The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813123608ISBN-10:813123607UPC:9780813123608Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film, Rich & FamousBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.46 x 6.42 x 1.76 inchesWeight:2.4714Product ID:SC2FQHFDB9
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
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813123608ISBN-10:813123607UPC:9780813123608Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film, Rich & FamousBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.46 x 6.42 x 1.76 inchesWeight:2.4714Product ID:SC2FQHFDB9
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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