In Person ** (1935, Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray, Grant Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 11,957

It is Ginger Rogers In Person (1935) but alas no Fred Astaire.

Director William A Seiter’s 1935 RKO black and white comedy In Person is written by Allan Scott, based on a novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams, and stars Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Alan Mowbray, and Grant Mitchell.

Ginger Rogers stars as a shrewish movie queen in need of some peace and quiet, so she runs away in disguise to a mountain resort. But nice reliable George Brent romances her, values her for her real worth and does not care about her real identity.

In Person is an innocuous, routine Thirties romantic comedy, with a predictable plot. But it is entirely amiable and the appealing stars are on good form. Thankfully legendary choreographer Hermes Pan organises a couple of dances for Rogers, and there is a clutch of songs from Oscar Levant and Dorothy Fields. It disappointed Ginger Rogers’s fans and critics in 1935, and was not a hit, but now it seems entirely winsome.

Also in the cast are Samuel S Hinds, Spencer Charters, Joan Breslau, Louis Mason, Lew Kelly, Robert McKenzie, and Lee Shumway.

© Derek Winnert 2022 Classic Movie Review 11,957

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