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...Frenchmen, Charles Boyer and Jean-Paul Sartre, whose particular dramatic talents this reviewer has previously regarded with skepticism, have not only redeemed themselves in "Red Gloves," but have brought to Boston the best new drama since Mr. Williams' "Streetear" of last year. "Red Gloves" is a generally well-written and always engrossing play that for the first time shows Mr. Boyer to be an actor of considerable abilities...
...Named Boyer-"a great man." Wallace says he met another recently in a railroad station...
...Charles Boyer, back in French country life, was passing his time playing petanque (bowling) and drinking pale pastis (an absinthe imitation). One day, weary-eyed Marcel Pagnol came over for cocktails and referred to Boyer as "I'Américain." Charles didn't like Marcel's tone of voice. He socked him and they had it out right there, with screams from the girls. But it all ended in a reconciliation scene: the rivals embraced and sat down together to a wonderful bouillabaisse...
This was good reliable fun when Jean Gabin starred in it (Pépé le Moko, 1937) and when Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr adorned it (Algiers, 1938); it is good fun still. The older versions were slicker moviemaking but took this likable trash more seriously than it is worth. The new version has just about the right easygoing attitude. Peter Lorre can always be counted on. Tony Martin and Yvonne de Carlo, who have never before seemed entirely human, are simple, likable, even believable. Neatest measure of John Berry's sensible directing: the leads...
Ringleader Sam Carr and Freda Linton are still loose; Carr has been reported at various places in Latin America. Another of the accused, Dr. Raymond Boyer of Montreal, is out on appeal bond under sentence of two years in prison...