Playboy, Vol. 28 No. 1, January 1981

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"The raggle-taggle queen of the night is Robin..." Bruce Williamson didn't not like Times Square, but he couldn't ignore its flaws... still, his review in the January Playboy was generally positive, appreciating the film's visual…

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…

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

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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…

Rolling Stone No. 329, October 30 1980

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[caption id="attachment_2398" align="alignleft" width="244"]       [/caption] Sorry to jump back in time a few weeks, but I only just got this one. It's another full-page movie teaser ad, this one from page 29…

Another Full-Page Times Square Teaser Ad

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The same ad as last time, this one appearing on the inside front cover of Circus No. 248, dated October 28, 1980. As the ad is for a movie opening October 17, the magazine must…

Tiger Beat Vol. 17 No. 2, November 1980

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      The November Tiger Beat also came out before Times Square's October release, judging by the full-page teaser ad that ran on page 29.     In fact we can narrow down the…

Seventeen Magazine, Vol. 39 No. 10, October 1980

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            Again presuming that any magazine dated October probably came out in September before the movie opened, here's an interview with Robin that appeared as two pages of Edwin Miller's…

Film Review, Vol. 30 No. 10, October 1980

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"'I'd sung in a choir when I was 12,' Robin chirps..."           Assuming that any periodical dated October probably hit the stands in September, here's a British magazine devoting an entire…

The Last Word

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The May 1980 issue of Photoplay mentioned Times Square's production in Ken Johns' Last Word column. [gallery columns="2" size="medium" ids="857,859"] The image of Nicky singing "Damn Dog" in the Cleo Club was later published in…