More Milk, Yvette
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More Milk, Yvette is Andy Warhol's
tribute to Lana Turner
and Johnny Stompanato
, and features Warhol superstar
Mario Montez
in the role of Turner, and also features Paul Caruso and Richard Schmidt.
The film is 33 minutes long, has never been commercially released on DVD or VHS, and is one of Warhol's least seen pieces from The Factory
period.
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
tribute to Lana Turner
Lana Turner
Lana Turner was an American actress.Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget . She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy...
and Johnny Stompanato
Johnny Stompanato
John "Johnny" Stompanato , also known as "Handsome Harry", "Johnny Stomp", "John Steele", and "Oscar", was a former United States Marine who became a bodyguard/enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen...
, and features Warhol superstar
Warhol superstar
Warhol superstars were a clique of New York City personalities promoted by Andy Warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. These personalities appeared in Warhol's artworks and accompanied him in his social life...
Mario Montez
Mario Montez
Mario Montez was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties...
in the role of Turner, and also features Paul Caruso and Richard Schmidt.
The film is 33 minutes long, has never been commercially released on DVD or VHS, and is one of Warhol's least seen pieces from The Factory
The Factory
The Factory was Andy Warhol's original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968, although his later studios were known as The Factory as well. The Factory was located on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was "only about one hundred dollars a year"...
period.
External links
- Article: "PROTHALMION FOR WET HARMONICA AND JOHNNY STOMPANATO" - First-person account of the filming of More Milk Yvette at Warhol's The Factory, by Donald Newlove (8 pages, The Realist No. 68, pgs 1 and 17-23, August 1966)
- 1966 review of the film by the New York Times (free registration)