Kinejun No. 814, June 15, 1981

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      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…

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…

Fotogramas No. 1650, March 25, 1981

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    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…

Star of Pacific, Thailand, September 1981

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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…

Cinema, Vol. 49 No. 6, Germany, June 1982

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My apologies to those scandalized by the cover of Germany's Cinema magazine from June 1982. It might get one banned from Facebook and Tumblr, but the Germans were apparently not so easily embarrassed thirty-six years…

Bravo, No. 21, Germany, May 19, 1982

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May 1982, and Times Square was about to have its final premiere, in West Germany. Why did it take this long, over a year and a half after its initial premiere, and a year after…

October 1981: Times SquareGreat TV Entertainment…?

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[caption id="attachment_4551" align="alignleft" width="194"]   [/caption]   According to the October 1981 issue of Great TV Entertainment, the official schedule for Showtime and The Movie Channel, Times Square was shown six times on The Movie Channel,…

JUKE, No. 302, February 7, 1981

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The soundtrack album cover image on the cover of Australia's Juke no. 302 is the only Robin content in the issue, but it's still a remarkable piece of Times Square history. In Melbourne at least,…