As promised, here are all I have so far from the series of 8×10 black and white publicity stills from the UK, whose only true common denominator is that they have a small one- or two-digit number on a tiny inset square as part of the print. The typical still from the US has a handwritten string of letters and numbers. Some of these have captions pasted to their backs, some have “TIMES SQUARE” stamped on their backs, the ones that came with the UK Press Kit matched up with numbers on an enclosed caption sheet, although I don’t think my copy of that Press Kit was complete.
I’m not sure if I have fifteen or sixteen of these because there are two #4s. The highest number I have is 36, implying that there are twenty or twenty-one more out there somewhere.
![TIMES SQUARE UK promo photo 20. Text: 20 [on back:] 20. Pamela (TRINI ALVARADO) and Nicky (ROBIN JOHNSON) sing live on the air. A scene from "TIMES SQUARE" distributed by COLUMBIA/EMI/WARNER Film Distributors.](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/20-Times_Square_UK_promo_photo_20_manual_2_1080px.jpg)
![#21 of a series of black and white 8x10" photos distributed in the UK in 1981 to promote TIMES SQUARE (1980). Text [taped to back]: 21. Nicky (ROBIN JOHNSON) sings at the nightclub. A scene from "TIMES SQUARE" distributed by COLUMBIA/EMl/WARNER Film Distributors.](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/21-Times_Square_UK_publicity_still_21_auto_1080px.jpg)
![TIMES SQUARE UK promo photo 26. Text: 26 [on back:] 26. Johnny LaGuardia (TIM CURRY) visits Pamela (TRINI ALVARADO) at the hideout. A scene from "TIMES SQUARE" distributed by COLUMBIA/EMI/WARNER Film Distributors.](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/26-Times_Square_UK_promo_photo_26_auto_1080px.jpg)
![#29 of a series of black and white 8x10" photos distributed in the UK in 1981 to promote TIMES SQUARE (1980). [2nd copy.] Caption [taped to back]: 29. In a distressed condition, Nicky (ROBIN JOHNSON) tries to tell her story in the radio station. A scene from "TIMES SQUARE" distributed by COLUMBIA/EMI/WARNER Film Distributors.](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/29-Times_Square_UK_publicity_still_29_auto_2nd_copy_1080px.jpg)
![Robin Johnson as Nicky Marotta leaps into the the air, beginning her performance at the conclusion of "Times Square" (1980). This specific shot does not, however, appear in the film; it is part of a series of publicity stills that replicate events from the film but do not actually appear in it. The equivalent shot in the film is much closer in and Nicky's face is turned in the opposite direction. Inscription: "34" at bottom right. [On back:] [stamped, black:] TIMES SQUARE [handwritten, black:] 34 [handwritten, blue:] Robin Johnson, Trini Alvarez](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/34-TS-BW-Promo-Still-34-19800004-1080px.jpg)
In preparing this post, I noticed something. I have two copies of number 20, and they’re not identical.
![#20 of a series of black and white 8x10" photos distributed in the UK in 1981 to promote TIMES SQUARE (1980). [2nd copy.] Text [taped to back]: 20. Pamela (TRINI ALVARADO) and Nicky (ROBIN JOHNSON) sing live on the air. A scene from "TIMES SQUARE" distributed by COLUMBlA/EMl/WARNER Film Distributors.](https://storage.googleapis.com/rjnet-wordpress/2018/05/20-Times_Square_UK_publicity_still_20_2nd_copy_manual_1080px.jpg)
The second copy is darker and cropped differently. I thought perhaps it was something I might have done when digitizing them, but the number is in a different place. It’s possible I made one look a little darker than the other, but I’m sure I didn’t crop away that much of the first one, and, well, the number is part of the print. It seems there may have been multiple printings of these stills. Perhaps the #4 of Pammy and her father is a reprint of a photo that’s supposed to have a different number, and whoever stuck the number on and printed it made a mistake.
The photos above previously appeared in these posts, except for the second copy of #20:
Times Square UK Press Kit (post 2 of 4)
Times Square UK Press Kit (post 3 of 4)
“6”
UK Promo Photos 4, 13, and 21, 1980-81
UK Promo Photos 20 and 26, 1980-81
UK Promo Photo #29
“34”
Nicky Marotta, 1980
black-and-white photographs, AAT ID: 300128347
UK ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (works)
