jarrodmcdonald-1 Ginger Rogers stars in this screwball comedy from RKO about a Hollywood actress, who after a recent nervous breakdown, tries to get away from it all at a wilderness retreat. She attempts to recover with the help of suave and charming George Brent (on loan from Warners).Some of the humorous ideas in the script come across very well. Take, for instance, one scene where the heroine has become rather annoyed with the guy's less-than-successful attempts to romance her. She throws her hands up and looks at him contemptuously. Out of frustration, he asks what she wants him to do, and she tells him to go climb a tree. He then asks what tree in particular, and she says THAT tree, pointing to one off-camera. In the very next shot, he is actually up in a tree when she calls him in for dinner!However, it is always a bit surreal to watch an actress play an actress. Perhaps it does require more than the usual suspension of disbelief to accept that her neurosis would be so easily solved by forging a relationship with a rugged outdoors man. It probably helps that the role was cast with George Brent, instead of Fred Astaire, the studio's original choice. Indeed, having Astaire play a backwoods brute with curative powers may have been even more a stretch.Regarding Mr. Brent, specifically, he is just like he appears in countless other movies. In this one, he projects both awkwardness and sexiness. His performance seems to rely on a limited but likable bag of tricks that he has used to great effect in many pictures. As for Ms. Rogers, there's a timeless quality about the way she projects both insanity and peace.

MartinHafer If you'd like a decent time passer with a few good moments, then IN PERSON is a pretty good bet. It's highly reminiscent of a later Astaire-Rogers film, CAREFREE, though not nearly as charming. Like CAREFREE, the main theme is psychiatry, though with IN PERSON, Ginger isn't faking a mental illness to get a man, in the story she really did have a nervous breakdown. The film begins after she's apparently cured and how she meets George Brent is one of the strangest and most contrived meetings in film history, as she looks initially like the Elephant Man walking down the street and underneath the hood, she's wearing a ridiculous disguise--all as a part of her treatment(?) for agoraphobia! Apparently, she is playing a famous actress (a big stretch) who is suddenly afraid of people--hence the goofy disguises.The rest of the film is essentially a "boy meets girl and hates girl but by the end they are in love" sort of film--very, very predictable but also kind of cute in a rather absurd way. Frankly, George Brent and Ginger Rogers were better than this material, but since they are such pleasant personalities, it manages to work--though I agree with Arthur Hausner's review when he describes the film as "forced".

gmatusk I am going to rate this a little higher than some of the other reviewers. The plot here is less awkward than the creaky plot mechanics of the 1936 Astaire/Rogers "Swing Time" (which, despite the artificiality of the "are cuffs on formal trousers in season?" plot device, is nevertheless a masterpiece). Most fans of musicals would agree that "Swing Time" rates a 10. "In Person" has at least one great song-and-dance number -- "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" with music by legendary Oscar Levant and lyrics by Dorothy Fields (among Fields's hundreds of songs is the Oscar-winning "The Way You Look Tonight" in "Swing Time"). Ginger looks sexily charming even with the fake buck teeth and the glasses. This film is not on the level of "Swing Time," but at least it has a less annoying plot.

Natasha-1 The film is just a great escape for the viewer. I love watching Ginger act the part of a spoiled rich movie star-considering she seemed to be very down to earth in her every day life. The costume was so un-movie star like but Ginger shows that she is just more than a pretty face by pulling off that stunt ! She has just a divine comedic touch and this early film of hers illustrates that.Brent is so-so...he wasn't bad he wasn't fantastic either. Ginger's co-star and supposed love interest in the film is funny and brings some more hijinks to her vacation.There is a scene where he is to be involved in an altercation with Brent's character--it's priceless.I have three fave moments in this film. The first is when Ginger wakes up in the cottage the morning after she gets there ... she sees a bird and decides to take a swim . Something about that scene is so relaxing and carefree.The second is when she is doing her solo dance scene towards the end of the film. You finally get to see this woman get the limelight doing her own routine instead of sharing it with Astaire ( who was wonderful by the way ).I can't leave out the third scene which has her dancing to a song on the radio in the cottage living room.This is a really nice early Ginger movie which all Ginger fans should watch. It is quite a treat.Thanks Ginger xoxo