Talk:Harrison Marks

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[edit] Unconfirmed Films

In addition to the feature films and shorts listed in the article I suspect Marks may have directed the following, if anyone can confirm his involvement in these titles feel free to add them to the main article.

Emmanuelle and Friends (197?) [1]an oddity from the early days of video, this three part featurette, running just 24mins, was released on tape in 1980 but looks as if it was made a few years earlier (mid-seventies?). The main actress who appears in the second and third parts of the film looks like the same girl who was in the ‘film within a film’ sequence in Die Lollos. Even more telling of possible Marks involvement is that Howard Nelson appears in the third part of the video as “Big Mick the Handyman”, wearing the same red tracksuit as in Duty Free. Could this be three of Marks Maximus short films complied for video release?

In addition, a series of adverts appeared in the back pages of Playbirds magazine (around the time of Come Play With Me) offering a number of 8mm films under the banner “The Ultimate Film Club”. Several of the shorts advertised have been traced back to Marks (Art for Arts Sake, Bistro Bordello, Amorous Masseuse, The Danish Maid) so its possible others titles were by him as well. For instance The Ultimate Film Club also offered a series of films called The Violators set around a ‘love in a WW2 prison camp’ theme, the titles of these were No Mercy for Gina, Dungeon Love, Love of the Patriots and Resistance Love. As noted in the main article the address of the ultimate film club’s ‘London Agents’, was 130 Godwin Road, which in 1972 was the address used by “Subdean Publishing”. Assuming that these companies were one in the same, and relied on Marks for 8mm films, its possible that the films advertised by Subdean in 1972 may have been by Marks their titles were Taboo: Landlord Delight, Flesh: Room Service, Three’s Company, and Wife Swappers (orgy).

--Gavcrimson (talk) 14:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pattern of Evil

Plot synopsis of the ‘lost’ Harrison Marks film Pattern of Evil (1967) aka Fornicon, taken from its US press book. The film, shot in the UK but only ever released in the US, was financed with Mafia money, and has remained unseen for many years.


John Webley (played by Paul Holcombe), a sexual-obsessed playboy who becomes involved with a series of beautiful women, is a young P.R. executive with a big cosmetic combine which is controlled by Madame LaBanca, an imperious female who takes her sex wherever she can find it, male or female. (Madame LaBanca is played by Rena Bronson, London's top model.) The company plans to introduce a sensational new perfume on the market to be called Formula-69. It becomes apparent, however, that someone is determined to steal the formula, and to kill John at the same time. During an unusual "sales meeting" at Madame LaBanca's palatial home, John introduces a beautiful blonde (played by Cindy Neal) who will be featured in their advertising campaign. She does a suggestive striptease, and at the conclusion whispers the slogan: "I'll take everything off... except my Formula-69."

When John arrives home that evening, he discovers his wife's body in their bed. Scotland Yard suspects him of the murder, but they do not have enough evidence to hold him. He sets off to find his wife's killer.

The climax of the film is a wild costume party which takes place in the dungeon-like basement of Madame LaBanca's home. John suggests that all of the guests play a new form of "Truth Or Consequences," and his prime suspect, Greta Marr (played by Monique Devereaux) is placed on a medieval torture-rack in an effort to extract the truth from her. . . . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gavcrimson (talk • contribs) 20:53, 8 December 2007 (UTC)



[edit] 8mm films price guide

Here is a list of some of Marks 8mm glamour films, as well as the prices they were recently sold for on ebay. Included here to document the 8mm film’s titles and give a rough idea of their worth. These are mostly from the early 60s. Later films such as the maximus and kane era work occasionally turn up on ebay, but more often than not get pulled.

  • Gamblin’ Gal £8
  • Two Can Play £10
  • Eastern Exchange £10
  • The Four Poster £5.19
  • Christina £9.16
  • The Wrong Habit £11.55
  • The Price of… £12.51
  • Bird Bath £43.00
  • Art for Arts Sake £49.00/£23.55/£11.65
  • What the Eye Doesn’t See £52.00
  • Workers Playtime £11.61
  • The Danish Maid £21
  • Model Mechanics £22.01
  • Making Hay £18.00
  • Living Doll £13.05
  • Flesh and Fantasie (sic) £13
  • Photo Session £31.01/£19
  • Terry Peters £24
  • All in a day £10.49
  • Cover Girl £8.05.
  • The French Maid £9.14
  • Cats Cradle £2.21
  • Girl A Go Go (a.k.a. Bea Bea Chu Chu) £16.50
  • Hot Teddy £22.25
  • The Strip £16.55
  • Dance Crazy £3.00
  • The Alberts: Uncle’s Tea Party (non-glamour, comedy short) £20.00
  • A Hit For Two Miss’s £7.51
  • Tammy and Tony £4.99
  • Coitus- an experience in motion and emotion £17.01
  • Two Can Play £6.00
  • Strictly for the Bachelors £7.51
  • Vivienne Warren £11.01
  • Musical Maniacs (non-glamour, comedy short) £1.07
  • Sue: Dolly Birds of Britain £15.01
  • Pick a Picture £16.51

Gavcrimson (talk) 16:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


--Gavcrimson 06:49, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marks and Mary Millington early film?

Recently an actor/model who worked for Marks in the 1970s (and whose information I‘ve draw on/incorporated into the article about Marks activities during this period) mentioned that Marks made a soft core short with Mary Millington (then known as Mary Maxted) that was filmed in 1974 and “set in a sex-shop just off Leicester Sq in London”. He could not remember the title but an acquaintance has a film on super 8mm called Sex Shop which was sold to him as "Starring Mary Millington", and which could be the film in question. This film might also be known as Sex is My Business or Sex is Our Business' which is referred in Simon Sheridan’s Millington biography as starring Millington and “occurs in an adult shop”.

My theory is that sometime in 1975/1976 Marks sold a number of his 8mm films to David Sullivan, who advertised them in his own magazines and those of others, in an Ad for a company Sullivan set up to distribute the films called “The Ultimate Film Club”. While I’ve not been able to say for certain that The Ultimate Film Club was a Sullivan company, the Ads are very much in his style and include references to Sullivan’s sex shops from which the films were available from. It also seems unlikely that Sullivan would allow rival companies to advertise in his magazines. Marks would appear to have sold Sullivan Sex is My Business at one point, as Ads for it later appear in Sullivan publications like ‘Mary Millington Porno Model’ [2]

Hopefully Sex Shop can be converted from super 8mm to VHS/DVD, in the near future, and then might shed more light on the matter.--Gavcrimson (talk) 07:45, 30 January 2008 (UTC)