?Lost? Mary Millington film resurfaces.

[Johnny B]

An 8mm copy of the ?lost? Mary Millington film ?Special Assignment? turned up on E-bay, shortly before Christmas. After being tipped off about the auction, my original plan was to have Millington fan ?RBT Foot? bid on the film, then for he and I to pay to have the film professionally transferred to DVD, however (as I suspected might happen) bidding went crazy on the film, and our plan didn?t come to pass as The Foot got outbid by a sniper bid at the last minute. So we had to go to Plan B and contact the E-bay seller, and ask him to make and sell us a DVD transfer of Special Assignment before he sent the 8mm film on its merry way. In a perfect world it would have been better to have got hold of the original 8mm film and do our own DVD transfer, as in my opinion it would have been superior to the one done by the Ebay seller, which is somewhat cropped and the transfer speed a little out (everything seems slightly slowed down).

Still a ?new? Mary Millington film resurfacing isn?t something to be sniffed at, especially as Special Assignment -one of her early John Lindsay hardcore shorts- hasn?t been seen since the early 70s, bar a ?safe? clip from the film turning up in the 1980 documentary Mary Millington?s True Blue Confessions, where it was used to represent her early blue film career. The tame bit of Special Assignment, as seen in True Blue Confessions, sees Mary exploring a canal lock and retrieving a hidden package, this is about all they could use from it in True Blue Confessions, since as you might expect from a John Lindsay production things get pretty pornographic soon after when Mary delivers the package to her horny boss and ends up as part of a threesome.

Sexually, the film employs Mary in a strictly lesbian capacity, thought she does ?supervise? some heterosexual action between her boss and the film?s other female cast member towards the end, and as in Mary?s other porn shorts like ?Response? and ?Oh Nurse?, the girl on girl moments tend to register far more erotically than the routine straight sex. Its been suggested that Mary?s character in the film is meant to be a spy, which makes sense given the ?Special Assignment? title, but as is the norm with John Lindsay films any plotline is strictly throwaway and hardcore sex is really all the film is about.


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If anyone is interested in a DVD of this, feel free to drop me an email.

[BGAFD Admin]

Good to know a copy is in your appreciative hands. We created an entry for Special Assignment last update (along with several other 'new' JL titles).

If the other model isn't identified as already on the database (XNK0167???) we will create a new profile for her. Could you post some additional screen caps for use on her entry? The clearer the face shot the better. Hopefully, further details of Beatnik Orgy auctioned by the same individual will also surface before too long.

And yes, 'It's Not The Custom - With The Customs!' does = 'Duty Free'. !happy!

[countb]

Interesting all that.
I made contact with Miss Millington in Blackpool many years ago...I think one of her shows was on,cant remember,but I do recall she was very pretty and very diddy,about 4ft 11ins?

[RoddersUK]

I used to see Mary regularly when I visited her shop in Norwood, just down the road from the Plod Shop.
I never failed to get a lob on when we talked. Boy was she a truly fuckable woman. Those who hounded her, (The establishment of the day) to an early grave should hang their heads in shame.
I was stationed in Chelsea Barracks back then in 1977 and hers was one of the best shops around for porn, as it was back then. Another good one was in Balham.

[Johnny B]

There is a billboard on display in the opening scene of Beatnik Orgy advertising the 1971 mainstream film, Mary Queen of Scots, and which claims that film is released ?from March 28th?, on the basis of which I guess Beatnik Orgy must have been shot in early 1971.

[BGAFD Admin]

Thanks for the info. It was actually March 28th 1972.

[countb]

Jesus that makes me an old fucker!!!
Mary was actually sitting on the beach front at Blackpool when I spied her and made my approach.How romantic?
Mind you in those days,I looked like John Travolta lol

[Johnny B]

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[BGAFD Admin]

Many thanks.

[Kyle Richmond]

she is still arguably the best known british porn star even though she died 30 years ago and made very few films according to the listings. The sound and picture quality on the couple i've seen are pretty poor but a mate of mine says her name was scripted into an eastenders line a few months ago, quite amazing how many people know the name now, even if not porn fans.