Peter Lorre Portraits by Lotte Jacobi
This page has a full shot of that top pic!
Caption: "Member of the Reinhardt-Bühnen," referring to the privately run theatres under the direction of Max Reinhardt.
Lorre's expression in the pic with the hat mesmerizes every time I see it. He manages to look young and world-weary at the same time.
Now I could be wrong, but I believe the very top two pics that start off this post are from the same photoshoot. I've always thought the second one was weirdly chopped off on all sides, like there should be more of Peter to see (sometimes you see a smidgen more of his tie, but that's about it). At the very least, surely Jacobi would have framed it differently even if she had zoomed in on his face.
The pic with Peter in the adorable wig (and the "You can't trust me, but we'll have fun" expression) is from his role as Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just in "Dantons Tod" (Danton’s Death), 1929.
Peter is at the top of the crowd next to Walter Franck as Robespierre.
Here's my original post about Peter as Saint-Just.
