1981 – Robin Johnson

U.K. Publicity Still #… uh…

29 March, 2023 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The black and white 8 x 10 stills released in England tend to have a lot of things in common, but the attributes are not absolute… Most of them, but not all, are full-bleed, with no borders. Many of them, but not all, have a caption pasted to their backs.

Kinejun No. 814, June 15, 1981

19 December, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Kinema Junpo (Kinejun, Motion Picture Times) devoted three pages to a promotional Times Square article in its June 15, 1981 issue, for the film’s Japanese opening on June 21. The text would appear to be the usual brief synopsis, with a list of some of the cast

“Damn Dog” 12-inch single

19 September, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

You too might have had perhaps Robin’s only solo release, if you were a DJ… in 1981… in Belgium. The mind boggles at the series of meetings that must have occurred to result in the decision that this was a good idea. A 12-inch single of “Damn Dog”… but not

UK publicity still #22

27 February, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Just what it says on the tin. This is the same basic image as would later be published in the Thai magazine Filmstar Vol. 1 No. 3 in August 1981, and used as a publicity still in Germany in 1982. The German version has a tiny number 22 inserted

Fotogramas No. 1650, March 25, 1981

14 January, 2021 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Two months before Times Square opened in Spain, the film magazine Fotogramas ran the same kind of promotional article we’ve seen in Mexico, Thailand, and Germany. The article contains nothing new, but four of the six stills from the film never appeared anywhere else as far as I

A face of the 80’s

16 August, 2020 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Most of the Times Square posters have some identifying information on them — a copyright notice, the film’s local distributor, a code number — but not this one, so we have to go on what’s on it. The logo and the artwork are from the UK movie poster, which was

Star of Pacific, Thailand, September 1981

8 March, 2020 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Times Square opened in Thailand in August 1981, but here’s a Thai magazine celebrating Robin in September. This was followed by Filmstar Vol. 1 No. 6 that featured a Thai translation of an interview with Robin that had appeared in Seventeen Magazine in October 1980. Did Times Square play in

Times Square UK Lobby Cards, 1st Set (post 4 of 4)

5 October, 2019 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The final cards from the first set of UK lobby cards. These are the last of the items I have that were released contemporaneously with Times Square’s original release, so I’m going to take a bit of a break after this before continuing with the rest of Robin’s brief acting

Times Square UK Lobby Cards, 1st Set (post 3 of 4)

12 September, 2019 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Cards 9 through 12 from what I believe to be the first of two sets of Times Square lobby cards distributed in the UK in late 1980 or early 1981: David Pearl watching his daughter practice dance moves at the strip club was reproduced on the first Yugoslavian

Times Square UK Lobby Cards, 1st Set (post 2 of 4)

30 August, 2019 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Cards 5 through 8 from what I believe to be the first of two sets of Times Square lobby cards distributed in the UK in late 1980 or early 1981: Nicky joining in as Pammy dances and Roberto (Miguel Pinero) looks on bemusedly, was in the other set of

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