The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre

By Stephen D. Youngkin

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123607
• ISBN13: 9780813123608
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher