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40 Years Ago Today
Mary Millington died in the early hours of 19 August 1979, aged 33. So, finally, here we are… exactly 40 years later. God bless you, Mary. “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of … Continue reading
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Mary Returns in High Definition!
To commemorate 40 years since her death, Mary Millington’s most famous films are being reissued on Blu-ray disc in October this year by Screenbound International Pictures. Lovingly restored in high definition, the collectors’ box-set will include Come Play with Me … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, Come Play with Me, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, Queen of the Blues, Respectable film, The Playbirds, True Blue Confessions
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The Lady in Red
In the spring of 1978 Mary was booked for an assignment with prolific glamour photographer Colin Ramsay, at a studio in London’s West End. An enthusiastic Mary undressed and reclined on a satin-covered sofa, hugging her mink coat to her … Continue reading
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Tagged 8mm, Amazing Mary Millington, Betamax, Colin Ramsay, Futura books, John Lindsay, London, Photo-shoot, pre-cert, Putney, VHS, video
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The Ghost on the Canvas
Today – 19 August 2017 – marks the anniversary of Mary Millington’s tragic death. Her family and friends, and myself, will continue to celebrate the colourful, unique life of this amazing, pioneering young woman. 38 years after her passing, Mary … Continue reading
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Mary’s Rhinestone Dream
Mary was always an enthusiastic lover of pop music from her teenage years right through to her tragically young death, aged just 33. Aside from her love of British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre, her other passion was for US Country and … Continue reading
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Keep It Up in Spain
One of the favourite cinema posters I have in my archive is from Mary’s 1978 release El Decapendon. If you’ve never heard of this film before, that’s totally understandable, since it’s the Spanish version of 1976’s historical sex romp, Keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Diana Dors, Francoise Pascal, Hazel Adair, Keep It Up Downstairs
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Happy Birthday… ‘Come Play with Me’
Exactly 40 years ago – 28 April 1977 – something quite extraordinary happened; a low budget sex comedy named Come Play with Me opened at the Moulin Cinema at 42-44 Great Windmill Street, Soho, and changed British cinema history forever. … Continue reading
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12 months of ‘Respectable’
Amazingly, today – 7 April 2017 – marks exactly one year since Respectable – The Mary Millington Story opened in London’s West End. It’s been a fantastic 12 months, with movie screenings in the US and UK and, only last week, … Continue reading
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