Talk:Mary Millington
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[edit] Hardcore version of Come Play With Me
I removed reference to this as I don't think it's true. I seem to recall a tv documentary - probably on Channel 4 - that said Sullivan was appalled by the lack of nudity within the first version and his distributor objected on the grounds that the punters would demand their money back. Sullivan had to shoot a couple more scenes of a more raunchy nature (within the confines of the then X certificate) to splice into the film. I think the story of a hardcore version may have been part of Sullivan's marketing strategy and also his on-going campaign to have the censorship rules relaxed. The same documentary did point out that Millington certianly had made at least one hardcore film but all of Sullivan's films were made for UK cinema release. Of course if someone knows better by all means reinstate the claim.here
There was a hardcore version of 'Come Play With Me' circa 1977 without a shadow of a doubt, it was shot in England and starred many foreign porn stars including the lady named Sonia who featured in many of Sullivan's magazines, it was shot in England .The former director Harrison Marks prior to his death admitted that it was made for viewing abroad however he admitted it was probably destroyed after its release.Mary Millington probably under the surname [Maxted] her married name whilst under the wing of John Lindsay a Scottish photographer of hardcore magazines and film [before she met David Sullivan] made many hardcore films abroad most I believe in Germany some in Sweden and these included 'Miss Bohrloch' 'Betrayed'and 'Oral Connection' on the Carl Ordinez label.Mary experimented and pushed the boundaries continually whilst with Sullivan that was indeed one reason for the split in their relationship. The CH4 Documentary was entitled Sex and Shame' The Mary Millington Story'and is in places inaccurate ref Simon Sheridan Fab Press The Life And Films Of Mary Millington 1999 [see back of book]
Mary Millington 1945-1979 had a ground breaking role in in the 1970s she single handedly took on the Obscene publications Act the British government and the anti porn lobby inc Lord Longford and Mary Whitehouse she upped the ante continually but the campaign was to take its toll on the lovely Mary who committed suicide on the 19th August 1979.
Addendum: Her death cert shows she overdosed on Anafranil a [trycyclic] anti depressant and alcohol, her cause of death specifically was Hypo-static Pneumonia the official verdict Suicide.. hope that helps. regards Rbt Foot .
Recently here and at the IMDB its been claimed she did TV extra work under the name Mary Maxted (her married name), specifically the Doctor Who story “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” and the Steptoe and Son episode “porn again”. Don’t think this is true though. I think that someone also called Mary Maxted was working in TV around the same time, and the two have been mistaken. Maxted was still working in TV as late as 1989 (in an episode of The Bill) so obviously they couldn’t have been one in the same. --Gavcrimson 12:45, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
Added some of her early credits to the filmography, Betrayed, Oral Connection and Miss Bohrloch are quite easy to source. Oh Nurse, i've recently seen online,so can confirm shes in those. Sex is our business, a friend has this on super 8mm and mentions her being in it. Two i'm unsure of are 'convent of sin' and 'triangle of lust', they're mentioned in Simon's book as being amoung her John Lindsay credits but these two have surfaced on Lindsay compilations and shes in neither. BGAFD claims they might be two Lindsay films with those titles, but as there is this confusion i thought it best to leave them off the filmography.--Gavcrimson 16:51, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] No cause of Death listed
No part of the article lists a cause of death. Please fix this, someone. AndarielHalo 17:41, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Filmography and Sex Shop
Have now added her bit part roles to the filmography, as well as the earlier short films which I’ve added before, but which someone had for some reason removed.
The film Sex Shop is something of a mystery at present. Recently an actor/model who worked for Harrison Marks in the 1970s mentioned that Marks made a soft core short with Millington 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 and 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 some point as Ads for it appear in Sullivan publications like ‘Mary Millington Porno Model’ [1]
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) 08:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
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