I have been thinking a lot about Mary Millington recently.
The reason being that a photo that Mary signed for my friend has been found along with her original paperback book The Amazing Mary Millington.
Mary used to live not far from me and is buried in the churchyard there.
So with all this on my mind I decided to have a Mary Millington double bill of two of her most famous films.
COME PLAY WITH ME (1977)
Two money forgers are on the run from the gang and hold up in a very quite hotel with plans to continue their crime.
The owner of the hotel Lady Bovington's nephew arrives with his group of dancing girls. They decide to turn the fortunes of the hotel around and now the girls are dressed as nurses and offering guests the ' full treatment'...
This film is so bloody funny. It plays as a Carry On film but with added nudity and a few soft sex scenes. Watching the film is like a who's who of British actors. The film even has a great song performed by Harrison Marks and Alfie Bass called "It's Great to be Here".
Mary's most well known film and really good fun. 
THE PLAYBIRDS (1978)
Someone is murdering the centrefolds of magazine 'Playbirds' and each victim has a number drawn on their foreheads.
WPC Mary Millington goes undercover and has a photoshoot for the magazine in an attempt to flush out the murderer...
A change of tone for this next film. Although there are humorous moments the film plays largely serious. The attacks are quite violent and in one death scene a girl is burned to death. The film is quite slow moving and it is nearly an hour in that Mary has her 'audition' for the undercover role.
The opening credits have Mary walking the beat around Soho and gives a great feel of all the shops and shows that was Soho back in the 1970's. Soho now is just a pale shadow of what it used to be.
So, all in all a vey good Mary double bill.
"I say, this is most irregular" !