...FOUR years ago...

...we were informed of the great news that Ginger's only film which was up to that time 'unaccounted for', Hat Check Girl, had not only BEEN accounted for, but had been restored, and was to be shown at the TCM Festival, as well as at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), as has been noted in the last week of "This Day in Gingerology"...

...Ginger with HCG Leading Lady, Sally Eilers...

...well... NOW WHAT? ...as in... WHEN will we see this film released on DVD??? (like I need to keep asking that question...) It's really quite vexing that the owner(s) of the film copy aren't amenable to allowing a studio (It's a Fox Film, so... guess they would be the distributor for it) to make it available for purchase to the Classic Film public... of course, there are still a handful of GingerFilms which are not commercially available (but... are 'available' nevertheless...), but overall Ginger's catalog is remarkably well represented in the DVD format, which is why it would be a great day to see HCG offered.

...Ginger with HCG 'Supporting Man', Monroe Ousley...

..now, hopefully I won't get in trouble for this, BUT... Roberta noted at GingerFest that she has a copy of HCG which was Ginger's personal copy... it may not be restored, however... guess I should have inquired further, but... just giddy to be there, y'all... with THAT, I can think of no more apropos locale to roll whatever HCG copy available than at GingerFest '19... it would be a great addition to an already awesome event! Just throwing it out there for whomever happens to read this...

...cool poster for the film...

Well, that's about all I have for this one... for now, anyway... hopefully an extensive HueyReview is in the near future for this still elusive GingerFilm!

Until that wickedawesome time,

KIG, y'all!!!
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