“Times Square” – Page 14

Times Square Premiere, 14 October 1980

22 March, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Times Square had its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater at 141 West 54th Street (which was still there when I first wrote this entry, but joined most of the locations in the movie when it closed its doors for the final time on January 29, and was gutted the next

Another Full-Page Times Square Teaser Ad

12 March, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The same ad as last time, this one appearing on the inside front cover of Circus No. 248, dated October 28, 1980. As the ad is for a movie opening October 17, the magazine must have come out before then. Either that, or it came out bursting with hope as

Tiger Beat Vol. 17 No. 2, November 1980

2 March, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The November Tiger Beat also came out before Times Square’s October release, judging by the full-page teaser ad that ran on page 29. In fact we can narrow down the date it came out to sometime between the releases of the first two singles from

Canadian Movie Poster

21 February, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The movie poster for Times Square in Canada is almost identical to the U.S. poster. In fact, it is a U.S. poster, with two white stickers affixed to the bottom, one covering the American “R” rating barring under-17’s without a parent or guardian, and the other adding the Canadian “R”

Seventeen Magazine, Vol. 39 No. 10, October 1980

11 February, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Again presuming that any magazine dated October probably came out in September before the movie opened, here’s an interview with Robin that appeared as two pages of Edwin Miller’s “Spotlight: Movies, records, personalities” column. The full column led off on page 93

Film Review, Vol. 30 No. 10, October 1980

1 February, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“‘I’d sung in a choir when I was 12,’ Robin chirps…” Assuming that any periodical dated October probably hit the stands in September, here’s a British magazine devoting an entire page to Robin, a month before Times Square’s premiere, and four months before it would

Close-up of Robin Johnson as Nicky, from a shot in the soundtrack promo video not in the movie.

Times Square Soundtrack Promotional Video

22 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Apparently, in 1980, RSO sent this videotape to record retailers to play in-store to promote the soundtrack to Times Square. It features the two songs performed in the film, “Your Daughter Is One” and “Damn Dog.” The fact that the lyrics to “Your Daughter Is One” consist primarily of curse

Bits and Pieces

12 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Take note: this post is mostly just me killing some time. It’s not really connected to Robin, and only technically connected to Times Square. So, here are a few buttons I’ve managed to glom onto. They’re not the actual ones used on Nicky’s jacket, but they were all real pins,

Robert Stigwood

6 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Robert Stigwood passed away January 4. If it hadn’t been for him, Jacob Brackman and Allan Moyle would have likely continued to develop the screenplay for Times Square for another year or two. The result would have been a more coherent story, somewhat darker in tone, with more overt indicators

“I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!”

2 January, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

But, I will anyway, ’cause that’s how I roll. The first is a not-quite 1 1/2 inch button with the Times Square logo on a black background. As far as I know these were never for sale, and were most likely given to radio stations and theater owners to give

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