▁restored ▁and ▁re - re leased ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁by ▁V CI ▁entertain ment . ▁Bl onde ▁Ice ▁was ▁originally ▁created ▁through ▁the ▁production ▁company ▁Film ▁Class ics , ▁yet ▁was ▁re - dis cover ed ▁through ▁private ▁collect ors ▁and ▁restored ▁by ▁historian ▁Jay ▁F ent on . ▁The ▁restored ▁DVD ▁release ▁of ▁Bl onde ▁Ice ▁includes ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Jay ▁F ent on ▁himself , ▁where ▁he ▁describes ▁his ▁role ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁collect or . ▁It ▁was ▁illegal ▁to ▁priv ately ▁own ▁a ▁print ▁copy ▁of ▁a ▁film ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁impos ing ▁threat ▁of ▁pir ating ▁and ▁re - s elling ▁of ▁the ▁mov ies , ▁though ▁many ▁people ▁such ▁as ▁Jay ▁F ent on ▁saved ▁works ▁despite ▁the ▁law , ▁providing ▁the ▁present ▁day ▁with ▁many ▁previously ▁lost ▁works ▁such ▁as ▁Bl onde ▁Ice . ▁ ▁Nov el ▁Much ▁like ▁the ▁film , ▁most ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁have ▁been ▁lost , ▁yet ▁few ▁still ▁remain ▁in ▁circul ation . ▁" Once ▁To o ▁O ften " ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁yet ▁is ▁often ▁referenced ▁as ▁a ▁similar ▁novel ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁" M ur der ▁Lady ", ▁which ▁was ▁widely ▁released ▁by ▁Ch amb ers ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁The ▁title ▁of ▁this ▁work ▁is ▁now ▁shared ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁novel ▁written ▁by ▁author ▁Dor othy ▁Sim pson ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁The ▁two ▁works ▁have ▁no ▁relation ▁to ▁one ▁another , ▁yet ▁the