Times Square press kit photographs: Robin Johnson

“TS-57-26 Robin Johnson, 16-year-old Brooklyn miss, makes her feature film singing and acting debut as Nicky Marotta, an uninhibited product of the streets who sets New York City on edge as a wild runaway from authority in Times Square.”
© 1980 Associated Film Distribution

“TS-69-34A Robin Johnson is a runaway teenage product of the streets who dreams of becoming a rock music star and lets nothing get in her way to make it to the top in Times Square.”
© 1980 Associated Film Distribution

“TS-42-11A Robin Johnson effects a garish costume and make-up as she and her fellow teenage runaway flaunt authority as the ‘Sleaze Sisters’ on their wild dash through the back streets of New York City in Times Square.”
© 1980 Associated Film Distribution

While this photograph is similarly © 1980 Associated Film Distribution, I don’t believe it was part of the official Times Square press kit. I remember seeing this publicity photograph after the release of Times Square, and finding Robin Johnson almost unrecognisable. I have no way of knowing if this publicity shot or Nicky Marotta looked more like the “real” Robin Johnson at the time!