Times Square chirashi, Japan, 1981 (2nd version)

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Was it the Japanese distributor being one of those who went all-in on promoting Times Square, or was it par for the course in Japan for a movie like Times Square to get not one…

Jackie No. 884, 13 December 1980

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 Join the Professionals...   The December 13, 1980 Jackie led off their "Hot Gossip" section on page 36 with a promotional piece for the Times Square soundtrack album, attached at the layout to a promo…

Times Square premiere ticket, 14 October 1980

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The Ziegfeld Theater was a Brutalist concrete cube in the middle of 54th Street. Inside, it was New York City's last great movie palace. Times Square played there for two weeks starting October 17, 1980.…

Times Square promotional t-shirt, c. October 1980

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      Never sold at retail, as far as I can determine, this t-shirt would have been distributed to radio stations and theater owners to be given away as prizes along with free tickets…

Times Square trailer, U.S. version

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"Words cannot express the sheer unbelievability of this ..."   I'm nowhere near ready to post this. I wanted to have the best possible picture, and a post that had something a little more weighty…

Robin Johnson, signing autographs, late 1980

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    "I’m convinced that if I do this long enough, I’ll have to start laying low in public, to endure the intrusion of strangers asking for autographs. I deeply admire Bette Midler, but I…

Times Square newspaper movie ad negatives, 1980

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Exactly what it says on the label - four pieces of black-and-white film apparently used to print newspaper ads with, dating from October 1980 or shortly before. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="4680,4681"] The seller of…

More stills from the UK series

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  I nearly passed over this lot of five black and white stills, except it had one photo I'd never seen. Rather than try to haggle for just the one photo, I bought the lot,…

Times Square UK Pressbook, 1980-81, pages 6-7

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This is the center spread of the glossy UK pressbook for Times Square. Of the seven images circling the European logo, four are cropped from photos used on UK lobby cards (clockwise from top left,…

Times Square UK Pressbook, 1980-81, pages 8-12

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    The second half of the US pressbook was entirely made up of variations of the movie poster for different sized newspaper ads. The UK version relegates the available promotional materials to the last…