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U.K. Publicity Still #… uh…

29 March, 2023 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The black and white 8 x 10 stills released in England tend to have a lot of things in common, but the attributes are not absolute… Most of them, but not all, are full-bleed, with no borders. Many of them, but not all, have a caption pasted to their backs.

A face of the 80’s

16 August, 2020 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Most of the Times Square posters have some identifying information on them — a copyright notice, the film’s local distributor, a code number — but not this one, so we have to go on what’s on it. The logo and the artwork are from the UK movie poster, which was

Robin Johnson, signing autographs, late 1980

17 October, 2019 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“I’m convinced that if I do this long enough, I’ll have to start laying low in public, to endure the intrusion of strangers asking for autographs. I deeply admire Bette Midler, but I would never dare to ask her for an autograph; I wouldn’t bother her with nonsense

Times Square movie poster, Thailand, 1981

21 November, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Movie posters in Thailand are an art form unto themselves. Google “Thai movie posters” and you will go down a rabbit hole you may take days to emerge from. Thai film distributors discard the authorized promotional materials and commission original painted montages in glorious colors. Some of

Guerreras de Nueva York (Times Square movie poster, Mexico, 1981)

5 August, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

Warriors of New York came out in Mexico in 1981, and its poster was a collage of publicity stills and the European poster painting. To my mind, though, the most interesting thing about it, even more than the new title, is that Robin Johnson has top billing, and Tim Curry

Robin and Trini “Bandphotos”, UK 1981

18 June, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

More recently-turned-up Times Square publicity from England. Exactly how these fit in with the rest of it, I’m not sure. I’m guessing they were relatively early UK publicity, since the photos still have the American numbers on them. Perhaps before their own publicity machine got going, EMI contracted with Alan

Times Square Program Book, Japan, June 1981, pages 12-13 (post 5 of 5)

7 April, 2018 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

The center two pages of the Japanese souvenir book feature, alongside a somewhat out of place Yankees logo, three beautifully reproduced photos. The first, of Pammy and Nicky atop the Times Square Theater marquee, isn’t a frame from the film, and I haven’t yet found it as a publicity still,

Time Out No. 567, February 25, 1981

14 August, 2017 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“Of course Robert [Stigwood] wants to make money. Money is the bottom line. But I don’t think he is using me for that prime reason … I hope not, God.” Robin made the cover of London’s Time Out, sort of, to illustrate their cover story, an in-depth analysis of

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

AFD Campaign Pressbook (pages 1-4)

25 July, 2015 Sean 0 Comments 1 category

“Newcomer Robin Johnson is a revelation as Nicky…” The Campaign Pressbook from Associated Film Distribution was a promotional tool for theater owners. The first part repeated almost verbatim the biographical articles from the Press Materials folder, but supplied them in a format with illustrations that could be sent directly

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