1981 – Page 8 – Robin Johnson

UK Movie Ad

7 December, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

This ad promoting the movie’s opening has the same art as the one published previously in the Leader, but with the addition of the theaters it will be in. It’s essentially a black-and-white version of the quad poster, the top half of the painting by Cummins. It appeared in

U.K. Lobby Cards (post 3 of 3)

27 November, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Finally we get a couple photos with Robin front and center and facing the camera. The first is as Nicky is dragged from the WJAD studio screaming for Pammy. In the film, we see this entirely looking down from Johnny’s control room. That’s the leg of George Morfogen on the

U.K. Lobby Cards (post 2 of 3)

17 November, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

This shot of Nicky joining in as Pammy dances at the Cleo Club appears to me to have been taken within seconds of TS-104-17A/7 from the US Press Materials folder, and this color 8×10, the purpose of which I still don’t know. (Its post is here.) Although the presence

U.K. Lobby Cards (post 1 of 3)

7 November, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

There were no lobby cards for Times Square in the US, only 8″ x 10″ black and white stills. The rest of the world was more fortunate. At least eight lobby cards were released to theaters in the UK (although I suspect there was at least one more). Some of

Times Square U.K. Quad Poster

28 October, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

A standard one-sheet movie poster is 40 inches high by 27 inches wide. A “quad” poster, which I don’t think they make anymore, is 40 inches wide by 30 inches high. EMI took this extra space and zoomed in on the top two-thirds of the painting, cutting it off just

Times Square U.K. Movie Poster

18 October, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

After all the work that went into creating the logo on the cover of the UK Press Kit, and the poster-worthy image that had been used to promote the movie’s production in the 21-28 June, 1980 Screen International, EMI went with this image for the UK movie poster. The painting

“Nick & Slick”

28 September, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Two UK black and white press photos on a single 8 x 10 print. Who exactly printed these, and why, are mysteries, as I haven’t yet come across any publication that used them, but their country of origin is made clear by the captions announcing Times Square’s release in the

TS-69-34A/4, ITC version

18 September, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Another UK press photo produced by ITC, this one a cropped version of TS-69-34A/4 from the US Press Materials folder, with its caption added on at an annoyingly noticeable angle. The last one had a 4 on it; this one is not numbered. There may be two or three

Headshot, ITC version

8 September, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Associated Film Distribution, which released Times Square in the US, was a partnership between Thorn-EMI (which released Times Square in the UK and most of the rest of the world), and ITC, which was primarily a producer of television in the UK. By the time Times Square came out, AFD

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

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