Tag Archives: Pat Astley

The Cover Girls of ‘Come Play with Me’

I thought it might just be interesting to see a selection of ‘top shelf’ magazine covers – all featuring photographs of the principal female cast of 1977’s Come Play with Me. So here we have Mary Millington gracing the cover of … Continue reading

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The Girl on the Poster

British poster artist Tom Chantrell (1916-2001) was responsible for some of the most striking cinema artwork of the 20th century. One thing is for sure, he was certainly the most prolific. Tom (known as ‘Chan’ to his close friends) told … Continue reading

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A brief flash of ‘Come Play with Me’

This front-of-house photo (one of a set of eight, used to promote the release of Come Play with Me in April 1977), pretty much encapsulates everything a film student will ever need to know about British cinema in the Seventies – an ugly … Continue reading

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On Location: Getting the ‘full treatment’ at Bovington Manor

What do Mary Millington and a portly English monarch have in common? Well, curiously enough, they both spent the night in the same stately Tudor residence… although, obviously, not at the same time. Over the centuries Weston Manor, in the … Continue reading

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Time for bed…

A rare still of Mary with co-stars Pat Astley, Suzy Mandel and Penny Chisholm on the set of Come Play with Me, from October 1976.  

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