The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		3.5

The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman February 1, 2021

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For film fans, those redolent initials might unavoidably call up images of a gorgeous blonde who was one of the top box office stars of her day, who it was said had bedded at least one of the most powerful politicians in the country, and one who tragically died young from an apparent suicide, though there are still rumors of foul play swirling around her demise. Marilyn Monroe, you say? Well, sure, her, too, but for fans in the United Kingdom in particular MM could just as easily make them think of a woman who was completely notorious in her native land but whose fame is a bit more sparse on this side of the pond, Mary Millington. Millington was the face (and body) of British porn in the 1970s, becoming one of the biggest ticket sellers of her era in England. That UK renown accounts for what may strike some as a perplexing aspect of this Region A release: it comes from Screenbound Pictures, a label located in England, and its cover also clearly features a British Board of Film Classification rating. It turns out MVD Visual is distributing a limited number of copies of the original Region B release (which offered region free discs, in case anyone is/was worried) for sale here in “the colonies” and other Region A markets. The release offers a grab bag of Millington’s often provocative work in porn, as well as a documentary about her.

For reviews of the six films included in this release, please click on the following links:

Come Play with Me Blu-ray review

The Playbirds Blu-ray review

Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair Blu-ray review

Queen of the Blues Blu-ray review

Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions Blu-ray review

Respectable: The Mary Millington Story Blu-ray review

The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplemental material on each disc is detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally, this is a very handsomely packaged set, housed in a sturdy slipcase which also includes a rather massive booklet with a lot of writing by Simon Sheridan, where he details background on all of the films, as well as all of the supplements.

The Mary Millington Movie Collection Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

There's a curious sweetness to some of the films in this set, but even those who might look right past that sweetness at some of the more provocative elements which they might find objectionable may well find this release extremely interesting simply due to its glut of incredible supplementary material. Sheridan's documentary on Millington's life is very well done, managing to not just provide biographical data, but also give a sociopolitical and cultural context to it all, and the actual Millington films he has assembled are often unexpectedly winning in their own weird ways. Technical merits are generally solid, and at least for those who don't mind the occasional simulated (or non-simulated) sex act and gratuitous nudity, The Mary Millington Movie Collection comes Recommended.