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Mary Millington Returns in High Definition!
On 22 June 2020 The Mary Millington Movie Collection finally receives a luxury release on Blu-ray. This five-disc box-set features beautiful HD remasters of Mary’s most legendary feature films from the late-1970s, including Come Play with Me (1977), The Playbirds … Continue reading
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Tagged Blu-ray, Come Play with Me, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, David Sullivan, Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions, Mary Millington's World Striptease Extravaganza, Queen of the Blues, Respectable film, Simon Sheridan, The Playbirds
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Mary Goes to Cannes (again)
In May 1978 Mary visited the world-famous Cannes Film Festival to promote her forthcoming movie The Playbirds. She was also there to have an initial meeting with legendary porn director Gerard Damiano, about his latest project, Love is Beautiful, due … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannes, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, David Grant, Gerard Damiano, Harry Reems, locations, Love Is Beautiful, Peter Sellers, Respectable film, The Playbirds
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On Location: Diana Dors’ Fantasy Manor
One of my oldest friends lives in Sunningdale, a village on the Surrey-Berkshire border, in the Royal Borough of Windsor. I went to visit her recently and, as a bonus, re-traced some of Mary’s steps. Traditionally well-loved by celebrities – … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, David Sullivan, Diana Dors, drugs, Keep It Up Downstairs, locations, Orchard Manor, Sunningdale, Surrey, Walton-on-the-Hill
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Proto-Playbirds
Last year, on this blog, I wrote about prolific British poster artist Tom Chantrell. Although he might be more revered nowadays for his work for Hammer studios, it’s his ‘X’-rated sexploitation material which I, unsurprisingly, adore the most. Chantrell designed … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema posters, Come Play with Me, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, locations, Norbury, The Playbirds, Tom Chantrell
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Girl Guides
Alongside the best-selling monthly Playbirds and Pocket Playbirds magazines, David Sullivan also produced semi-regular Playbirds Erotic Film Guides, designed to publicize his movies, and those he had a hand in distributing during the late-1970s. Issues #1, #2, #5 and #7 … Continue reading
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Tagged Come Play with Me, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, Playbirds Erotic Film Guide, Playbirds magazine, Pocket Playbirds magazine, Queen of the Blues, Rosemary England, The Playbirds
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Mary as Millicent
This is one of my favourite photos of Mary; playing the character ‘Millicent Cumming’ on the set of Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair in the autumn of 1978. The picture was taken by the late Colin Ramsay, who acted … Continue reading
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Four More Soho Doors
31st October 2014: After my recent blog looking at notable Soho addresses, I’m back knocking on a few more naughty doors… Number 11 Walkers Court. This wide, wooden (and recently varnished) doorway was once the entrance to the most famous ‘adults … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, locations, Paul Raymond, sex cinema, sex shop, Soho, The Playbirds, What's Up Superdoc!
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On Location: Paddington Bare (part 2)
As I previously noted in part one of this article, Paddington has been a hotbed of London vice for decades, but in the 1970s it also became the backdrop to several pornographic films. As well as the hardcore hi-jinks of Arabian … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Lake, Arabian Knights, Concordia, Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, Emmanuelle in Soho, John M East, locations, Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions, Paddington, The Playbirds
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Soho Cinemas #1: An ‘Exciting’ Establishment
Today, I’m beginning a brisk stroll through Soho, revisiting some of the most infamous sex cinemas of the 1970s, and my first ‘X’-rated port of call has quite a colourful history. Mary was, unquestionably, one of the best-known anti-Establishment figures of the 1970s, so it seems … Continue reading
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Tagged Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, locations, Miss Bohrloch, sex cinema, Soho, Stanley Long
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Mary Millington bargains!
For a limited time only, Odeon Entertainment are offering the digitally remastered Mary Millington DVDs at a bargain price. Come Play with Me, The Playbirds and Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair, plus a host of ‘extra’ features are on … Continue reading
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