1980 – Page 3 – Robin Johnson

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

Times Square UK Press Kit (post 2 of 4)

30 July, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The UK press kit contains a photo caption sheet indicating that there should be 11 photos, and indeed there are, but they don’t match up with the captions. This is the main reason I don’t think my copy of the press kit is complete. On the other hand, it means

Times Square UK Press Kit (post 1 of 4)

20 July, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The UK Press Kit is an even nicer package than its US counterpart, with its own logo featuring Nicky atop the theater marquee. Inside the big white folder is a smaller silver folder that holds the materials. (The reflective silver didn’t scan very well, I did what

On The Road, 1980

10 July, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Robin and Trini, but mostly Robin, crossed the country and later traveled the world doing publicity for Times Square. They did The John Davidson Show together, and Robin was a guest on The Merv Griffin Show. I didn’t see the John Davidson appearance, but I managed to record Robin’s Merv

Interview, Vol. X No. 12, December 1980

30 June, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Here, in the December issue of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, is Robin getting her fifteen minutes. A gorgeous glamor photo by photographer Peter Strongwater, and a stunningly non-realistic description of Times Square’s success… Robin was truly the toast of New York, for at least as long as it took to

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

10 June, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“… 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 the Hollywood press agreed long enough for US magazine to run her picture as one

Monthly Film Bulletin, Vol. 47 No. 562, November 1980

31 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Pictures, but not of Robin. What a cheap post. Robin is mentioned quite a bit though in Gilbert Adair’s surprisingly positive and intellectual review, about which Karen (DefeatedandGifted) has written a much more incisive piece than I could ever hope to. So I suggest you just click that link

Gene Siskel Times Square review, November 19 1980

21 May, 2016 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

No pictures this time. Sorry. I’ll make it up to you eventually. Gene Siskel reviewed Times Square on page 6 of Section 3 of the November 19 Chicago Tribune. He gave it two stars, and those two stars were Robin Johnson and Trini Alvarado. No, he didn’t literally say that,

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