The Mary Millington Movie Collection Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box-Set [2020] [2021]

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elements which they might find objectionable may well find this release extremely interesting simply due to its glut of incredible supplementary The wonderful Irene Handl plays the matriarch of the establishment and there's a host of other very well-loved comedy names in attendance, such as Tommy Godfrey, Alfie Bass, Bob Todd, Henry McGee and Rita Webb. And the young actresses, like Mary Millington, are all dressed in nurses' outfits (naturally) and cavort with the old-timers. It's quite a spectacle! Respectable: The Mary Millington Story ( 2015), an in-depth documentary chronicling her extraordinary life For more about The Mary Millington Movie Collection and the The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray release, see the The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on February 1, 2021 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.

I've been fascinated by Mary Millington's life and career since I was a child in the 1970s. I always recall seeing her image on cinema posters when I was very young and wondering who this beautiful blonde woman was. Even at a formative age I knew she was an 'adult actress', but couldn't quite understand how TV favourites like Diana Dors and Irene Handl were co-starring with her in naughty big-screen comedies.Emmanuelle in Soho prologue (06:37 in HD) – 1981 prologue added to the start of the US release of the movie. It’s a sex comedy that’s neither sexy nor particularly comical, with the blame laying squarely between producer David Sullivan – who supplied the readies – and writer/director George Harrison Marks, the former king of the ‘nudie pics’, who litters the film with antiquarian music hall gags, a cheesy song’n’dance number and mugs shamelessly in the lead role defacto as Cornelius Cornworthy. It’s no Eskimo Nell. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The Playbirds (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018.

a b c d e f g h i Harrison, Eddie (6 November 2022). " The Playbirds". film-authority.com . Retrieved 8 November 2022. In the final scene, a man who appears to be Hern breaks into Sheridan's flat and strangles her in her bathtub. While committing the murder, "Hern" reveals that he is actually the preacher's twin brother. It should be noted that Screenbound has avoided using any “hardcore” adult material in these special features. The adult 8mm shorts cut off before any hardcore scenes. Each disc is loaded with special features, ranging from audio commentaries to rare adult 8mm films made by Mary Millington before she hit the big time in Come Play With Me. Featurettes include a fascinating interview with director George Harrison Marks’ daughter recalling her father’s career. There’s a little bit of something for everyone across the bonus features, from those wanting behind-the-scenes information to more prurient interests. release (which offered region free discs, in case anyone is/was worried) for sale here in "the colonies" and other Region A markets. The releaseThe film is also known as David Sullivan's The Playbirds, The Playbird Murders, and Secrets of a Playgirl. Mary on Location – Then and Now’ travelogue revisiting the main locations in Mary’s life and films. clearly features a British Board of Film Classification rating. It turns out MVD Visual is distributing a limited number of copies of the original Region B

The Mary Millington Movie Collection’ Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box-Set (Screenbound Pictures) released 22 June 2020. Ten Million Dirty Words (brand new featurette about Harry Knights, the Nottingham-based porn writer who helped create Mary s image). To draw out the killer, Holbourne and Morgan decide to send in an undercover policewoman posing as an up-and-coming Playbirds model. Following "auditions" at the Yard, in which female officers are made to perform striptease, Holbourne and Morgan recruit Sergeant Lucy Sheridan, who takes a job at a massage parlour to set up her introduction to Dougan. Ransome, who secretly enjoys pornography that he obtains from Day, tries to slip into a house party being hosted by Dougan and some of the models. He is assumed to be the killer and attempts to flee, but in the ensuing police chase nearly drowns in a pond and is taken to hospital. Hern is arrested for the murders after he is found to have spied on the models during a photo shoot. But as with everything, tastes change in British comedy, and they definitely did in the late-1970s. The fourth and final Confessions film was released in 1977, with the final in the original run of Carry On movies the year after. TV audiences were also huge at this point in time. People were tiring of traipsing out to the local ODEON to watch sex comedies, preferring to stay at home to watch The Benny Hill Show instead. what may strike some as a perplexing aspect of this Region A release: it comes from Screenbound Pictures, a label located in England, and its coverFor film fans, those redolent initials might unavoidably call up images of a gorgeous blonde who was one of the top box office stars of her day, who it material. Sheridan's documentary on Millington's life is very well done, managing to not just provide biographical data, but also give a sociopolitical and Released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Mary Millington s death, this special edition Blu-ray box set (limited to 3,000 copies) features Mary s most glamorous film roles, digitally remastered in high definition, including: Come Play with Me (1977), The Playbirds (1978), Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979), Queen of the Blues (1979), Mary Millington s True Blue Confessions (1980), Mary Millington s World Striptease Extravaganza (1981) plus Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2015), an in-depth documentary chronicling her extraordinary life. Respectable: The Mary Millington Story’– audio commentary by director Simon Sheridan and the BFI’s Sam Dunn.

NEW Mary Millington’s True Blue Confessions – audio commentary by biographer Simon Sheridan and executive producer David Sullivan. The Playbirds was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2010 by Odeon Entertainment. The film has been digitally remastered and the disc features an extensive stills gallery, production notes written by historian Simon Sheridan, plus Mary Millington's World Striptease Extravaganza (1981) and Response, a short lesbian film starring Mary Millington, made in 1974. [7] The film was released on Blu Ray in 2020 as part of the Mary Millington Movie Collection. The Blu Ray was released by Screenbound Pictures and has audio commentary by Simon Sheridan and Willy Roe. [8] See also [ edit ]

who tragically died young from an apparent suicide, though there are still rumors of foul play swirling around her demise. Marilyn Monroe, you say? Released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Mary Millington's death, this special edition Blu-ray box set (individually numbered and limited to 3,000 units) features Mary's most glamorous film roles, with new, stunning 2K restorations, including: