mark.waltz This forgotten screwball comedy is overlooked because of a certain dance partner that Ms. Rogers was dancing with at the same time, taking her to the top of the box-office charts. Here, she plays a paranoid movie star who disguises herself with over-sized buck teeth, a dark wig and glasses to hide from the public. You can't hide beauty, however, and it is easy to spot that this disguise is a phony. It doesn't take long for people-shy bird watcher George Brent to find out her true identity when he agrees to take her to his cabin in the mountains for a rest. Brent, the popular leading man of practically every leading lady of the 1930's and 40's, is always likable, if not remarkable. Yet, his list of leading ladies consists of women so popular all you need to hear is their last names to know exactly who they are: Stanwyck, Davis, Francis, Oberon, Blondell, Colbert, Arthur, Loy, and Sheridan, to name just a few. Rogers shows great comic spunk here, finally an "A" star after several years of "B" leads and supporting roles in "A's" like "42nd Street' and "Gold Diggers of 1933". She proves she doesn't need that dancer named Mr. Astaire to hold onto a movie, and gets Astaire's choreographer, to handle her one dance number where she uses strings to hold onto each of the male dancers she moves around a nightclub set with.The storyline is a bit preposterous, typical for many screwball comedies of the mid 30's, but fun. Alan Mowbray is the hammy movie star meant to represent Rogers' leading man (overstuffed and full of himself). The songs by Dorothy Fields and Oscar Levant are adequate, but the musical numbers is one of Ginger's best sans Fred, even without high heels or moving backwards.

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.

moonspinner55 Ginger Rogers plays a popular movie actress (so famous, in fact, that her face is on the cover of every single magazine at the newsstand) who seeks solace and anonymity with a businessman in the mountains while disguised as a wallflower. Rogers, who is convincing incognito on and off for the first twenty minutes, doesn't have much to work with here, although she does get to do a cute tap dance/cooking sequence. Otherwise, this star-vehicle is mighty thin, and co-stars George Brent and Grant Mitchell are both lackluster. Not a bad beginning, but by the midway point it has lost all inspiration. ** from ****

Arthur Hausner The funniest thing about this movie is Ginger Rogers' disguise: buck teeth and glasses, reminding me of Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor (1963). She's a famous actress who got a bad case of agoraphobia when she was mobbed by adoring fans. To get away, she practically invites herself to go with George Brent to a mountain cabin retreat after she overhears that he was going there. Once there the comedy is predictable and routine. You do get to hear Rogers sing three songs and do a neat tap dance, all very enjoyable, but not enough to make up for the flat script.