre: ‘Brecht on Brecht’ Offered,” NYT, Nov. 15, 1961.
411 “For instance, the … meaning was lost”: P.K., “Peter Lorre—Fan of Brecht.”
411 “had a wonderful … union was over”: Bentley, interview.
411 “Now I’m doing … that you’re there”: Lovsky, diary, June 9, 1956.
412 “We voted—for … you are. Peter”: ibid., June 5, 1956.
412 “Annemarie was very … her his hand”: ibid., May 2, 1956.
412 “opposing counsel”: R. Shutan, interview
412 “Peter was very … the office once”: Kennard, interview.
413 “all over the … in your blood”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
413 “He read from … drama and comedy”: C. Lorre, interview, Oct. 15, 1980.
413 “I felt that … he’d get revengeful”: Parry, interview.
414 “all of which … squandered or secreted”: Annemarie Lorre vs. Peter Lorre: Complaint for Divorce, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1963.
414 “multiple deals … at a time”: Lester Salkow, interview.
414 “It was tongue-in-cheek from the very beginning”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
414 “step through the … box office receipts”: AIP promotional recording for The Raven, author’s collection.
415 “Roger just let … have a go”: Hazel Court, interview, March 12, 1979.
415 “He’s the only … feel like it”: Matheson, interview, May 31, 2001.
415 “didn’t spend much … to his scenes”: Corman, How I Made a Hundred Movies, p. 85.
415 “I felt that … a joyous thing”: Court, interview by Katz.
416 “Peter loved to … technique was improvisation”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
416 “Often on a … works out well”: P.K., “Peter Lorre—Fan of Brecht.”
416 “enough blank space either side”: Brock Brower, “The Vulgarization of American Demonology,” Esquire, June 1964.
416 “With Boris and … scenes with Peter”: Corman, How I Made a Hundred Movies, p. 85.
416 “For Christsake, Peter … on with it”: Price, interview, April 26, 1984.
416 “You would do … he always did”: Court, interview, March 12, 1979.
416 “was always pinching … of course not”:
Court, interview by Williams.
417 “one of the … I ever knew”: Richard Apt, “Jack Nicholson Talks about Making Movies and People in Them,” Atlantic City (NJ) Sunday Press, Jan. 30, 1972.
417 “more grotesquely droll … to my life”: The Raven, draft screenplay, undated, author’s collection.
417 “There was something … he was in”: “Richard Matheson, Storyteller: The Comedy of Terrors,” MGM Presents Midnite Movies Double Feature: The Comedy of Terrors / The Raven, produced and directed by Greg Carson, MGM Home Entertainment LLC, 2003.
417 “As a serious actor … quickies”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
417 “awful … with the ladies”: Sanford, interview.
417 “used to be … cost too much”: Arkoff, interview, Feb. 1, 1995.
418 “Strictly a picture … quote the critic”: Bosley Crowther, “Peter Lorre Heads Cast in ‘The Raven,’” NYT (Western ed.), Jan. 26, 1963.
418 “low grade”: Bosley Crowther, “Four New Films Are Imitations,” NYT, Feb. 6, 1963.
418 “Price, Lorre and … that are virtuoso”: James Powers, “The Raven,” HR, Jan. 30, 1963.
418 “production values and … chill-and-thrill entertainment”: “Nicholson-Arkoff Company Easing Off Imported Pix; Planning 18 to 24 in Year,” HR, Sept. 3, 1963.
418 “we were always ready to shift gears”: Arkoff, interview, Feb. 1, 1995.
418 “so bad at … them off himself”: Matheson, interview, May 31, 2001.
419 “it took Peter … as a menace”: Comedy of Terrors, pressbook, 1964.
419 “fierce and dogmatic”: David DelValle, “Joyce Jameson Interview,” Cult Movies 28 (1999): 63.
419 “Laurel and Hardy”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
419 “just sort of … could you do”: Matheson, interview, Dec. 6, 1994.
420 “tremendous sense of comedy timing”: ibid., Jan. 3, 1975.
420 “chillerdiller—dill as … horroromp”: Howard Thompson, “The Comedy of Terrors,” NYT, Jan. 23, 1964.
420 “ashamed to watch … their poor images”: “Comedy of Terrors: Film Monstrosity,” Philip K. Scheuer, LAT, Jan. 23, 1964.
420 “The world isn’t … the next toy”: Campbell, interview.
420 “this is a … sense of humor”: Arkoff, interview, Jan. 29, 1981.
420 “Peter was very … you feel good”: Court, interview, March 12, 1979.
421 “he was a … to be with”: Price, interview, Jan. 30, 1974.
421 “Peter always threw … rest in peace”: Lester Salkow, interview.
421 “It was kind … egotistical about them”: Matheson, interview, Jan. 3, 1975.
421 “How do I … feed a daughter”: Lorre, interview by Gardner.
421 “opening-night bit”: Slocum, “The Peter Lorre Nobody Knows.”
421 “because I only … looking at them”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
421 “I don’t like … people watch it”: Lorre, interview by Gardner.
422 “I hate to … dragged me there”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
422 “This is one … you don’t age”: Lorre, interview by Glover.
422 “Peter was very … of being ill”: Court, interview by Katz.
422 “he wasn’t feeling … did the scene”: Post, interview by Weaver.
423 “It was all … to go near”: Kennard, interview.
423 “after every scene … for several minutes”: McGee, Faster and Furiouser, p. 205.
423 “with his head … to go home”: Burns, interview by Weaver.
423 “I had a … of the picture”: Jameson, interview.
424 “It was a … ill he was”: Sanford, interview.
10. THE MASK BEHIND THE FACE
Epigraphs: Lorre, unidentified clipping, PLS; Sanford, interview.
1. On March 3, 1963, Lorre admitted to interviewer Hy Gardner that he had not been a student of Sigmund Freud’s: “I want to correct you on this…. He was lecturing at that time and I heard many a lecture of his, but I did study with Dr. [Alexander] Neuer,” an Adlerian psychiatrist. The Hy Gardner Show, March 3, 1963.
2. As the “regularly appointed administratrix of his estate,” Annemarie “was duly substituted by order of court as objector in the written proceeding.” Weingand v. Lorre, 231 Cal. App. 2d 289, 41 Cal. Rptr. 778 (Dist. Ct. App. 1964), p. 290.
3. Sam Arkoff labeled it a “horror-love story; it was going to be sort of a wistful picture with a certain mood in it.” Arkoff, interview, Jan. 29, 1981.
4. Reference to Lorre’s plans in the Berliner Tageblatt, Dec. 29, 1963.
5. Reference to the actor’s estate, “Peter Lorre Estate Set at $13,000,” LAT, May 7, 1964.
QUOTATION SOURCES BY PACE NUMBER
425 “Facial expression … manifestation of man”: Béla Balázs, Theory of the Film: Character and Growth of a New Art (New York: Dover, 1970), p. 60.
425 “multiplicity of the human soul”: ibid., p. 64.
426 “It’s an amazing … to the ideal”: “Peter Lorre, Shadow & Substance.”
426 “do what you … always branch out”: Haller, interview.
426 “There comes a … in my life”: “He’s Only Human.”
426 “after a certain … start something else”: Lorre, interview by Glover.
426 “For a lazy … work awfully hard”: LAT, Jan. 20, 1963.
426 “on top of … ‘Mr. Moto’ series”: Lorre, interview by Glover.
427 “People say if … I’ve worked with”: Zastupnevich, interview.
427 “good old days … has done it”: Bob Thomas, “Peter Lorre Talks of the Good Old Daze,” New York Post, April 13, 1962.
427 “I guess I’m … left me alone”: “Screen Villain Peter Lorre’s Fabulous Career Recalled,” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, March 24, 1964.
427 “The movies are … cold-hearted business”: Bob Thomas, “Cold-Hearted Industry: No Loyalty to Employees, Claims Lorre,” Newark Evening News, Feb. 20, 1960.
427 “showed up, did … and went home”: Kanter, interview.
427 “I hate to … me a star”: Transcript, Oct. 3, 1963, In the Matter of the application of Eugene Weingand for Change of Name, Case No. 819718, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, p. 54.
427 “He loved to … in his mind”: Avalon, interview.
427 “In Europe … a good part”: Amsterdam, interview.
428 “Peter said that … against the government”: Jameson, interview.
428 “First picture I … that comes along”: Transcript, p. 54
428 “Is that a … at American-International”: Everson, “Peter Lorre,” p. 16.
428 “playful, pixieish, rebellious … the same bores”: Lorre, interview by Wallace, preinterview notes.
428 “I have very … Bogey so much”: LAT, Jan. 20, 1963.
428 “was my dearest … Joe E. Lewis”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
428 “without chasing [him] out of the window”: Lorre, interview by Paar.
428 “an incongruous bunch of creeps”: LAT, Jan. 20, 1963.
429 “I think he … most people realized”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
429 “whatever Bogie played … a great actor”: Lorre, interview, “Dick Strout with Hollywood Profiles.”
429 “the relief of … perpetuation of independence”: Hyams, Bogart and Bacall, p. 205.
429 “Toward the end … ever gone through”: Lorre, interview by Wallace.
430 “My dearest pal … feel the void”: Thirer, “Lorre: ‘Time Not to Make Money.”’
430 “Brecht is dead”: Lovksy, diary, Aug. 17, 1956.
430 “I would like … signs his name”: Ives, interview.
431 “Peter was a … practically bleeding inside”: Veigel, interview.
432 “Don’t you think … in his heart”: Goff, interview, July 31, 1978.
432 “I think we … form of compensation”: Joseph Pevney to author, Aug. 21, 1975.
432 “In T
he Big … could be helpful”: Zastupnevich, interview.
432 “He said that … the right spot”: Fitzgerald, interview.
433 “He had a … he had done”: Vincent, interview.
433 “had an accident … Especially a monkey”: “Peter Lorre—Between Chimp & Art.”
433 “Tell those undertakers … you right up”: Sanford, interview.
434 “some of the … horror sans makeup”: CBS publicity material, Oct. 26, 1962, CBS Entertainment, New York.
434 “There was a … me for him”: Andrew Lorre to author, June 4, 1981.
434 “Aren’t you Peter … telling people that”: Shutan, interview.
435 “In my first … graduated to grownups”: Alpert, “Lorre Laughs When It Hurts.”
435 “I have no … All degenerates are”: “Peter Lorre—Between Chimp & Art.”
435 “But he didn’t … hurts the most”: Slocum, “The Peter Lorre Nobody Knows.”
435 “I think he … to the piper”: Sanford, interview.
435 “What you want … Lorre, don’t you”: Haller, interview.
435 “I’ve played mostly … away with murder”: Alpert, “Lorre Laughs When It Hurts.”
436 “I had never … cared about them”: Sanford, interview.
436 “If autograph people … that important now”: Zastupnevich, interview.
436 “I come here … for my autograph”: Greenfield, interview.
436 “the gang … the psychotic killer”: Blum to author, Feb. 26, 1975.
437 “I look at … I’ve seen him”: Maude Cheatham, “Gruesome Twosome,” Movie Show, March 1946.
437 “He trusted me … to everyone else”: Sanford, interview.
438 “I think he … without being intimate”: ibid.
438 “Peter wanted to … the sad things”: Veigel, interview.
438 “He thought of … of options diminished”: Powers, interview.
438 “When I met … make a living”: Kirk Douglas to author, Jan. 14, 1974.
439 “goodly amount of cynicism”: Kulik, interview.
439 “strange, tired, sensual-mysterious … You bore me”: Ebinger, “Blandine—,” p. 169.
439 “I think he … again after that”: Sanford, interview.
439 “I don’t sign … make the deals”: Kennard, interview.
439 “I have to return to latrine duty”: A. Lorre, interview, June 19, 1973.