''More Milk, Yvette'' (1966) is an

avant garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or 'vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical D ...

film directed by

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

and filmed at

The Factory The Factory was Andy Warhol's studio in New York City, which had four locations between 1963 and 1987. The Factory became famed for its parties in the 1960s. It was the hip hangout spot for artists, musicians, celebrities and Warhol's superstar ...

. The film is Andy Warhol's tribute to

Lana Turner Lana Turner ( ; born Julia Jean Turner; February 8, 1921June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over the course of her nearly 50-year career, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized pe ...

and

Johnny Stompanato John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress L ...

, and features

Warhol superstar Warhol superstars were a clique of New York City personalities promoted by the pop artist Andy Warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. These personalities appeared in Warhol's artworks and accompanied him in his social life, epitomizing his fam ...

Mario Montez René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as 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 act ...

in the role of Turner, and also features Paul Caruso and Richard Schmidt.WarholStars entry
The film is 67 minutes long, has never been commercially released on DVD or VHS, and is one of Warhol's least seen pieces from

period.

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"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)

by the ''New York Times'' (free registration) * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140223032600/http://www.warholstars.org/warhol/warhol1/warhol1f/links/milk.html ''More Milk, Yvette'' at WarholStars Films directed by Andy Warhol 1966 films American black-and-white films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{indie-film-stub

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