ando Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The name combination has a law firm ring to it. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre appeared in 9 films together, most of which are currently streaming on WatchTCM (with April 23rd expiration dates) - The Maltese Falcon (1941) Casablanca (1942) Background to Danger (1943) Passage to Marseille (1944) The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) The Conspirators (1944) Hollywood Canteen (1944) Three Strangers (1946) The Verdict (1946) Always love seeing TCM runs like this one. Got a favorite film with the combo? Recommendation? I'm not sure if the two were even friends but one would assume so given the number of movies they did together within a 6 year period. Having only watched Casablanca I'm looking forward to viewing the rest over the next month. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 They "graduate" from supporting roles to starring roles in the later films-- THREE STRANGERS and THE VERDICT, though Greensteet is always billed over Lorre. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Oddly though, for my generation, Lorre was far more familiar to us. Most(if not all) "boomers" never heard of Greenstreet until later years when many(but still, not all) of us got into watching older, "classic" cinema. It kind of amused me that the street I grew up on (from age 12 to 18) was called "Green". My first familiarity with Sydney was when I first saw THE MALTESE FALCON when I was 16. Lorre on the other hand, was often seen on Saturday TV matinees in those old MR. MOTO flicks, and therefore a more familiar face and name to us "kids" in the mid to late '50's. Sepiatone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txfilmfan Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Sepiatone said: Oddly though, for my generation, Lorre was far more familiar to us. Most(if not all) "boomers" never heard of Greenstreet until later years when many(but still, not all) of us got into watching older, "classic" cinema. It kind of amused me that the street I grew up on (from age 12 to 18) was called "Green". My first familiarity with Sydney was when I first saw THE MALTESE FALCON when I was 16. Lorre on the other hand, was often seen on Saturday TV matinees in those old MR. MOTO flicks, and therefore a more familiar face and name to us "kids" in the mid to late '50's. Sepiatone Was also a target of parody in several old WB cartoons, either in voice, appearance, or both. That was my first introduction. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 And too, The Firesign Theater uses a Lorre voice impersonation for the villain Rocky Rococo in their "The Further Adventures Of Nick Danger" radio drama parody. Sepiatone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 My favorite is: The Mask of Dimitrios (1944). It allows Peter Lorre to demonstrate what a fine actor he is when free from bad scripts or secondary roles. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Sepiatone said: Oddly though, for my generation, Lorre was far more familiar to us. Most(if not all) "boomers" never heard of Greenstreet until later years when many(but still, not all) of us got into watching older, "classic" cinema. It kind of amused me that the street I grew up on (from age 12 to 18) was called "Green". My first familiarity with Sydney was when I first saw THE MALTESE FALCON when I was 16. Lorre on the other hand, was often seen on Saturday TV matinees in those old MR. MOTO flicks, and therefore a more familiar face and name to us "kids" in the mid to late '50's. Sepiatone Good points here. My first exposure to Lorre was as a kid in horror films with Vincent Price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Peter Lorre had a great sense of humor, as we saw in the Roger Corman years-- But surprisingly Sydney Greenstreet seemed to have one too, poking fun at their Warner-contract images in Hollywood Canteen: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 lorre was parodied in mad monster party along with scores of others. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 8 hours ago, ando said: The name combination has a law firm ring to it. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre appeared in 9 films together, most of which are currently streaming on WatchTCM (with April 23rd expiration dates) - The Maltese Falcon (1941) Casablanca (1942) Background to Danger (1943) Passage to Marseille (1944) The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) The Conspirators (1944) Hollywood Canteen (1944) Three Strangers (1946) The Verdict (1946) Always love seeing TCM runs like this one. Got a favorite film with the combo? Recommendation? I'm not sure if the two were even friends but one would assume so given the number of movies they did together within a 6 year period. Having only watched Casablanca I'm looking forward to viewing the rest over the next month. The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca are musts, if you haven't seen them. If you have, then The Mask of Dimitrios and Three Strangers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, kingrat said: The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca are musts, if you haven't seen them. If you have, then The Mask of Dimitrios and Three Strangers. I would also add Passage to Marseille as a 5th film worth seeing. Not a great Bogie film, but a good one and a fine example of the Warner Bros studio "A" team which used WB contract employees like Michael Curtiz as Director Casey Robinson as Screenwriter Max Steiner as musical director James Wong Howe as cinematographer And the fine WB contract actors (other than Loree and Greenstreet), of Claude Rains, George Tobias, Helmut Dantine, Victor Francen, Vladimir Sokoloff, Edurado Ciannelli, and just starting out, Dudley Do-Right, Hans Conried. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanceycravat Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 9:26 AM, txfilmfan said: Was also a target of parody in several old WB cartoons, either in voice, appearance, or both. That was my first introduction. Same here... Those animated big eyes and his split teeth before he had them fixed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 14 hours ago, yanceycravat said: Same here... Those animated big eyes and his split teeth before he had them fixed! (As we can see, Edward G. Robinson also had his share of WB toon caricatures: "Nice haul boys, see? Made a clean getaway, nyah...(to camera) Say, I do a pretty good Eddie Robinson, don't I, nyah? And I can do Fred Allen, too, listen: (pinches nose) 'Hehehh, hellooo, and welcome to Town Hall Tonight--'" "Aw, c'mon, Killer, quit showin' off!") 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ando Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 3/25/2021 at 4:05 PM, EricJ said: Peter Lorre had a great sense of humor, as we saw in the Roger Corman years-- But surprisingly Sydney Greenstreet seemed to have one too, poking fun at their Warner-contract images in Hollywood Canteen: 😅 perfect! thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bethluvsfilms Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 My favorite film of the two of them is CASABLANCA, but my favorite pairing of them is THE MALTESE FALCON. Peter Lorre was only in CASABLANCA, what 5 or 10 minutes. Sydney Greenstreet only a little bit more than that. In THE MALTESE FALCON, they actually had some scenes together, and worked off each other wonderfully. They both made excellent adversaries to Bogey's Sam Spade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shank Asu Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Great character actors, although from what films I've seen with them, and Lorre has had a few great leading roles. Both deserved more IMO. Liked Three Strangers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I've always liked to imagine there was a very fun, possibly slightly lower budget sequel to be made to the Maltese Falcon, minus Bogart, in which we follow Sydney and Peter chasing down that new lead on the Falcon's location they were talking about in the original film. I believe we're told they got arrested the microsecond they walked out of that room, but I like to ignore that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 I used to live on that corner. A shady neighborhood. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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