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Classic Films

Salviati

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1. I knew who Peter Lorre was long before I saw him in a live action film...

Reply to CBHagman (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2020, 09:18 PM

May 2020

Thanks to Looney Tunes and his other animated appearances. He's my primary example of cultural osmosis, where you become familiar with a thing through all the references to it, without ever having seen the ur-thing.

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The Animated Peter Lorre [View all] CBHagman May 2020 OP

I knew who Peter Lorre was long before I saw him in a live action film... Salviati May 2020 #1

A classic movie icon lapfog_1 May 2020 #2

I LOVE that lyric from "Year of the Cat." CBHagman May 2020 #3