Thomas (film studies, Aberystwyth U., Wales) analyzes the career of Hungarian-born actor Lorre (1904-64) in Europe and in Hollywood during the 1930s after he fled Germany. She discusses him on the European stage (1922-31); in M (Fritz Lang, and Hans Beckert 1931), his leading roles in the United States (1935-41), his roles as a supporting actor (1941-46), in Der Verlorene (1951), his final screen roles (1954-64), and in alternative Hollywood media contexts. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).