...New GingerFilm Release on Warner Archives...

...TENDER COMRADE!!!

...for the LIFE of me, I thought this one had already been released on DVD... I guess the 'copy' I have is pretty fair quality, as usually dingy / scratchy views are the issue with 'obtained copies'... but anyway, it's great to see another Warner Brothers Archive release for Ginger, who has QUITE a few at this point... there's still some head-scratching concerning some 'non-released' WB/RKO GingerFilms such as The Tip-Off, In Person, Twenty Million Sweethearts, and Professional Sweetheart, but the Studio DVD catalog is getting in great shape overall... great kudos to the WB Archive folks!

Here's the link to the spot on the WB Archive site: Tender Comrade on WBA DVD

This is when they were referring to Ginger as the 'Chin-Up Girl', which does not seem to have 'caught on'... not a bad description of her characters of the WWII era, but... she needed something a bit more 'awesome'... hey - maybe that would be a cool contest to figure out a 'moniker phrase' for Ginger!

Well, for those who have not seen this one, it's a pretty good one... Ginger (and Lela) were a bit concerned about the 'Comrade' aspect of things upon reading the initial script, and how the house she shares with a bunch of other ladies in wartime seems to lend itself to 'socialist' ideals... she actually had some stuff taken out of the script to 'lessen' this feel... anyway, Ginger is smashingly beautiful in this one, and the overall story has ups and downs, laughs and tears... hope you can snag a copy of this one!

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Well, in related GingerNews (what other type is there?), the Ginger Rogers Festival appears to be fully set in Independence... the addition of a few GingerFilms on Friday night is pretty awesome, but... alas, it appears I have prior plans that evening with my hosts... but no doubt I will be first in line on Saturday Morning to start the proceedings!
Hope all of you can make it... I will document the event as best as I can - at least now I have a 'smartphone camera' instead of the dinosaur camera I was trying to use at the GingerCentury event... so hopefully I can capture some great Gingery stuff!!!

With that...

KIG, y'all!!!

Hu
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