Times Square premiere ticket, 14 October 1980

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The Ziegfeld Theater was a Brutalist concrete cube in the middle of 54th Street. Inside, it was New York City's last great movie palace. Times Square played there for two weeks starting October 17, 1980.…

Films Illustrated Vol. 10 No. 114, March 1981

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In the February 1981 Films Illustrated, David Quinlan took a paragraph to give Times Square a three-star review, saying essentially that it's a decent popcorn movie in spite of its many flaws. In this next…

Another 2-fer

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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.   [caption id="attachment_2917" align="alignright"…

“Nick & Slick”

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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…

US Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 18, December 23, 1980

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"... a pouty thrush named Robin lights up Times Square." RSO's and AFD's publicity departments were sure that Times Square would be a hit, and more importantly, that Robin would be the breakout star, and…

Robert Stigwood

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Robert Stigwood passed away January 4. If it hadn't been for him, Jacob Brackman and Allan Moyle would have likely continued to develop the screenplay for Times Square for another year or two. The result…

Times Square Press Material folder (post 3 of 5)

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"... in one of those inexplicable chance occasions, out of the blue, Robin Johnson appeared..."   Four more stills from the Times Square U.S. press kit. [caption id="attachment_1209" align="alignleft" width="300"] TS-117-13Trini Alvarado stars as the…

Times Square Press Folder

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At least that's what it was called when I got it. It's only a folder though in the sense that it's folded, not that it contained something else like the press kits which have pockets…