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

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

Filmstar, Vol. 1 No. 6, Thailand, October 1981

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        I would think that by October of 1981, a year after its initial release in New York, and two or three months after its Thai release, Times Square would have long

Filmstar, Vol 1 No. 3, Thailand, August 1981

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      By August 1981, Robin might already have figured out that neither she nor Andy Gibb were going to get a call telling them when to report to the Grease 2 set. Most

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,