Sex Comedies!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Diane Hart and Joanna Lumley in Games that Lovers Play (1971)

[MuckyFunster]

Simon Sheridan, the documentary filmmaker who made the Mary Millington documentary included in the Screenbound box set tweeted this yesterday...

In the comments when asked if could elaborate he said “not yet...but I will in 2021”

Maybe another clue that a Confessions box set is in the works??!!

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[Dave Boy]

Nice!
I was in contact with Simon a couple of months ago and he said he had another Mary Millington film in the works.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Playbirds (1978)

A serial killer is murdering the girls sleazy Alan Lake uses as centerfolds for his Playbirds magazine. The police are f*cking useless - seriously. Two murders happen to girls supposedly under police protection - so beat bobby Mary Millington goes undercover at Playbird magazine in a bid to snare the killer.

To say this is a Mary Millington film she must have all of two minutes screen time during the first hour. She's in it more for the final 25 minutes. However it becomes clear why she's not given many scenes of dialogue. She simply isn't a very good actor and speaks her lines as if reading a cue card. A pity as Mary seems a very likable girl and other than the sex and stripping scenes i can certainly see her appeal.

Last night was my second viewing of The Playbirds. It's not bad with a couple of effective kills, especially the final one which is a proper downer, but too much of it is given up to scenes of horse racing and or the police acting generally useless. In truth this isn't as good as the film it borrowed it's plot from, 1959's Cover Girl Killer.

It's far and away the best movie Mary appeared in and i was pleased to see how lovely the restored dvd picture looked

[Dave Boy]

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Simon Sheridan's documentary based on his book was shown over the last two Sundays on Channel 4.
Great documentary with plenty of interviews.
If you missed it, you can catch the two parts on C4 catch up.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

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Simon Sheridan's documentary based on his book was shown over the last two Sundays on Channel 4.
Great documentary with plenty of interviews.
If you missed it, you can catch the two parts on C4 catch up.

Sounds like it's the perfect bed mate to Sheridan's Respectable - The Mary Millington Story.

Wonder if it'll come out on dvd.

[Dave Boy]

Yeah, you should definitely watch the documentary.
I'm in contact with Simon and I did ask him the question today about a physical release. If I hear back I'll let you know.
Screenbound are involved in this so hopefully we will get a release in the future or maybe a part of a box set?

[Justin101]

It was listed in the news section of blu ray forums that it?s coming to Blu-ray. It?d have to be edited quite a bit though as the version shown on channel 4 was clearly a tv show, it would be annoying to watch it like that in a film format.

I too enjoyed it, I want to watch Eskimo Nell now haha. Reminded me how as a 15 yr old watching Confessions of a Window Cleaner, I fancied Robin Askwith haha

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It was listed in the news section of blu ray forums that it?s coming to Blu-ray. It?d have to be edited quite a bit though as the version shown on channel 4 was clearly a tv show, it would be annoying to watch it like that in a film format.

I too enjoyed it, I want to watch Eskimo Nell now haha. Reminded me how as a 15 yr old watching Confessions of a Window Cleaner, I fancied Robin Askwith haha

Eskimo Nell is the film least like a sex comedy of the lot. There's not much sex at all. I do like it all the same. I have the 88 Films dvd.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Eskimo Nell is the film least like a sex comedy of the lot. There's not much sex at all. I do like it all the same. I have the 88 Films dvd.

I have the 88 films Blu-ray and think Eskimo Nell is a genuinely funny, witty, and engaging film; it's much better than I expected.

If I remember correctly, it seemed to be self-referential and mocked the general sex comedy, elevating it above the standard fare in that genre.