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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

Another 2-fer

8 October, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Two more UK black and white press photos on a single 8 x 10 print. Like the previous one of these, we have here one familiar picture and one new one. At least I’ve never seen the top photo before, of Nicky waiting for her cue from Johnny

“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

Leader, Winter 1980

29 August, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Leader was a vehicle by which Columbia-EMI-Warner film distributors promoted all their new films to UK theater owners. As Times Square was set to open in mid-January, it had a few mentions and an advertisement in the Winter edition, although it looks like the distributors were betting their big money

Times Square UK Press Kit (post 4 of 4)

19 August, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Here are the last photos from my copy of the UK Press Kit. They don’t have numbers that would match them up with the enclosed caption sheet, so I have doubts as to whether they were actually a part of it. This is the Mick Rock photo of Robin

Times Square UK Press Kit (post 3 of 4)

9 August, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

First, some pictures. UK Press Kit photo #5 is another headshot of Tim Curry, this time as Johnny appears at the end of the film as he’s watching the concert though his telescope on the deck outside WJAD. The most interesting thing about this photo is, at first

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