Robin Johnson – Page 13 – The Life and Career of the Actress Robin Johnson

Times Square UK Press Kit (post 1 of 4)

20 July, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The UK Press Kit is an even nicer package than its US counterpart, with its own logo featuring Nicky atop the theater marquee. Inside the big white folder is a smaller silver folder that holds the materials. (The reflective silver didn’t scan very well, I did what

On The Road, 1980

10 July, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Robin and Trini, but mostly Robin, crossed the country and later traveled the world doing publicity for Times Square. They did The John Davidson Show together, and Robin was a guest on The Merv Griffin Show. I didn’t see the John Davidson appearance, but I managed to record Robin’s Merv

Interview, Vol. X No. 12, December 1980

30 June, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Here, in the December issue of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, is Robin getting her fifteen minutes. A gorgeous glamor photo by photographer Peter Strongwater, and a stunningly non-realistic description of Times Square’s success… Robin was truly the toast of New York, for at least as long as it took to

Playboy, Vol. 28 No. 1, January 1981

20 June, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“The raggle-taggle queen of the night is Robin…” Bruce Williamson didn’t not like Times Square, but he couldn’t ignore its flaws… still, his review in the January Playboy was generally positive, appreciating the film’s visual evocation of Times Square and, like most other reviewers, Robin’s performance. The two bunny-heads meant

US Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 18, December 23, 1980

10 June, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“… a pouty thrush named Robin lights up Times Square.” RSO’s and AFD’s publicity departments were sure that Times Square would be a hit, and more importantly, that Robin would be the breakout star, and the Hollywood press agreed long enough for US magazine to run her picture as one

Monthly Film Bulletin, Vol. 47 No. 562, November 1980

31 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Pictures, but not of Robin. What a cheap post. Robin is mentioned quite a bit though in Gilbert Adair’s surprisingly positive and intellectual review, about which Karen (DefeatedandGifted) has written a much more incisive piece than I could ever hope to. So I suggest you just click that link

Gene Siskel Times Square review, November 19 1980

21 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

No pictures this time. Sorry. I’ll make it up to you eventually. Gene Siskel reviewed Times Square on page 6 of Section 3 of the November 19 Chicago Tribune. He gave it two stars, and those two stars were Robin Johnson and Trini Alvarado. No, he didn’t literally say that,

Soundtrack Ad, Melody Maker, November 15, 1980

11 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“AFTER ALL THE MOVIE ALBUMS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMES THE DEFINITIVE ROCK SOUNDTRACK FROM THE FORTHCOMING ROBERT STIGWOOD FILM ‘TIMES SQUARE'” Even as Times Square was opening and closing in the United States, the mighty RSO promotion machine was hard at work in the United Kingdom,

New York Magazine, Vol. 13 No. 43, November 3, 1980

1 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“Trini Alvarado and Robin Johnson, the teenage stars of Times Square, show us their offscreen style.” This article is another of the few things I collected at the time of the movie, since there was (and still is) no official merchandise, and none of the surplus publicity materials had yet

Rolling Stone No. 329, October 30 1980

21 April, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Sorry to jump back in time a few weeks, but I only just got this one. It’s another full-page movie teaser ad, this one from page 29 of the the October 30 Rolling Stone. It’s the same as the others, only bigger. Well, that and the colors behind the tagline